Enjoy God's grace and mercy!
THE 6th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
I punished you in my anger;
now I will be kind
and treat you with mercy. ~ Isaiah 60:10b (CEV)
Get ready for the great gift that is coming your way when Jesus is revealed. Get ready for him through the practice of clear thinking and faithful action. ~ 1 Peter 1:13 (ABP)
KEY IDEA:
Enjoy God's grace and mercy!
PRAYER:
Thank you, Savior, for making yourself known to me. My frailty and many errors make me fearful, but you surprise me with your mercy and love. In you, my hope becomes powerful. Open my eyes today, Jesus. Make me alert to a world that needs you badly. Let me share your grace freely in words and actions. Amen. (Daily Texts, Mount Carmel Ministries edition)
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
