The giving God
Every mountain and hill may disappear. But I will always be kind and merciful to you; I won’t break my agreement to give your nation peace. ~ Isaiah 54:10 (CEV)
God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. ~ John 3:16 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
You can count on the gift of God's love and mercy.
PRAYER:
You are a gift-giving God. When I read about all the "gods" people look to, it seems that they are all out to get from the people. But you are out to give -- even to the point of "giving" your only Son to establish eternal lives of peace. Forgive me for taking your giving and your gifts for granted. Help me to find new and appropriate ways to share your gifts with others. I want to see others come to faith in you, the giving God. Amen.
*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)
