Trust Christ
THE 9th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Some people trust the power
of chariots or horses,
but we trust you, Lord God. ~ Psalm 20:7 (CEV)
Christ Jesus is kind, and you must let him make you strong. ~ 2 Timothy 2:1b (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Trust in Christ rather than strategic advantage.
PRAYER:
Almighty -- yet kind -- God, my goal is to trust in your great grace. I'm tempted to trust in other things -- and sometimes I do -- power, wit, brains, even weapons... Retrain me to disregard all those things so that I'm looking only to you to get me through the challenges that life throws at me. I'm going to trust Christ -- day in and day out -- always. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own 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)
