The Lord is King!
The Lord is King! Tell the earth to celebrate and all islands to shout. ~ Psalm 97:1 (CEV)
And they were singing the song that his servant Moses and the Lamb had sung. They were singing,
“Lord God All-Powerful,
you have done great
and marvelous things.
You are the ruler
of all nations,
and you do what is
right and fair.
Lord, who doesn’t honor
and praise your name?
You alone are holy,
and all nations will come
and worship you...”
~ Revelation 15:3-4a (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
No matter where you live, celebrate the Lord as king.
PRAYER:
Lord, I join in celebrating your royal authority. I confess that I get frustrated by all the power-hungry people in the world. I get too wrapped up and angry about them when in fact you are the true king. Help me to trust that you are working out all the power and control issues. I recognize that I don't see all that you are doing but I'm going to trust you anyway and celebrate Jesus as king. 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)
