Worship for all
THE 11th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Oh yes, my house of worship
will be known as a house of prayer for all people. ~ Isaiah 56:7 (MSG)
Jesus: But the time is coming—it has, in fact, come—when what you’re called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter.
It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. ~ John 4:23 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
A life lived in pursuit of God's truth is how we approach him in worship.
PRAYER:
Lord, I get so caught up in the little things -- the unimportant matters that seem so important in the moment. I try to seperate out all the people who don't worship right. Help me to embrace all who are pursuing your truth and are empowered by your Spirit -- regardless of labels or worship style. Thank you for accepting me -- even though many would consider my worship to be sub-standard. I'm going to approach others with the same grace with which you approach me. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 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)
