Feasting
The 15th Sunday after Pentecost
The poor will eat and be full, and all who worship you will be thankful and live in hope. ~ Psalm 22:26 (CEV)
Jesus replied: I am the bread that gives life! No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who has faith in me will ever be thirsty. ~ John 6:35 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Jesus himself is the food that sustains our lives.
PRAYER:
Generous God, thank you for sustaining our lives through the gift of your Son Jesus. We do not follow him closely enough -- even though we are eager to acknowledge him as the bread of life. We make lots of uhealthy diet choices. Teach me how to eat well so that I might more fully live in hope. My goal is to invite others to join me at the great feast you are laying out for us. 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)
