God's agenda
He is God. Let him do whatever he thinks best. ~ 1 Samuel 3:18 (MSG)
May your will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven. ~ Matthew 6:10 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
Trust God and his agenda.
PRAYER:
Big God, thank you for your great plans. I confess that I talk big too often -- as though I know what is going on and how to fix everything in the world. Fill me with the humility needed to embrace your agenda and the faith required to live it. I'm eager to see your will be done -- even when it has nothing to do with my personal agenda. I love you, Jesus! 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)
