Thursday, September 6, 2018

Love

Thus, I am commanding you to give generously to those who are poor -- to your neighbors in need. ~ Deuteronomy 15:11b (ABP)

...you show love for others by truly helping them, and not merely by talking about it. ~ 1 John 3:18b (CEV)

KEY IDEA:
Real love is what happens when people take care of those in need.
PRAYER:
Lord, because of your great love you left your heavnly throne above to step into our world. In doing so you addressed the greatest needs we had. You cared for the outcasts and broke the back of death. You freed us from the power and consequences of sin. Thank you. I wish that I cared enough to do that kind of thing. I know that I should follow your example and look out for those who have needs but I have trouble making it happen. Please strengthen your connection with me so that your blood flows through me and I become like you as I am empowered through the new life of Christ. My goal is to show love by caring for others -- using the love you provide. Amen.
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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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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)

NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)

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