Trust Jesus
I will be with you to protect you and keep you safe. ~ Jeremiah 15:20b (GNT)
"Don't get all anxious," said Jesus, "just as you trust God, trust me." ~ John 14:1 (ABP)
KEY IDEA:
God is protective so trust him to keep you safe.
PRAYER:
Mighty God, I know that you are totally trustworthy and all-powerful. But I still worry about things. I think it's because I like to think that I'm stronger and more powerful than I am. Help me to admit my weakness, to give up the anxiety, and to trust that you are going to look out for me. You have not let me down. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own 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)
