Priority
Make your motions and cast your votes,
but God has the final say. ~ Proverbs 16:33 (MSG)
Make living out God's agenda and values your first priority. As you do that your needs will be met. ~ Matthew 6:33 (ABP)
KEY IDEA:
Allow God's agenda to be your primary concern because ultimately his agenda wins.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for taking me and my needs seriously. You are so busy with the entire creation but you still take me seriously. Forgive me for not taking you and your desires seriously. I think too much of my own plans and agenda. Help me to get my priorities straight so that I can join you in the winner's circle. 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)
