Children
The Second Sunday of Lent
Each generation tells the next
about your faithfulness. ~ Isaiah 38:19b (CEV)
But Jesus intervened: “Let the children alone, don’t prevent them from coming to me. God’s kingdom is made up of people like these.” ~ Matthew 19:14 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
It is our mission as adults to enable children to meet Jesus.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for welcoming unpretentious people into your presence. I confess that I am too inclined to give my attention to people who have a reputation or even fame. And I allow my prejuidice to get in
the way of welcoming children into the presence of Jesus. Help me to see the children and their needs. I am going to prioritize children. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 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)
