New creation
Resurrection Day!
The Lord said: Israel, you have no right
to argue with your Creator.
You are merely a clay pot
shaped by a potter.
The clay doesn’t ask,
“Why did you make me this way?
Where are the handles?” ~ Isaiah 45:9 (CEV)
So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived! ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
God is re-creating his creation.
PRAYER:
Hallelujah! Christ, you are risen! Thank you for overcoming death on our behalf. Thank you for starting a new creation. I want to be a part of that. Forgive me for all the times that I am too attached to the old fallen way of doing things. Help me to live out the resurrection life in anticipation of the completion of re-creation which you began on the first Easter morning. I'm excited about being a part of the new creation. 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)
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.)