The Advocate
Ascension Day
For you will not leave my soul among the dead
or allow your holy one to rot in the grave. ~ Psalm 16:10 (NLT)
Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf. ~ Hebrews 7:25 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
Jesus continues to serve us because he continues to live.
PRAYER:
Jesus the Christ, thank you for continuing to help us. Because you are alive you continue to advocate on our behalf. You can do what no one else can do. Forgive me for living as though you had failed to rise from the dead - for living as though hope is dead. Fill me with faith for the future. I am going to look to you as the advocate I need to thrive through life. 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)
