Knowing
The Lord does indeed know human thoughts,
knows that they are nothing but a puff of air. ~ Psalm 94:11 (CEB)
I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. ~ Philippians 3:10a (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
Even though our knowledge capacity is limited, God graciously enables us to know the power of the resurrection.
PRAYER:
God, you are generous with what you have. Frankly, we think we know more than we do. Help me to accept the reality of my limitations and to look to your unlimited power and knowledge as the source for my life. I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. 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.)