Renewal
Bring us back to you!
Give us a fresh start. ~ Lamentations 5:21 (CEV)
Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help you and always be with you. The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of this world cannot accept the Spirit, because they don’t see or know him. But you know the Spirit, who is with you and will keep on living in you. ~ John 14:16-17 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God has positioned himself to renew his people.
PRAYER:
Dear Lord, I am grateful that you remain involved in my life and that the Holy Spirit is eager to refresh and to renew me. I, on the other hand, admit that I am not always so open to refreshment. Keep poking me God, and showing me the benefits of change. Eventually, I'll get it. I'm looking forward to living life as a series of fresh starts. 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)
