Stay on track
You must be very careful not to forget the things you have seen God do for you. ~ Deuteronomy 4:9 (CEV)
Continue strong in your faith so no one will take away your crown. ~ Revelation 3:11 (NCV)
KEY IDEA:
Don't get sidetracked from your faith.
PRAYER:
Generous God, you have done so much for me that I have a hard time remembering it all. I quickly forget and become engaged in lesser matters. They aren't necessarily bad things but they distract me from running hard in the race you've picked for me. Keep cheering me on so that I am motivated to stay on track. 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)
