Friday, June 7, 2019

Turn to God

The Lord God is kind and merciful, and if you turn back to him, he will no longer turn his back on you. ~ 2 Chronicles 30:9b (CEV)

So turn to God! Give up your sins, and you will be forgiven. Then that time will come when the Lord will give you fresh strength. ~ Acts 3:19-20 (CEV)

KEY IDEA:
We can have a good relationship with God if we'll only turn away from the things he dislikes and back toward him.
PRAYER:
Thank you, Lord, for your kindness and mercy. I know that I am undeserving yet you see something in me that I can't see. I confess that at times I'd rather wallow in my guilt and shame than to change. I need your help so that I can make the needed changes. And I am going to trust that you'll not only show me mercy but that you'll actually help me make the transition back to you. Amen.

DAILYTEXTS.ORG

*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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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.)

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