Conquer evil
Don’t let me drift toward evil... ~ Psalm 141:4 (NLT)
Don’t be defeated by evil, but defeat evil with good. ~ Romans 12:21 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Defeat evil by doing good.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for retraining evil in the world. It could be a whole lot worse than it is. I even underestimate my own participation in things which are evil. Enlighten me regarding those things in society which are rooted in evil and show me how to overcome them with the good that Jesus is doing through me. I'm with you in conquering evil -- whether it is in me or the rest of the world. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 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)
