The Lord's goodness
I truly believe
I will live to see the Lord’s goodness. ~ Psalm 27:13 (NCV)
I will give free water from the spring of the water of life to anyone who is thirsty. ~ Revelation 21:6b (NCV)
KEY IDEA:
Seek the Lord's goodness and you will not be disappointed by his generosity.
PRAYER:
Gracious God, you are generous beyond comprehension. Yet I am tempted to get so wrapped up in the needs of the moment that I relegate your generosity to some theoretical realm of divine future. Help me to grow in my awareness of how much you provide for me even now so that I can drink deeply of your generosity. I am asking this in Jesus' name. 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)
