Messenger with great message
Look, I am sending my messenger who will clear the path before me... Malachi 3:1 (CEB)
The angel said, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide... Luke 2:10 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
The message of Jesus is great news.
PRAYER:
God, thank you for sending your Son into the world to rescue us. I confess that I do at times take this good news for granted. Refresh my heart and mind so that I am constantly aware of this great gift that we have received. I'm going to talk with someone about Jesus today. 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 — 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)
