Powerful God
Everyone, both far and near,
come look at what I have done.
See my mighty power! ~ Isaiah 33:13 (CEV)
Since God did not hold back on us, but gave up his very Son for us, how can you think that he would turn stingy in lesser matters? ~ Romans 8:32 (ABP)
KEY IDEA:
Consider the great things that God has done for you and let that realization change who you trust and what you trust God to do.
PRAYER:
Thank you, God, for sending your Son into the world to free us from bondage to evil. You have used your power to set us free! How is it, then, that I live as though you are powerless. I let fear take over and re-capture me. Help me to trust you so that I can let go of the fear. 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)
