Rejoice!
With praise and thanks, they sang this song to the Lord:
“He is so good!
His faithful love for Israel endures forever!” ~ Ezra 3:11 (NLT)
...all those in the crowd rejoiced at all the extraordinary things Jesus was doing. ~ Luke 13:17 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Rejoice at all the great things Jesus is doing.
PRAYER:
Thank you, Jesus, for the great things you are doing in and around me. I admit that much of the time I am so busy complaining about the negative things that I never get around to noticing, let alone acknowledging, the ways that you are shaping the world to house your kingdom. Give me eyes that see and a heart that cares so that I can rejoice in the restoration work that you are doing. Amen.
*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)
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)
