Calm
Go cry to the gods you made!
There should be enough of them
to save you,
because Judah has as many gods
as it has towns. ~ Jeremiah 2:28 (CEV)
Then Jesus got up and ordered the wind and the waves to calm down. And everything was calm. ~ Matthew 8:26 (CEV)
KEY THOUGHT:
God is the only one powerful enough to calm things down.
PRAYER:
God, I appreciate the way that you use your power for our benefit. Please forgive me for the times that I turn to the fake gods to fix things. When I'm in the midst of the storm help me to realize that you are the only one who can make calm. I'm going to look to you and you alone. 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)
