God's help
Why does God bother giving light to the miserable, why bother keeping bitter people alive,those who want in the worst way to die,and can’t, who can’t imagine anything better than death... ~ Job 3:20-21 (MSG)
Since Jesus himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested. ~ Hebrews 2:18 (NLT)
KEY THOUGHT:
God spares us so he can help us.
PRAYER:
Gracious God, I'm sure that you have saved my life more times than I realize. Why? Lead me into an ongoing awareness of your purpose for my life. Keep me tuned into the voice of Christ so that the trials which come my way are manageable. He has already proven his expertise. 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)
