The guide
Look at the proud!
They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.
But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God. ~ Habakkuk 2:4 (NLT)
Put on my yoke, and learn from me. I’m gentle and humble. And you will find rest for yourselves. ~ Matthew 11:29 (CEV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Allow Jesus to guide your life and you'll end up in a restful place.
PRAYER:
Dear Jesus, thank you for offering your "yoke" to direct my life. I want to move in sync with you and your direction but I am easily distracted by all the other people and things which tug at me to follow their instructions. Teach me how to tune out those distractions so that I can faithfully focus on the direction you are giving to me. I'm going to allow you to guide me. 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)
