God's power
They will attack you, but they won’t defeat you, because I am with you and will rescue you, declares the Lord. ~ Jeremiah 1:19 (CEB)
For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God’s power. ~ 1 Corinthians 4:20 (NLT)
KEY THOUGHT:
The Lord uses his power on our behalf.
PRAYER:
Almighty, yet loving, God, thank you for standing up for us. I create all kinds of problems yet you continually intervene to bring about your kingdom outcomes -- the best outcomes possible. Forgive me for lusting after power of my own. I fool myself into believing that I'd use it all for good. Help me to be content with your power -- allowing you to work out the challenges. I'm going to live according to your power. 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)
