Refuse to have anything to do with evil
If you’re stubborn and refuse to obey the Lord, he will turn against you and your king. ~ 1 Samuel 12:15 (CEV)
Paul wrote: "I am glad that everyone knows how well you obey the Lord. But still, I want you to understand what is good and not have anything to do with evil." ~ Romans 16:19 (CEV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Refuse to have anything to do with evil.
PRAYER:
Dear God, thank you for the good that you have poured into my life. I confess that I am still prone to flirt with things which are contrary to you and your way. Help me to keep my focus squarely on Jesus, who is the center of all that is good, so that I don't have to worry about whether peripheral issues are acceptable or not. 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)
