Rescue requests
The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Finally, they cried out to the Lord for help, saying, "We have sinned against you because we have abandoned you as our God..." ~ Judges 10:10 (NLT)
He rescued us from the control of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves. He set us free through the Son and forgave our sins. ~ Colossians 1:13-14 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
God responds to our rescue requests.
PRAYER:
Thank you, God, for being so responsive to our need for rescue. I am especially grateful that you sent Jesus into the world to set us free from the forces of darkness. I confess that I am slow to ask for help and I'm not as responsive to you as I should be. Help me to live fully according to the unique freedom that rolls in with your kingdom agenda. I'm going to live! 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)
