Shepherd
You, Lord, are my shepherd.
I will never be in need. ~ Psalm 23:1 (CEV)
But in everything and in every way we show that we truly are God’s servants... and we are always happy, even in times of suffering. Although we are poor, we have made many people rich. And though we own nothing, everything is ours. ~ 2 Corinthians 6:4a,10 (CEV)
KEY THOUGHT:
God provides everything we need.
PRAYER:
I'm grateful, Lord, for your ongoing care and provision. I confess to getting frustrated when what you do doesn't line up closely with my expectations. Help me to form new expectations built on faith in your shepherding skills. I'm going to live the joyous and content life of someone living under the watchful eye of the Good Sheperd. 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)
