Gates
Christmas Eve
Open the ancient gates,
so that the glorious king
may come in. ~ Psalm 24:7 (CEV)
“Here’s the man.” ~ John 19:5 (CEB)
KEY THOUGHT:
Open your life to Jesus the glorious king as he comes!
PRAYER:
Thank you for coming, Jesus! Help me to open the gates of my life more than a crack. I can't open them wide enough on my own to welcome you in the way you should be welcomed. I'm just going to start pulling on the gates and trust that you're pushing. Amen.
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)
NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)
REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press) TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)