God at work
Bless the Lord!
The God of our salvation
supports us day after day! ~ Psalm 68:19 (CEB)
We know that God works all things together for good for the ones who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose. ~ Romans 8:28 (CEB)
KEY THOUGHT:
God is working out his best in our lives.
PRAYER:
Again, God, thank you for staying involved in our lives. I admit that I get discouraged when I can't see how things are going to work out. Help me to see enough that my faith kicks in. No matter what I am going to trust that you are making the best from things which seem to me to be the worst. 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)
