Everyone
The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to him. ~ Psalm 22:27a (NLT)
He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we’ve learned... ~ 1 Timothy 2:4 (MSG)
KEY THOUGHT:
God is interested in the salvation of everyone.
PRAYER:
Gracious God, thank you for including me. I confess that my vision is way too narrow. I'm only interested in reaching people who are like me. Expand my vision and passion. I'm going to join with you in welcoming the whole world to join up with Christ. 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)
