God is faithful
The 4th Sunday after the Epiphany
The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced. ~ Isaiah 50:7 (NRSV)
God has stood by me, just as he promised, and I’m standing here saying what I’ve been saying to anyone, whether king or child, who will listen. ~ Acts 26:22 (MSG)
KEY THOUGHT:
God is faithful to us so we can act boldly.
PRAYER:
Thank you, gracious God, for being faithful and loyal to us. You don't ever let us down, although I admit that way at times when things don't go the way I want them to go. Help me to catch a glimpse of you standing here by me. I'm going to allow your faithfulness to change me so that I am standing by you. 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)
