Come to Jesus
When people fall down, don’t they get up again?
When they discover they’re on the wrong road, don’t they turn back? ~ Jeremiah 8:4b (NLT)
Jesus said: I won’t send away anyone who comes to me. ~ John 6:37b (CEB)
KEY THOUGHT:
When people figure out that they need to turn to Jesus, he won't reject them.
PRAYER:
Gracious God, you focus on welcoming people -- thankfully, even people like me. But I still have some drifting tendencies in me. Steady my course. Keep me close. I'm going to compete the journey alongside you. 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)