In training
By your teachings, Lord,
I am warned;
by obeying them,
I am greatly rewarded. ~ Psalm 19:11 (CEV)
Train yourself to be godly. ~ 1 Timothy 4:7 (NLT)
KEY THOUGHT:
Consider yourself to be in training -- constantly developing new skills in godly living.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for coaching me through your Word. I'm still a bit of a whimp. I am an on and off again person when it comes to training. So I would ask that you would help me build consistency in my workouts. Give me joy in them and encouragement so that I can become a Christ-like person. 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 — 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)
