All we need
...the Lord your God has been with you. You haven’t needed a thing. ~ Deuteronomy 2:7b (CEB)
Paul wrote: But in everything and in every way we show that we truly are God’s servants. We have always been patient, though we have had a lot of trouble, suffering, and hard times... and we are always happy, even in times of suffering. Although we are poor, we have made many people rich. And though we own nothing, everything is ours. ~ 2 Corinthians 6:4,10 (CEV)
SUMMARY SENTENCE:
God provides all that we need.
PRAYER:
Thank you, God, for being with us -- and providing for all that I need. I admit that I can be a complainer because I desire more than I need and feel slightly that I don't have what other less-deserving people seem to have. Free me from this lack of perspective. Give me fresh insight into what I actually need and how you faithfully provide. I'm going to be a happy servant of Christ, regardless of the circumstances. 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)
