Hope that lives on
My mercy and justice are coming soon.
My salvation is on the way.
My strong arm will bring justice to the nations.
All distant lands will look to me
and wait in hope for my powerful arm.
~ Isaiah 51:5 (NLT)
Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is so good, and by raising Jesus from death, he has given us new life and a hope that lives on. ~ 1 Peter 1:3 (CEV)
SUMMARY SENTENCE:
God's salvation is certainly coming.
PRAYER:
Good God, thank you for raising Jesus from the dead and thus securing our future. I confess that I often fail to connect this hope to the ordeals that come at me. Help me to apply the certainty of complete healing and justice -- of salvation -- to my current situation. I'm going to live in light of our living hope. 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)
