Listen and do
I write out my revelation for them in detail
and they pretend they can’t read it. ~ Hosea 8:12 (MSG)
Jesus said: “I was born into this world to tell about the truth. And everyone who belongs to the truth knows my voice.” ~ John 18:37b (CEV)
SUMMARY SENTENCE:
Those who genuinely know Jesus listen to him and do what he tells them to do.
PRAYER:
God, thank you for talking to us. I confess that I participate in the age-old practice of selective listening. I talk about how I'm with Jesus but then I conveniently miss half of what he says. Cure me of my poor hearing. Give me a heart for doing. When it comes to communication from you, I want to listen and do. 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)
