Shine!
Our Lord, you bless those
who join in the festival
and walk in the brightness
of your presence. ~ Psalm 89:15 (CEV)
So act like people of the light and make your light shine. Be good and honest and truthful... ~ Ephesians 5:8-9 (CEV)
KEY THOUGHT:
As people formed by the light of Christ we reflect his brightness.
PRAYER:
Thank you, God, for your shining presence. You are here -- glorious pulsating light. Forgive me for my ho-hum response. Continue to remake me in the light of your brightness. I'm going to shine the light of Christ through my life. 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)
