The work of Christ
Holy Saturday
Our terrible sins may demand
that we be punished.
But if you rescue us, Lord,
everyone will see
how great you are.
~ Jeremiah 14:7 (CEV)
Christ carried the burden
of our sins.
He was nailed to the cross,
so that we would stop sinning
and start living right.
By his cuts and bruises
you are healed.
~ 1 Peter 2:24 (CEV)
SUMMARY SENTENCE:
Through the cross and resurrection we are rescued from our addiction to sin.
PRAYER:
Savior God, thank you for the cross. Thank you for Easter. Thank you for continuing to work with us to implement the victory of Christ in our daily lives. Help me to trust you to complete your work in my life. I'm going to ride in the victory parade. 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)
