God knows
You alone know the human heart. ~ 1 Kings 8:39b (CEB)
May Jesus himself and God our Father, who reached out in love and surprised you with gifts of unending help and confidence, put a fresh heart in you, invigorate your work, enliven your speech. ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 (MSG)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God knows us on the deepest of levels and yet he still lavishes us with his gifts.
PRAYER
Thank you God for your love. You love me in spite of the fact that you know and understand me better than anyone -- even better than I know and understand myself. Refresh my confidence and my heart so that all I do and say brings honor to you. 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)
