Listen for understanding
The 5th Sunday in Eastertide
Whatever job you’re given to do, do it. God is with you! ~ 1 Samuel 10:7 (MSG)
Think about what I’m saying; the Lord will give you understanding about everything. ~ 2 Timothy 2:7 (CEB)
SUMMARY SENTENCE:
When we pay attention to what the Lord is saying, he will help us understand what to do.
PRAYER:
Thank you, God, for being with us and for speaking into our current situation. I confess that I can get so worked up about things that I try to create my own solutions. Disrupt my process and guide me to the point where I can apply what you're saying. I'm going to trust you to give me wisdom so I can handle things your way. 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)
