Death overcome
Your dead will live. ~ Isaiah 26:19 (CEB)
We do this because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus... ~ 2 Corinthians 4:14 (CEB)
SUMMARY SENTENCE Through Jesus we come to realize how temporary death is.
PRAYER Loving and powerful God, thank you for overcoming death and for taking us with you -- even into the new eternal life. Forgive me for allowing the losses I experience to feed my own fear of death. Stir within me the hope of new life that belongs to all who travel with you. I'm going to stick close 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)
