Maintain faithfulness
But you know, Lord,
how faithful I’ve always been,
even in my thoughts. ~ Jeremiah 12:3 (CEV)
Jesus said: I have loved you, just as my Father has loved me. So remain faithful to my love for you. ~ John 15:9 (CEV)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Maintain faithfulness.
PRAYER
Loving God, you remain true to who you are and what you say. But there are distracting voices -- sirens -- calling me to invest in other types of love. And even though it's hard, I want to remain faithful to your love. I know that in the end your love is all that matters. Guard my eyes, ears, and heart so that you remain the focus of my attention. 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)
NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)