God rescues
Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! ~ Isaiah 64:1 (NLT)
Rescue us from the evil one. ~ Matthew 6:13
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God rescues.
PRAYER
God, thank you for rescuing your people. You've done it over and over again throughout the ages. You rescued Noah from the flood. You rescued the Hebrew people from slavery. And you sent Jesus from heaven to come down and rescue us from the powers of sin and death. I admit that I'm still in need of daily rescuing because I lean away from your agenda and into accomplishing the things which feel most important to me. Rescue me from myself. Transform my life so that it is in sync with your life. I'm going to live as someone who has been rescued from certain death. 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)
