Got trouble?
Samuel: “Up to this point the Lord has helped us!” ~ 1 Samuel 7:12 (NLT)
We are experiencing all kinds of trouble, but we aren’t crushed. We are confused, but we aren’t depressed. ~ 2 Corinthians 4:8 (CEB)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
The Lord helps us through the troubles we encounter.
PRAYER
Thank you, Lord, for keeping me from utterly giving up on myself, for calling me to follow in faith where you have led the way, and for granting me the strength to answer your call. Thank you for the company of your people, my sisters and brothers in Christ. Bless us, as together we seek to do your will. Amen. (Daily Texts, Mount Carmel Ministries edition)
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)
