Salvation
The 6th Sunday after Pentecost
Lord, you are in the right; but as you see, our faces are covered with shame. ~ Daniel 9:7 (NLT)
Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish! We don’t play the major role. ~ Ephesians 2:8 (MSG)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Fortunately, God has set his mind to saving us, for we can't do it ourselves.
PRAYER
God, I am so grateful for the gift of salvation. I confess that I sometimes get stuck on the shame I feel over my failures. Help me to look past the shame and guilt, and to rely soley on what Christ Jesus has done on our behalf. I'm going to live in that freedom. 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)
