Stories
Generation after generation stands in awe of your work;
each one tells stories of your mighty acts. ~ Psalm 145:4 (MSG)
All of this has been done for you, so that more and more people will know how kind God is and will praise and honor him. ~ 2 Corinthians 4:15 (CEV)
SUMMARY SENTENCE The story of God's kindness goes on and on with infinite impact.
PRAYER Powerful God, thank you for investing in me. I don't really feel worthy of your attention but you are kind to me. I have a tendency to keep all of this inside me -- even though I know that this is the type of thing that needs to be shared. Help me to figure out appropriate times and places to share the stories of your kindness. I'm going to join with the storytellers from all generations who declare how awesome you are. In Jesus' name, 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)
