Acknowledge
Acknowledge that GOD is God -- no competition. Contrary to popular notions of self-made men he's the one who made us. So we belong to him. We are his people -- sheep under his care, in his pasture. ~ Psalm 100:3 (ABP)In fact, God isn’t far away from any of us. In God we live, move, and exist. ~ Acts 17:27-28 (CEB)SUMMARY SENTENCEAcknowledge that God keeps us close to himself so that we can live rich lives.PRAYERThank you, God, for paying attention to me. Indeed, in spite of my negligence toward you, you continue to hold things together and to fill my life with wonder and delight. Help me to more freely acknowledge your role in my life. I'm going to enjoy the life that you have given to me. 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)
