Contagious fellowship
"Let us go with you. We’ve heard that God is with you." ~ Zechariah 8:23 (MSG)
They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple followed by meals at home, every meal a celebration, exuberant and joyful, as they praised God. People in general liked what they saw. Every day their number grew as God added those who were saved. ~ Acts 2:46-47 (MSG)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Genuine fellowship with God is contagious.
PRAYER
Thank you God, for making yourself present to us -- for the fellowship and connection with you that is ours through Christ Jesus. Forgive me for whining when our time together gets interrupted by the events of life. Help me to see beyond the good but fluid rituals and patterns that I've come to rely on. Help me to find myself in the underlying fellowship -- the kind of fellowship that is contagious and compelling. I expect that others will be drawn to you through 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)
