Gathering
And when your people meet,
I will praise you, LORD. ~ Psalm 26:12 (CEV)
My friends, when you meet to worship, you must do everything for the good of everyone there. That’s how it should be when someone sings or teaches or tells what God has said or speaks an unknown language or explains what the language means. ~ 1 Corinthians 14:26 (CEV)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
When we meet the focus is on others and God.
PRAYER
Lord, thank you for calling your people together. We confess that we're a little frustrated because we haven't been able to meet in the ways that we're used to. This pandemic has been rough. Show us how we can praise you and keep the needs of others first and foremost in mind as we gather in a more cautious manner. We know that nothing can stop your praise. We will continue to bless you no matter what. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 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)
