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Friday, August 28, 2020

Refreshment

You are my God. I worship you.
In my heart, I long for you,
     as I would long for a stream 
          in a scorching desert.
~ Psalm 63:1 (CEV)

Jesus stood up and shouted,
     "All who are thirsty should come to me!"
~ John 7:37 (CEB)

SUMMARY SENTENCE
Jesus is the source of life-giving refreshment.

PRAYER
Thank you, God, for refreshing us when we get worn down and parched. I confess that I contribute to my own depletion. I've opted in to a world system that pushes us into wanting more and fearing that we're going to miss out on some experience. Reset my desires so that I'm looking only to you for fulfillment. I'm going to find refreshment and satisfaction in you. Amen.

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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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

EXB = The Expanded Bible (©2011, Thomas Nelson Publishing)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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)

NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)

REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press)

TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)

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