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Moses said to the Lord, "Don’t forget, this is your people, your responsibility." ~ Exodus 33:13 (MSG)
God called all of you through our good news so you could possess the honor of our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:14 (CEB)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We're called out to find our purpose in Christ rather than the agenda of the world.
PRAYER
Holy God, you have called me to be your special child, but sometimes I just want to blend in with the rest of the world. I am sorry I don't always consider this chosen status as a blessing. Draw me back to you. Wash me clean. Make me wholly yours to live now and forever in Christ our Lord. Amen. (Daily Texts, Mount Carmel Ministries edition)
*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)
