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May God who is all good, pardon and forgive everyone who sincerely desires God, the God of our ancestors. ~ 2 Chronicles 30:18-19 (MSG)
There was a man there, his name Zacchaeus, the head tax man and quite rich. He wanted desperately to see Jesus... ~ Luke 19:2-3 (MSG)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God has an open door for any kind of person who wants to meet with him.
PRAYER
Gracious God, thank you for your warm welcome. Forgive me for thinking that I have to be functioning at a particular spiritual level in order to connect with you. Even worse, I communicate those same rigid expectations to others through my words and attitude. Expand my understanding of your hospitality so that I, and all with whom I share life, will feel welcome in your transforming presence. 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)
