Faith
Abram left just as the LORD told him... ~ Genesis 12:4 (CEB)
The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God. ~ Galatians 3:7 (NLT)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Those who act in faith are those who inherit the blessings of God.
PRAYER
Gracious God, thank you for calling us all to faith. I get excited when I see how the earliest promises apply to even me. I confess that in spite of this good news, I'm prone to wander and apply my faith in unreliable people, institutions, and things. Draw me even closer so that trusting you becomes more natural. I want it to be my default attitude and action. I'm looking forward to where you are leading. Amen.
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)
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)
