Faithful God
I am with you and will rescue you, declares the LORD. ~ Jeremiah 30:11 (CEB)
When I was first put on trial, no one helped me. In fact, everyone deserted me. I hope it won’t be held against them. But the Lord stood beside me. ~ 2 Timothy 4:16-17 (CEV)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Regardless of what happens, rest assured that you're not alone because the Lord is standing with you.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for being so loyal and faithful. You're the only one I rely on. I can't even trust myself. I tend to flake out when things go sideways. As you stand with me, prop me up so that I can stay faithful to you and those who are in need. Because of Christ, I'm going to trust you to get me through both the good and the bad times. Amen.
*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 — 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)
