Pride
You'll be giddy with glee because the LORD is your God. You'll be proud of the fact that you, Israel, are associated with the One and Only. ~ Isaiah 41:16 (ABP)
We even take pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, the one through whom we now have a restored relationship with God. ~ Romans 5:11 (CEB)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Take pride in the relationship that you have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYER
Dear God, you sent your Son into the world to restore our relationship with you. That you'd want to relate to us is unimaginable -- especially considering that we are so messed up. When I look at my life I realize that I tend to be proud of all the wrong things. Need I go into detail? No, but I do ask that you'd help me sort through my pride. Help me to find my sense of self -- my confidence -- my pride -- in what you are doing for me. I'm going to build my happiness in your gift. 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)
