FOUNDATIONAL
PSALM 18:31 (NLT)
Who but our God is a solid rock?
1 CORINTHIANS 3:11 (NLT)
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Christ is the only foundation for our lives.
PRAYER
Rock of Ages, you are my foundation. Sometimes I forget, Lord, that you are my only foundation. I become self-conscious about how I look, feel, or present myself. As I abide in you, Lord, show me how to build on your foundation to bring unity, life, light, and love to those you desire to bless today. Amen. (Daily Texts, Mount Carmel Ministries edition)
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)
