BLESSED
ISAIAH 44:3 (CEV)
I will bless the thirsty land
by sending streams of water;
I will bless your descendants
by giving them my Spirit.
ACTS 2:39 (CEV)
This promise is for you and your children. It is for everyone our Lord God will choose, no matter where they live.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is generous with his blessings.
PRAYER
God, thank you for the way that you bless us -- even though we are undeserving. I confess that I am oblivious to your generosity much of the time. I live as though there are limits to what you are giving us. Help me to shift into a mindset of abundance. Grant me an eagerness to share your gifts and your good news with everyone -- no matter who they are or where they live. I'm going to live as someone who is truly blessed. 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)
