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Friday, November 13, 2020

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.

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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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

EXB = The Expanded Bible (©2011, Thomas Nelson Publishing)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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)

NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)

REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press)

TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)

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