GREATER GRACE
The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
GENESIS 39:9 (CEV)
I won’t sin against God by doing such a terrible thing as this.
2 TIMOTHY 2:1 (CEB)
So, my child, draw your strength from the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Draw your strength from the grace that comes to you in Christ Jesus to overcome the challenges that come your way.
PRAYER
God, the temptations are overwhelming but our grace is greater than whatever is being thrown at us. Forgive me for acting like it's all too much and that despair is the only answer. Renew my strength as you draw me closer to yourself through Christ. By your grace, I'm going to come out on top. Amen.
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)
