OUTCOMES
PSALM 38:9 (NLT)
You know what I long for, Lord;
you hear my every sigh.
JAMES 1:3 (NTE)
...you know that, when your faith is put to the test, what comes out is patience.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Rough times can produce significant outcomes.
PRAYER
Lord, thank you for recognizing my sighs for what they are. Thank you for taking me by the hand through these difficult days. I'm hoping that you'll use them to produce maturity in me. I'm confident that when we put our faith in you no experience is wasted. 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)
