ANNOUNCING
The 2nd Sunday in Advent
St Nickolas Day
DANIEL 4:2 (MSG)
"Peace and prosperity to all! It is my privilege to report to you the gracious miracles that the High God has done for me."
1 JOHN 1:2 (NTE)
That life was displayed, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and we announce to you the life of God’s coming age, which was with the father and was displayed to us.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
It is our glorious privilege to announce what God is up to through Christ.
PRAYER
God over all, thank you for allowing us to see what you're up to through Christ. I confess that I don't clearly display this good news in my life. Remove the distracting clutter so that your life-giving activity is evident to all who care to see. My life is going to be your display board. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 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)
