GUIDING STARS
DANIEL 12:3 (CEB)
Those skilled in wisdom will shine like the sky. Those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and always.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:20 (CEB)
So we are ambassadors who represent Christ. God is negotiating with you through us. We beg you as Christ’s representatives, “Be reconciled to God!”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We are called to represent God and his wisdom, guiding others into a relationship with him through Christ.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for the stars which have over the ages been points of navigation for people. Thank you for calling us to shine as stars for the world today. Forgive me for allowing that call to play only a minor role in my life. Help me to take my calling seriously. I'm going to focus on being a bright star. 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)
