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Friday, December 25, 2020

LET THE JOY FLOW!

Christmas

PSALM 144:15 (CEB)
The people whose God is the LORD are truly happy!

LUKE 2:10-11 (ABP)
‘Don’t be afraid,’ the angel said to the shepherds. ‘Pay close attention because I’ve got good news for you -- wonderful news for all people. This very day in David's Town your savior has been born -- indeed, the Messiah, the Lord!

SUMMARY SENTENCE
It's Christmas -- let the joy flow!

PRAYER
Mighty God, thank you for intervening in our troubled world. It didn't happen exactly the way we thought it would. Forgive me for allowing my faulty expectations to get in the way of truly celebrating what you have done for us. I need help letting go of all the faulty ideas I have about what makes Christmas significant. I'm going to celebrate what you have done, and continue to do, through the birth of your Son into our world. 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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