REVEALED
ISAIAH 40:5 (NLT)
Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.
The LORD has spoken!
JOHN 1:14 (NTE)
And the Word became flesh, and lived among us. We gazed upon his glory, glory like that of the father’s only son, full of grace and truth.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
In Jesus God has shown himself for all to see.
PRAYER
Thank you, Great God, for stooping down to let us see you for who you are. I confess that even though I've caught a glimpse and I like what I see, that I'm easily distracted. I tend to minimize the significance of it all because I'm so busy looking around. Help me to narrow my focus so that I have a chance to really take in the glorious view. I'm going to allow what I see to change my life. 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)
