THE BEST PLACE
PSALM 11:1 (CEV)
The LORD is my fortress!
Don’t say to me,
“Escape like a bird
to the mountains!”
JOHN 14:27 (NTE)
Jesus: "I’m leaving you peace. I’m giving you my own peace. I don’t give gifts in the way the world does. Don’t let your hearts be troubled; don’t be fearful."
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Don't be afraid because you are in the best of places when you are connected to Christ.
PRAYER
Thank you, Lord, for guarding me. I can count on you and the gifts you have given to me. I know that by your grace I'm going to be able to handle whatever comes m way. Yet, there are moments when I worry. Replace that worry with your peace so that I'm better positioned to speak words of peace into the lives of others. 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)
