THRIVE IN UNSETTLED TIMES AND PLACES
GENESIS 26:3 (CEB)
Stay in this land as an immigrant, and I will be with you and bless you because I will give all of these lands to you and your descendants. I will keep my word, which I gave to your father Abraham.
1 PETER 1:17 (CEB)
You should conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your dwelling in a strange land.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Even though life feels unsettled you can thrive if you lean on God and his ways.
PRAYER
God, thank you for being a promise keeper. I confess that I struggle with doubts when life feels so unsettled. Help me to let go of the anxiety and trust that you don't just keep your word but that you keep your people. I'm going to live for you during these strange times and in this godless place. 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)
