UNCHANGING
DANIEL 6:26 (NLT)
For he is the living God,
and he will endure forever.
His kingdom will never be destroyed,
and his rule will never end.
HEBREWS 13:8 (NTE)
Jesus the Messiah is the same, yesterday, today and for ever.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Since Jesus is the constant and faithful expression of the unchanging God we can always rely on him.
PRAYER
Faithful God, I'm struggling because so much has changed in such a short period of time. I appreciate that you are the same whether there is a pandemic or not -- whether we are in crisis or not. Help me to calm down and trust that you are working out your plan even when there is chaos around me. I'm going to align with you and your unending kingdom -- no matter what happens. 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)
