CONFIDENCE
PSALM 62:6 (ABP)
God alone is the big and mighty rock upon which I'm safe from the battles below. He is the fort in which I feel secure and untouchable.
HEBREWS 12:12-13 (CEV)
Now stand up straight! Stop your knees from shaking and walk a straight path.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God grants his people confidence in the face of all kinds of trouble.
PRAYER
Rock-solid God, thank you for being my safe place. Forgive me for allowing the worries of this world to drag me down. Sometimes I'm on the verge of panic because of the pandemic and political pandemonium. Save me not just from the craziness but also from my shaky knees. I'm going to hold my head up and walk confidently forward because I know that you're in control. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 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)
