EVERYONE
ISAIAH 56:8 (NLT)
For the Sovereign Lord,
who brings back the outcasts of Israel, says:
I will bring others, too,
besides my people Israel.”
1 TIMOTHY 2:3-4 (CEV)
God wants everyone to be saved and to know the whole truth...
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God desires his wholeness and healing for everyone.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for saving us through the gift of your Son Jesus. I confess that I'm not eager to live out that salvation because it's not just about me. You want to include the rest of the world and that feels a bit inconvenient. The world is so resistant to change, yet, you're determined to change how we live and relate to you and each other. Show me what to do -- how to share your salvation and truth with everyone within my sphere of influence. I'm going to expand my vision. 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)
