GRACE
JEREMIAH 2:29 (NLT)
"Why do you accuse me of doing wrong?
You are the ones who have rebelled,”
says the LORD.
ROMANS 3:23-24 (CEV)
All of us have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. But God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Through the actions of Christ, God treats us better than we deserve.
PRAYER
I'm grateful today, God, for the gift of salvation that comes to us through Christ Jesus. I confess that sometimes I feel and act like I'm entitled to your attention, when in fact I'm as rebellious as the rest. Help me to begin to grasp the expanse of your grace. I'm going to live by grace. 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)
