PROTECTION
PSALM 121:5-6 (MSG)
GOD’s your Guardian,
right at your side to protect you—
Shielding you from sunstroke,
sheltering you from moonstroke.
JOHN 17:15 (CEV)
Father, I don’t ask you to take my followers out of the world, but keep them safe from the evil one.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is there for you and your protection.
PRAYER
God, thank you for shielding me from danger. Sometimes I feel like it would be better to bail on the world and the insanity which reigns here. But I realize that you know better and that you have a purpose for keeping us here. Continue to protect us from the harmful effects of the system around us. I want to live faithfully in the midst of it all. I'm trusting that this is possible with you by my side. 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)
