REDEVELOPMENT
JEREMIAH 23:29 (CEB)
Isn’t my word like fire
and like a hammer that shatters rock?
declares the LORD.
LUKE 12:49 (MSG)
I’ve come to start a fire on this earth—how I wish it were blazing right now!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is in the midst of a major world-wide redevelopment plan, which he is carrying out through Christ Jesus.
PRAYER
Word of life, where am I without you? Hardened by life's trials is where I am. I give you my whole being. Break me open. Soften me. Burn away resistance and cleanse me for love's purposes. Refined by your love; let love flow always and in all ways to others. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own 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)
