SECURE PRESENCE
PROVERBS 18:10 (CEV)
The Lord is a mighty tower
where his people can run
for safety...
PHILIPPIANS 4:6 (ABP)
Stop all the fussing and worrying. Replace all that with prayer -- making requests, praising God, and offering thanks. Give it all to God!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Turn to God during the hard times.
PRAYER
Gracious God, I'm thankful that you are available to us even in the hard times. My own lame solutions for safety are never enduring. Draw me into your secure presence. I'm going to be safe with you. Amen.
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)
