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.
*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)
