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Sunday, March 21, 2021

THE CREATOR AND THE CREATION

The 5th Sunday in Lent

ISAIAH 48:13 (CEV)
With my own hand
I created the earth
and stretched out the sky.
They obey my every command.


John 1:1-3 (NTE)
In the beginning was the Word. The Word was close beside God, and the Word was God. In the beginning, he was close beside God.

All things came into existence through him; not one thing that exists came into existence without him.


SUMMARY SENTENCE
God created it all and it all remains under his control.

PRAYER
Glorious creator, thank you for the incredible world in which you have placed us. I admit that I've been a careless occupant of your creation. And some of this carelessness is coming back to bite us. Show us how to repent of our carelessness and give us the wisdom needed to navigate through the messes we've created. Most of all, help us -- help me -- to trust that nothing we've done can thwart your purposes for creation. I'm going to live in a way that honors you as creator, redeemer, and sustainer. Amen.

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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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

EXB = The Expanded Bible (©2011, Thomas Nelson Publishing)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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)

NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)

REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press)

TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)

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