GOD IS IN CHARGE
PROVERBS 16:33 (CEV)
We make our own decisions,
but the LORD alone
determines what happens.
JAMES 4:15 (CEB)
Here’s what you ought to say: “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is in control so align your life with his agenda.
PRAYER
Almighty God, it's good to know that you are in charge and that ultimately we will see how everything aligns with your will. I confess that I'm an independent sort of person and that I let the things which capture my imagination define the agenda for my life. I need to realign my life so that it reflects your agenda for the world and for me. I'm going to start by changing the way that I talk about the future. 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)
