NEW KINGDOM
ISAIAH 60:3 (CEV)
Nations and kings
will come to the light
of your dawning day.
LUKE 11:2 (CEV)
Come and set up your kingdom.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Through Christ Jesus, God is resetting the world order -- and he invites us to become early investors.
PRAYER
Thank you, Gracious God, for not giving up on your creation. You have vowed to establish a new kingdom and you've invited us to participate. Forgive me for making my own little kingdom the top priority. Show me again how you want me to participate. I'm going to set aside my own agenda to adopt yours. 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)
