TURN BACK
JEREMIAH 2:21 (CEV)
You were a choice grapevine,
but now you produce nothing
but small, rotten grapes.
REVELATION 2:5 (CEV)
Think about where you have fallen from, and then turn back and do as you did at first.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Turn back to serving God.
PRAYER
Lord of my life, thank you for the wake-up call given me through your word. I am sorry for my rebellious attitude and for any actions that affect your plans for my life. Bring me back to your loving arms of forgiveness. Cleanse my sinful heart. Help me to be faithful to your will in all that I do. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
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)
