WORRY
PROVERBS 18:10 (MSG)
GOD’s name is a place of protection—
good people can run there and be safe.
PHILIPPIANS 4:6 (MSG)
Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Turn to God with all your concerns and he'll keep you safe.
PRAYER
Over and over again, God, you take care of me. You help me navigate through difficult situations. Yet, over and over again my first response to trouble seems to be worry. I get so worked up over every problem -- as though I can change the outcome through my anxiety. I confess that I'm trying to be in charge. Help me to shift my attention your direction so that I can experience your protection once again. I'm going to give you my concerns -- all of them. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 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)
