ANSWERS
Maundy Thursday
JOB 33:13-14 (CEV)
So why do you challenge God to answer you? God speaks in different ways, and we don’t always recognize his voice.
JOHN 18:20-21 (CEV)
But Jesus told him, “I have spoken freely in front of everyone. And I have always taught in our meeting places and in the temple, where all of our people come together. I have not said anything in secret. Why are you questioning me? Why don’t you ask the people who heard me? They know what I have said.”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Don't expect answers if the only thing you want to do is argue with God.
PRAYER
All-knowing God, thank you for revealing the truth which is embodied in Jesus. I'm sorry for my demanding attitude and the ways that I angle for the answers that I want to hear. Help me to accept that my capacity is limited and that my wisdom to handle the full picture is non-existent. As I struggle fill me with your guiding Holy Spirit. I'm going to trust that you know what you're doing. 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)
