CONFIDENCE
ISAIAH 43:1 (CEB)
Don’t fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name; you are mine.
ROMANS 8:31 (MSG)
With God on our side... how can we lose?
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Trust God to carry you through.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for standing up for us -- even though we have been inconsistent in our faithfulness to you. We give in to fear; panic; try to solve problems in our own way, and end up messing things up even more. Help me to respond to your faithfulness with trust. I'm going to move forward with confidence, even when the situation is messy and confusing. 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)
