FAITHFUL LEADERSHIP
The Fourth Sunday in Eastertide
PSALM 48:14 (CEB)
“This is God,
our God, forever and always!
He is the one who will lead us
even to the very end.”
PHILIPPIANS 1:6 (MSG)
There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God has a long-term commitment to lead us to the end of our journey.
PRAYER
God, you are the one who has gotten me up and moving. You've given me a new life through Christ Jesus. Forgive me for doubting that you're still with me -- that my circumstances are so overwhelming that I'm going to be derailed. Give me an encouraging word so that I can persevere and stand in glory on the day when Christ once again appears among us. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 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)
