GOD'S PLAN
AMOS 3:6 (MSG)
And when disaster strikes the city,
doesn’t GOD stand behind it?
LUKE 24:26 (CEB)
Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then enter into his glory?”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Everything, including the worst suffering, fits into God's plan.
PRAYER
Glorious God, I continue to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. What a glorious outcome! I confess to being a skeptic when everything appears to be unraveling. Restore resurrection-driven hope in my life so that I can face everything without flinching. 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)
