GOD LISTENS
PSALM 25:5 (CEB)
You are the God who saves me.
I put my hope in you all day long.
1 JOHN 5:15 (ABP)
We know that God listens to us.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Trust the God who listens to you.
PRAYER
God, in a world where no one seems to be listening, you're all ears. I admit that sometimes I think I'm talking to the air when I pray. Give me the faith I need to talk with you about everything that is important to me. And help me to trust so much in your listening attention that I'm willing to listen to you. I put my hope in you all day long. 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)
