Saturday, May 1, 2021

GOD REMEMBERS

PSALM 9:18 (CEV)
The poor and the homeless
won’t always be forgotten
and without hope.

LUKE 14:21 (CEV)
The master... said, “Go as fast as you can to every street and alley in town! Bring in everyone who is poor or crippled or blind or lame.”

SUMMARY SENTENCE
God will not forget the needy.

PRAYER
God, you have a great memory, and you never forget those who are needy. Thank you for remembering me -- a needy person. I do get frustrated, though, when I see the needs around me that don't ever seem to resolve. Forgive me for doubting your memory and for allowing discouragement to negatively impact the hope you have planted in my life. Refresh the hope that is ours through the resurrection and show me how I can be a part of the solution for those who feel forgotten. Amen.

DAILYTEXTS.ORG

*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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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)

NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)

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