SOLID
PSALM 48:8 (MSG)
We heard about it, then we saw it
with our eyes—
In GOD’s city of Angel Armies,
in the city our God
Set on firm foundations,
firm forever.
EPHESIANS 2:22 (CEB)
Christ is building you into a place where God lives through the Spirit.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
What God builds is solid.
PRAYER
We are grateful, Christ Jesus, that you are expanding your kingdom -- building in a solid way. So much of what we encounter in life is flimsy -- even much of what I embrace. Help me to raise the bar for what is acceptable. I want to be a part of the solid future that you are building through the work of your Holy Spirit. 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)
