STICK WITH GOD
JOSHUA 14:8 (MSG)
Caleb said to Joshua, "My companions who went with me discouraged the people, but I stuck to my guns, totally with GOD, my God."
REVELATION 3:11-12 (MSG)
Keep a tight grip on what you have so no one distracts you and steals your crown.
“I’ll make each conqueror a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, a permanent position of honor.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Stick with God.
PRAYER
Thank you, Lord, for being my mighty and trustworthy God. You lead me safely through unfamiliar places in life. Have mercy on me when doubts force me to step back into the shadows. Give me courage to serve you with undying faithfulness. Help me to strengthen others to hold fast to you in times of trial. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
*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)
