BLESSINGS!
DEUTERONOMY 28:12 (NLT)
The LORD will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens and will bless all the work you do.
1 PETER 2:3 (NLT)
...you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We've already had a small taste of the Lord's kindness -- just wait until the whole meal arrives.
PRAYER
God, you have already begun to bless me. I can't really count all the blessings -- there are too many. Yet, I slide into worrying over the silliest little things. As your blessings rain into my life, flood out all the worries and pettiness. Fill me with forgiveness and kindness to share. I'm going to live in anticipation of all that you have stored up to share with us. Amen.
*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)
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)
