GOD IS HERE
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
ISAIAH 55:6 (CEV)
Turn to the Lord!
He can still be found.
Call out to God! He is near.
COLOSSIANS 2:9 (CEB)
All the fullness of deity lives in Christ’s body.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God has come close to us through Christ Jesus.
PRAYER
Thank you, Christ Jesus, for coming to us to reveal God in ways never before seen. You are God in the flesh. Forgive me for acting as though you are distant and uninvolved. It is easy to ignore disengaged deities. Open my eyes to your ongoing engagement in history and the wonder of your presence. I'm going to sit up and pay closer attention to what you're doing. 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)
