KEEP PRAYING
PSALM 66:20 (CEB)
Bless God! He didn’t reject my prayer;
he didn’t withhold his faithful love from me.
COLOSSIANS 4:2 (ABP)
Keep on praying -- with focus and gratitude.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
When it comes to prayer, don't be a slacker.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for your eagerness to talk with us. You have the time and energy for me. I, on the other hand, can become quite lazy and unfocused. I use that as an excuse to skip praying. Help me to maintain contact with you -- even if my prayers are disjointed and shallow. Even if my prayers are sloppy I know that your love is unrelenting and attentive. 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)
