PURSUE PEACE
The Second Sunday after Pentecost
PROVERBS 12:20 (ABP)
Plant peace-seeds, harvest joy.
MATTHEW 5:9 (NTE)
Blessings on the peacemakers! You’ll be called God’s children.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We're blessed with joy when we pursue peace.
PRAYER
Prince of peace, you break down barriers between people. Thank you that you yourself are our peace. You call me to be a peacemaker. Discord and unrest make me feel anxious and insecure. Show me how to look past differences and seek unity. With your spirit's guidance, let me promote peace and brotherhood in Christ. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
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)
