TURN TO THE LORD
The Third Sunday after Pentecost
PSALM 13:6 (CEB)
Yes, I will sing to the LORD
because he has been good to me.
JAMES 5:13 (CEV)
If you are having trouble, you should pray. And if you are feeling good, you should sing praises.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Regardless of the circumstances turn to the Lord in song.
PRAYER
Merciful God, receive these words as a song of praise, for you have been exceedingly good to me. Your faithfulness is beyond measure. Sometimes, though, when things aren't going well I turn inward and wallow in pity rather than turning to you in prayer. Reorient my life so that regardless of the circumstances I'm turning to you. 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)
