IN GOD'S HANDS
JOB 12:10 (CEV)
Every living creature
is in the hands of God.
ACTS 17:28 (CEB)
In God we live, move, and exist.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God holds your life in his hands.
PRAYER
Gracious God, thank you for carrying me this far. A lot has happened in my life that could have led to my demise. But you are guarding and protecting me. Forgive me for losing sight of your care and focusing exclusively on the challenge of the moment. Help me to put things in perspective and to focus on trusting in Christ. Because of your grace I'm not going to let the circumstances drag me down. 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)
