STAND FIRM
EXODUS 14:13 (ABP)
Dismiss your fears. Stand your ground and watch GOD save the day.
HEBREWS 10:23 (ABP)
Keep a tight grip on the hope that we all confess. Remember, Christ the promise-maker can be trusted.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Stand firm and trust Christ to finish the job.
PRAYER
Christ Jesus, you are totally faithful and completely trustworthy. I don't understand how it is that I start to panic in the face of trouble. I let my mind run wild and dwell on the worst possible outcomes. Help me to relax and to see enough of your hand at work so that I stand firm. I am trusting that because of you, things really will turn out best. 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)
