COMING GRACE
ISAIAH 61:1-2 (MSG)
GOD sent me to announce the year of his grace—
a celebration of God’s destruction of our enemies...
LUKE 1:30 (CEB)
The angel said, "Don’t be afraid, Mary. God is honoring you."
SUMMARY SENTENCE
The time is coming when we'll more fully experience God's grace.
PRAYER
Generous God, what I've experienced with you has been a joy! But it appears that there is more coming. Forgive me for living as though your grace has limitations. Help me to recognize in my everyday life how you are ramping creation up for the big reveal that is coming through Christ. 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)
