FREEDOM IN CHRIST
PSALM 106:6 (MSG)
We’ve sinned a lot, both we and our parents;
We’ve fallen short, hurt a lot of people.
TITUS 2:14 (MSG)
Jesus Christ offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Even though we've really messed up, God sent his Son to turn things around for us.
PRAYER
Patient God, you don't leave us to suffer the natural consequences of sin. You have intervened on our behalf -- sacrificing your Son Jesus to free us from the grip of darkness. Yet, I confess that more days than not, I drift back toward the dark side. I'm not totally comfortable there but I still dabble in places best left alone. Guide me back. Restore in me an eagerness to live according to the way of Jesus. I want to make you proud. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 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)
