JESUS' BUILDING PROJECT
DEUTERONOMY 2:7 (NLT)
For the LORD your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched your every step through this great wilderness.
MATTHEW 16:18 (ABP)
Jesus said, "You are Peter -- the rock on whom I'll build my church. And the forces of death will not be able to defeat it."
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Be encouraged because no matter how grim things look at times, Jesus' building project will be completed according to his plans.
PRAYER
Thank you, Jesus, for your church. I confess that I sometimes have trouble saying that. It's easy to get discouraged over her shortcomings and ugly failures. My perspective is so limited that I see only the setbacks and don't notice how you are leading and expanding your church. Open my eyes so that my attitude more accurately reflects the glory of what you're doing. 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)
