PASSING THE PEACE
NUMBERS 6:25 (ABP)
I pray that God will smile on you and fill your life with his good gifts.
JOHN 20:21 (MSG)
Jesus repeated his greeting: “Peace to you. Just as the Father sent me, I send you.”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Might God fill your life with the gift of his peace so you can pass it along to others.
PRAYER
Good God, you never run out of gifts to give. I am especially thankful for the gift of peace that comes through Christ. I confess that I don't fully prioritize peace-making. Breath your peace into my life again so that I can share it with others. 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)
