STAY THE COURSE
PROVERBS 10:28 (MSG)
The aspirations of good people end in celebration;
the ambitions of bad people crash.
HEBREWS 6:12 (MSG)
Don’t drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Those who stay the course end up with the rewards.
PRAYER
God of hope, you call me to faithfulness. There are times I am tempted to give up, days when the road seems too long. Forgive me, Lord, and reenergize me. In all things help me cling to the promises of Christ, for he will never disappoint. Help me work for the kingdom today, trusting the results to you. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
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)
