TRUST
JEREMIAH 31:16 (NLT)
“Do not weep any longer,
for I will reward you,” says the Lord.
LUKE 18:7 (NLT)
So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night?
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Cry out to God for he'll give you the justice you need.
PRAYER
Gracious and attentive God, thank you for caring. Sometimes I allow the things which happen to bring me to tears -- to the point where my faith collapses. Carry me through the tough times. Encourage me so that I can see where things are heading. I'm going to trust in you and your justice. 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)
