FACE GOD
JEREMIAH 2:27 (CEB)
They have turned their backs to me
and not their faces.
Yet in their time of trouble they say,
“Arise and save us!”
HEBREWS 11:1 (CEB)
Faith is the reality of what we hope for, the proof of what we don’t see.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Turn to face God, even when you can't see him.
PRAYER
Gracious God, you rescue us from our blindness. Forgive us for looking away from you -- even when we most need to look to you. We fail to trust you for the moment -- let alone for the future. Restore my eternal vision as I turn to you. 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)
