CELEBRATE SALVATION!
ISAIAH 61:10 (CEV)
I celebrate and shout
because of my LORD God.
His saving power and justice
are the very clothes I wear.
ACTS 8:39 (CEV)
The official never saw him again, but he was very happy as he went on his way.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Celebrate salvation!
PRAYER
Glorious God, your salvation is worth celebrating. You lift us as no one or nothing else can do. Forgive me for taking it all for granted and failing to celebrate. Help me to more fully turn to you so that I can frolic in the salvation and justice which cover and protect me. 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)
