DISPLAYING GOD'S GLORY
LEVITICUS 10:3 (NLT)
“This is what the Lord meant when he said,
‘I will display my holiness
through those who come near me.
I will display my glory
before all the people.’”
1 CORINTHIANS 3:16 (CEV)
All of you surely know that you are God’s temple and that his Spirit lives in you.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God chooses to live in and work through us so that we might display his glory.
PRAYER
Glorious God, it is a privilege to have you living in and working through us. There are so many implications for how I live and my purpose for living. I admit that I'm resistant to letting go of my own plans and goals. Gently guide me into the Spirit-filled and directed life. I'm going to set everything else aside so that I can display your glory. 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)
