GOD UNDERSTANDS
PSALM 94:9 (CEV)
God gave us ears and eyes!
Can’t he hear and see?
MATTHEW 6:8 (NLT)
Your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Don't underestimate God's understanding of the situation.
PRAYER
Great God, you are creator, redeemer, and sustainer. I confess that my understanding of your involvement in the problems we face is limited to my own capacity. Wipe that nonsense from my brain. Free me to believe that you are bigger and your capacity greater than I imagine. No matter what is happening I'm going to trust that you are at work in the midst of the situation. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 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)
