SAVIOR
PSALM 68:20 (MSG)
He’s our Savior, our God, oh yes!
He’s God-for-us, he’s God-who-saves-us.
Lord GOD knows all
death’s ins and outs.
1 THESALLONIANS 4:14 (CEV)
We believe that Jesus died and was raised to life. We also believe that when God brings Jesus back again, he will bring with him all who had faith in Jesus before they died.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Our Savior rescues us from death.
PRAYER
You are the God-who-saves, and that's good news. We've been dealing with a lot of death recently and I confess that I allow it to drag me down. I get discouraged and I need a lift from you. Remind me of the hope that is ours through Jesus. I'm going to trust him for the now and the future. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own 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)
