WITH US
ZEPHANIAH 3:16-17 (CEV)
Don’t be discouraged
or grow weak from fear!
The LORD your God
wins victory after victory
and is always with you.
JOHN 21:3-4 (ABP)
Jesus' apprentices went out in their boat to fish. But their nets came up empty all night long. As the sun rose they could see Jesus standing on the shore, although they didn't realize who he was.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Even when we can't see him God is standing with us.
PRAYER
God of glorious sunrises, I thank you for standing watch over me throughout the night. Sometimes I let the darkness confuse me into believing that I'm alone. Show me your saving presence in the moments when I most need to see it. I'm not going to let the darkness get to me. 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)
