AWE
Saint Nicolas Day
EXODUS 3:4-5 (CEV)
When the LORD saw Moses coming near the bush, he called him by name, and Moses answered, "Here I am."
God replied, "Don’t come any closer. Take off your sandals—the ground where you are standing is holy."
HEBREWS 12:28 (CEB)
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s continue to express our gratitude. With this gratitude, let’s serve in a way that is pleasing to God with respect and awe...
SUMMARY SENTENCE
The only way to truly worship and serve the Lord is with an attidue of awe.
PRAYER
Generous God, you have revealed yourself and your agenda to us. What an honor! Yet, we tend to be pretty casual -- might we even say "chummy" -- when it comes to you. Forgive us for failing to remove our shoes. Refresh our vision of your glory so that we might serve you with the respect and awe you deserve. 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)
