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.
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)
