GLORIOUS LIVING
ISAIAH 45:17 (CEB)
Israel has been saved by the LORD of everlasting salvation.
You won’t be shamed, and you won’t be disgraced forever and always.
MATTHEW 13:43 (MSG)
At the same time, ripe, holy lives will mature and adorn the kingdom of their Father.
“Are you listening to this? Really listening?
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Fruitful lives are those lived in dedication to the Lord.
PRAYER
Father, I am grateful you have pursued me. Though I didn't deserve it, you saved me with an everlasting salvation. You don't shame or disgrace me. Instead, you cause me to shine like the sun. You give me life in your kingdom. How can I not praise you and share you with others? Holy Spirit, empower me to do so. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
*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)
