GOD-DRIVEN CHANGE
EXODUS 9:34 (MSG)
But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he kept right on sinning, stubborn as ever, both he and his servants.
ROMANS 2:4 (CEB)
Don’t you realize that God’s kindness is supposed to lead you to change your heart and life?
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Let God change your life, or else...
PRAYER
Again, O God, I'm thankful for your involvement in our lives. You are kind and merciful. And while I know that should be enough to change us, sometimes we resist even the sweetest of gifts. It doesn't make sense but we still need saving. Save us -- save me from my stubbornness. I'm going to let your kindness lead my life. 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)
