READY
JOEL 2:11-12 (CEB)
The day of the Lord is great;
it stirs up great fear—who can endure it?
Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your hearts...
LUKE 12:36 (MSG)
Be like house servants waiting for their master to come back...
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Stay alert and ready for the return of Christ.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for the promise of your return to set things straight. I confess that I could be the one needing to be straightened out. So, I am looking for your help in turning things around. I want to be ready and in good standing with you when that happens. I pray this in the name of Christ Jesus, 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)
