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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

DIVINE INTERVENTION

ISAIAH 64:9 (MSG)
Don’t keep a permanent account of wrongdoing.
Keep in mind, please, we are your people—all of us.


1 JOHN 2:1 (ABP)
My dear children, I am writing all this to help you stay away from sin. But if you do sin, Jesus Christ, who is qualified to represent you because he always does the right thing -- Jesus will intervene, speaking to the Father on your behalf.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
Stop worrying about your failures because Jesus intervenes for sinful people.

PRAYER
God, you (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) are totally righteous. We, on the other hand, through what we do and what we fail to do, are bunglers in the righteousness department. Show me how to take my sinfulness seriously without fixating on this problem. I'm going to confidently move forward because I trust that you have everything under control. Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name; your Kingdom come; your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.

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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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

ERV = Easy-To-Read Version (©2006, World Bible Translation Center)

EXB = The Expanded Bible (©2011, Thomas Nelson Publishing)

GNT = Good News Translation (©1992, American Bible Society)

MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)

NCB = New Catholic Bible (©2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp.)

NCV = New Century Version (©2005, Thomas Nelson Inc)

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)

NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.)

NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)

REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press)

TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)

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