Monday, October 3, 2022

ALIGNED

ISAIAH 45:9 (ABP)
The presumptuous pot who argues with the potter is doomed. A pot can't approach the potter as though he were just another pot and question his craftsmanship or creativity.

MATTHEW 6:9-10 (ABP)
Our Father who is in heaven, you are a holy being. Extend your reign over the earth so that things are done here in the same way that they are done there in your heavenly kingdom.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
If you really want to live, align your life with what God is doing.

PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, you are the master craftsman. Forgive me for second-guessing what's best for the world and my life. I have these fantasies which place me at the center of reality -- and I capriciously work toward living them out. It's not that I plan it to be that way. Through my sin and weakness, I let it happen. So I am asking that your Holy Spirit, living in me, would realign my life to more completely function according to the ways of your kingdom. I'm going to simply trust that you know what you're doing. 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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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)

EEB = EasyEnglish Bible (©2015, MissionAssist)

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

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)

NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 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.)

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