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Saturday, January 14, 2023

STORY OF YOUR LIFE

PSALM 139:16 (ABP)
Way before the sperm and egg hooked up,
you, GOD, could see the layout of my life
and how it would unfold.
Even before I was born, 
you, GOD, had written out in moment-by-moment detail 
the entire story of my life.

MATTHEW 6:25 (ABP)
Stop worrying over whether you'll have enough or what will become of you.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
God has written the story so you don't need to worry over the little or the big stuff of life.

PRAYER
God, it is good to know that everything will be okay. I confess, though, that sometimes I enjoy worrying. It makes me feel significant or somehow in charge of the situation. But I know that worry is outside your plan and isn't the healthiest thing for me. Help me to find faith in the midst of the story of my life. I'm going to trust you for the outcome. You write the best stories! 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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