Tuesday, April 4, 2023

GOD'S AMAZING ACTIVITY LIST

JOEL 2:21 (ABP)
Don't be afraid, dear land. Instead, celebrate and be glad because GOD is doing amazing things!

LUKE 19:37-38 (ABP)
When Jesus and his followers started down the pathway from Olive Mountain, shouting and singing broke out among them as they praised God for all the amazing things they had seen.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
If you want a lift, look for the amazing things that God has done and is doing.

DAILY FODDER
What stands in the way of you recognizing the amazing activity of God? What can you do about the obstacles?

PRAYER
Glorious God, during this Holy Week we are struck again by the way that you are in the process of turning an evil event into an amazing benefit for all humanity. I admit that I get down when I see how bad things are and I lose perspective. Help me to recognize your activity in the world -- to make a mental list, starting with the events of Holy Week, of the great turn-arounds that you're pulling off. I'm going to become an eternal optimist because of Jesus. I'm celebrating! 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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