Monday, June 19, 2023

LIVING WATER

JEREMIAH 17:13 (MSG)
All who leave you end up as fools,
Deserters with nothing to show for their lives,
who walk off from GOD; fountain of living waters—
and wind up dead!


REVELATION 21:6 (NLT)
God said, "To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life."

SUMMARY SENTENCE
Drink the spirit-refreshing water God provides and live.

DAILY FODDER
Physically dehydrated people are often unaware of their condition. Might that also be the case for spiritually dehydrated people? How does someone know if they are spiritually dehydrated? How do we prevent dehydration?

PRAYER
Jesus, you have invited all who are thirsty to drink the living water you provide. I confess that I don't always recognize how parched I've become. I'm so busy and distracted that I don't notice the warning signs. Keep me alert to the signs of spiritual dehydration and aware of my ongoing need to drink your living water -- the water that flows by staying close to you. I'm going to keep on chugging your water to stay healthy. Amen!

THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
We hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
     so that everything that happens here will align
     with what is happening there.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
     and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you would protect us from all forms of evil.
Amen!

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*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)

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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