Friday, October 27, 2023

FEARLESS

PSALM 27:1 (MSG)
Light, space, zest—
that’s GOD!
So, with him on my side I’m fearless,
afraid of no one and nothing.

PHILIPPIANS 4:13 (CEV)
Christ gives me the strength to face anything.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
Because of the presence of Christ in my life I'm not afraid.

DAILY FODDER
I have daily themes that help me with praying. Wednesdays are "Worry Wednesday" and I pull everything out of the box that worries me. I talk to God about wars, health issues, environmental destruction, political instability, racial injustices... I ask God if there is anything new I should be doing about these matters and I listen. Then I mentally return them to the box for weekly storage. Over time I've found that these issues no longer overwhelm me during the week and I'm not afraid.

PRAYER
Lord, thank you for believing in me and in what I can become with your grace. I confess thay my attitude needs some tweaking, as I tend to give more weight to negative self-talk than what you would say about me. Help me to live more in that reality and encourage others to do the same. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition) 

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 in heaven.
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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