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Saturday, December 30, 2023

FAITHFULNESS

GENESIS 39:9 (ABP)
Joseph said to his master's wife, who tried to seduce him, "Forget it! It would be horribly evil to betray him. And it would be sinning against God."

1 THESSALONIANS 4:7 (CEB)
God didn’t call us to be immoral but to be dedicated to him.

SUMMARY SENTENCE
Faithfulness in our relationships matters.
 
DAILY FODDER
What is tempting you to be unfaithful? What drives you to be faithful?

PRAYER
Holy Master, thank you for your calling, which has the power to make me holy. I am sorry I can be seduced from my identity as your servant. Hold me firm in the faith. Strengthen me with the purity of your love. Bind me to you for your own sake. Reveal your holy purposes for my life. 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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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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