Monday, August 12, 2024

LIVE EXPECTANTLY

PSALM 119:166 (MSG)
I wait expectantly for your salvation;
GOD, I do what you tell me.

REVELATION 22:20 (NCV)
Jesus, the One who says these things are true, says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”

SUMMARY SENTENCE
Our calling is to live expectantly.

DAILY FODDER
The second half of Revelation 22:20 contains a phrase which appears to be a translation of the Aramaic phrase maranatha! It appears without translation in 1 Corinthians 16:22. And it can be either a prayer ("Come soon, Lord Jesus.") or a declaration ("The Lord Jesus is coming soon."). Either way it is a call for us to live expectantly of the second grand appearance of Christ Jesus.

PRAYER
Lord Jesus, thank you for your promised return to finish setting the world right. I admit that I get so caught up in the current drama that I'm not living expectantly. I'm satisfied with temporary cultural wins. Shift my focus back on to you and your ultimate agenda. I'm going to live expectantly today and from now on. 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 in heaven.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
     and we’ll forgive those who wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. 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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