Thursday, May 29, 2025

THE KINGDOM

Ascension Day

LEVITICUS 26:6 (MSG)
I’ll make the country a place of peace—you’ll be able to go to sleep at night without fear...

LUKE 11:20 (MSG)
But if it’s God’s finger I’m pointing that sends the demons on their way, then God’s kingdom is here for sure.

THE ESSENCE
God's kingdom is characterized by a peace that drives out fear along with all things of the devil.

DAILY FODDER
Jesus wants us to think of his kingdom as present and coming. Anywhere that people put themselves under the authority of the Annointed King (Messiah/Christ) the Kingdom of God is active and the devil is on the run. 

PRAYER 
Jesus, on this day we remember how after your resurrection you gave your followers a mission to represent you and your kingdom; and then you ascended back to heaven to represent us there. Forgive us for our failure to stay on mission. We get distracted by every fad and trend. We're so afraid of missing out on what the world system has to offer or what it might do to us. I pledge allegiance to you and your kingdom and ask that you send all other influences away so that your peace can reign. 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 have 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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