Wednesday, May 28, 2025

MAKING PEACE A REALITY

ISAIAH 2:2, 4 (NLT)
In the last days... Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.

HEBREWS 12:14 (ABP)
Strive to make peace a reality among all people—starting with yourself and those around you. This is a part of living a unique holy life dedicated to the Lord. There is no other way to see him.

THE ESSENCE
Strive to make peace a reality.  

DAILY FODDER
Peace doesn't seem realistic in our world. Regardless of how things appear,  our assignment as followers of Jesus is to focus on this unique pursuit—peace as defined by him during these last days.

PRAYER 
Gracious God, thank you for including us in your peace mission. You've restored humanity to yourself through the cross and resurrection. Now you want us to live this peace and restoration out in a way that everyone can see what you're up to. Forgive us for pursuing power and influence instead of peace. Restore your vision of peace among individuals and nations. I want to play a role in your peace mission, and with your driving Spirit that can happen. 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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*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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