Saturday, June 21, 2025

THE MIRACLE-WORKING GOD

PSALM 136:3-4 (MSG)
Thank the Lord of all lords.
His love never quits.
Thank the miracle-working God,
His love never quits.


ACTS 8:6, 8 (CEB)
The crowds were united by what they heard Philip say and the signs they saw him perform, and they gave him their undivided attention... There was great rejoicing in that city.

THE ESSENCE
Expect the miracle-working God to show up.

DAILY FODDER
Notice that when Philip did miracles on behalf of God, it not only created a buzz but also a unity.

PRAYER 
Wonderous God, I'm grateful that you haven't changed but that in your love and wisdom you still do miracles appropriate to the moment. Forgive me for being small minded in assuming that things can't change because circumstances seem overwhelmingly against transformation. It will just take one word from you to move things in a new direction. Restore hope in me, and if it pleases you, Lord, allow me to be a part of the miracles you are doing. Your love never quits. 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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