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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

WITH HOPE

PSALM 62:5 (ABP)
My restlessness is gone because I'm only waiting for God to act, as he certainly will. 

TITUS 2:13 (NLT)
We look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.

THE ESSENCE
Our lives revolve around this hope we hold, that when Christ Jesus is revealed in all his glory, the restoration of the world will be complete.

DAILY FODDER
How is a life lived "with hope" different from a life that is just getting by? 

PRAYER
Faithful God, we're grateful for the promised final revelation of our Savior Christ Jesus. Forgive us for holding on to so many short-term possibilities that all seem to unravel with time. Help us to fix our hope on you alone and to live with the confidence that flows from such hope. I'm not going to let the evil, the unfairness, and the deterioration of the world rattle me because I believe with all my heart that you're in the process of restoring all creation. 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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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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