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Saturday, October 17, 2026

HELPING THOSE IN NEED

JEREMIAH 22:3 (TCEB)
Be fair in the way you settle disagreements. Defend people who have been robbed. Don't harm immigrants, orphans, or widows in any way. And don't kill any innocent people here.

GALATIANS 6:2 (TCEB)
Don’t let folks carry their burden alone. Help each other out. If you do this, you’ll be honoring the Messiah’s law.

THE ESSENCE
The way of Jesus is helping those in need in anyway possible. 

DAILY FODDER
Why is God obsessed with helping people in need?  

PRAYER
I'm grateful, God, that you genuinely care for the vulnerable. Forgive me when I slide back into the world's way of giving my attention to the strongest and best-looking people, hoping that some of their "success" rubs off on me. Reprogram my heart so that as I walk with Jesus I start to see and value the folk he's most concerned about. I'm looking forward to partnering with you to care for those in need. 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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