DANIEL 12:2 (CEV)
Many of those who lie dead in the ground will rise from death. Some of them will be given eternal life, and others will receive nothing but eternal shame and disgrace.
ROMANS 6:23 (CEV)
Sin pays off with death. But God’s gift is eternal life given by Jesus Christ our Lord.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God’s gift of eternal life is given through Jesus Christ our Lord.
PRAYER
Thank you, forgiving Lord, that you give the free gift of eternal life even when I am asleep in the dirt of shameful failures. I am stuck in the mud and spiritually dead; gather me up, dust me off, and wash away my sin. I thank you for your life-giving-forgiveness. Help me forgive as I have been forgiven. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
Since 2015, I've been modeling one way of using the MORAVIAN DAILY TEXTS* as a way to maintain a daily conversation with God. – Brad Boydston
Friday, January 29, 2021
Thursday, January 28, 2021
UNDESERVED
GENESIS 32:10 (MSG)
Jacob prayed: "I don’t deserve all the love and loyalty you’ve shown me."
Jacob prayed: "I don’t deserve all the love and loyalty you’ve shown me."
LUKE 19:9 (CEB)
Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “Today, salvation has come to this household because he too is a son of Abraham..."
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Undeserved as it is, God continually pours out his affection.
PRAYER
Gracious God, I don't deserve your love and loyalty but you give it anyway -- because that's who you are. Forgive me for taking it all for granted. Stir within me a fresh appreciation for your grace. I'm going to live as someone who has been given an incredible overwhelming undeserved gift. Amen.
Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “Today, salvation has come to this household because he too is a son of Abraham..."
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Undeserved as it is, God continually pours out his affection.
PRAYER
Gracious God, I don't deserve your love and loyalty but you give it anyway -- because that's who you are. Forgive me for taking it all for granted. Stir within me a fresh appreciation for your grace. I'm going to live as someone who has been given an incredible overwhelming undeserved gift. Amen.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
GOD GUIDES
ISAIAH 29:24 (MSG)
Those who got off-track will get back on-track,
and complainers and whiners will learn gratitude.
JAMES 1:5 (NTE)
If any one of you falls short in wisdom, they should ask God for it, and it will be given them. God, after all, gives generously and ungrudgingly to all people.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God will gently guide all who ask for guidance.
PRAYER
Generous God, thank you for sharing wisdom with all who ask. I confess that I am so busy doing my thing that I forget to ask. I'm not as open to guidance as I pretend to be. So I am asking you to intervene -- to guide my life -- fill me with your wisdom. I'm going to keep asking, in Jesus' name. Amen.
Those who got off-track will get back on-track,
and complainers and whiners will learn gratitude.
JAMES 1:5 (NTE)
If any one of you falls short in wisdom, they should ask God for it, and it will be given them. God, after all, gives generously and ungrudgingly to all people.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God will gently guide all who ask for guidance.
PRAYER
Generous God, thank you for sharing wisdom with all who ask. I confess that I am so busy doing my thing that I forget to ask. I'm not as open to guidance as I pretend to be. So I am asking you to intervene -- to guide my life -- fill me with your wisdom. I'm going to keep asking, in Jesus' name. Amen.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
REDEVELOPMENT
JEREMIAH 23:29 (CEB)
Isn’t my word like fire
and like a hammer that shatters rock?
declares the LORD.
LUKE 12:49 (MSG)
I’ve come to start a fire on this earth—how I wish it were blazing right now!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is in the midst of a major world-wide redevelopment plan, which he is carrying out through Christ Jesus.
PRAYER
Word of life, where am I without you? Hardened by life's trials is where I am. I give you my whole being. Break me open. Soften me. Burn away resistance and cleanse me for love's purposes. Refined by your love; let love flow always and in all ways to others. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
Isn’t my word like fire
and like a hammer that shatters rock?
declares the LORD.
LUKE 12:49 (MSG)
I’ve come to start a fire on this earth—how I wish it were blazing right now!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is in the midst of a major world-wide redevelopment plan, which he is carrying out through Christ Jesus.
PRAYER
Word of life, where am I without you? Hardened by life's trials is where I am. I give you my whole being. Break me open. Soften me. Burn away resistance and cleanse me for love's purposes. Refined by your love; let love flow always and in all ways to others. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
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