PROVERBS 3:7 (CEV)
Don’t ever think that you
are wise enough,
but respect the LORD
and stay away from evil.
GALATIANS 6:4 (CEV)
Do your own work well, and then you will have something to be proud of. But don’t compare yourself with others.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Focus more on honoring and obeying the Lord -- and less on comparing yourself to others.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for the opportunity to work. Forgive me for the way that I regularly measure my worth by comparing myself to others. Help me to find my significance in my relationship with you. I'm going to quit comparing myself with others. Amen.
Since 2015, I've been modeling one way of using the MORAVIAN DAILY TEXTS* to maintain a daily conversation with God.
– Brad Boydston
Friday, February 12, 2021
Thursday, February 11, 2021
GOD'S GRACIOUSNESS
MICAH 7:18 (ERV)
There is no God like you.
You take away people’s guilt.
God will forgive his people who survive.
He will not stay angry with them forever,
because he enjoys being kind.
ROMANS 8:32 (MSG)
If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us?
There is no God like you.
You take away people’s guilt.
God will forgive his people who survive.
He will not stay angry with them forever,
because he enjoys being kind.
ROMANS 8:32 (MSG)
If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us?
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God enjoys being kind to us.
PRAYER
Gracious God, thank you for the way that you entered human history as the human who came to give up his life so that all might experience your mercy. Thank you for his victory over death and the doorway to eternal life that the victory opened. Help me to let go of my guilt and to fully embrace your kindness. I'm going to celebrate your graciousness. Amen.
God enjoys being kind to us.
PRAYER
Gracious God, thank you for the way that you entered human history as the human who came to give up his life so that all might experience your mercy. Thank you for his victory over death and the doorway to eternal life that the victory opened. Help me to let go of my guilt and to fully embrace your kindness. I'm going to celebrate your graciousness. Amen.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
UNCHANGING
PSALM 102:25-26 (CEB)
You laid the earth’s foundations long ago;
the skies are your handiwork.
These things will pass away, but you will last.
All of these things will wear out like clothing;
you change them like clothes, and they pass on.
HEBREWS 13:8 (CEB)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God endures; so you can rely on him.
PRAYER
Enduring God, in this world of unending change, I am grateful that you are stable and reliable. Forgive me for chasing after the new and flashy, thinking that they can add meaning to my life. Slow me down and help me to see that the world is a rat race but that Jesus is here to lead me at his steady pace. I'm going to look to that which is unchanging. Amen.
You laid the earth’s foundations long ago;
the skies are your handiwork.
These things will pass away, but you will last.
All of these things will wear out like clothing;
you change them like clothes, and they pass on.
HEBREWS 13:8 (CEB)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God endures; so you can rely on him.
PRAYER
Enduring God, in this world of unending change, I am grateful that you are stable and reliable. Forgive me for chasing after the new and flashy, thinking that they can add meaning to my life. Slow me down and help me to see that the world is a rat race but that Jesus is here to lead me at his steady pace. I'm going to look to that which is unchanging. Amen.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
GOD'S PROMISES
PSALM 56:10 (ERV)
I praise God for his promise.
I praise the LORD for his promise to me.
2 TIMOTHY 1:14 (CEB)
Protect this good thing that has been placed in your trust through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God entrusts us with his promises and the skills needed to live according to them and to share them.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for your promises given to us -- to me. I confess that I'm overly casual about my responsibility. Show me how to apply your promises to my situation and give me, please, the energy to act on your word. I'm going to celebrate your promises by acting on them. Amen.
I praise God for his promise.
I praise the LORD for his promise to me.
2 TIMOTHY 1:14 (CEB)
Protect this good thing that has been placed in your trust through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God entrusts us with his promises and the skills needed to live according to them and to share them.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for your promises given to us -- to me. I confess that I'm overly casual about my responsibility. Show me how to apply your promises to my situation and give me, please, the energy to act on your word. I'm going to celebrate your promises by acting on them. Amen.
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