1 KINGS 8:60 (MSG)
Then all the people on earth will know GOD is the true God; there is no other God.
REVELATION 15:4 (CEV)
Lord, who doesn’t honor
and praise your name?
You alone are holy,
and all nations will come
and worship you,
because you have shown
that you judge
with fairness.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
It's inevitable -- the world will honor Christ for who he is and what he does.
PRAYER
You, God, are the one and only. At some point everyone will figure out that you are worthy of all honor and recognition. Forgive me for worrying that I'm on the wrong side each time the bad guys get ahead. Give me a global perspective. I'm going to be a world-leader in consistently honoring Christ Jesus. Amen.
Since 2006, I've been modeling one way of using the MORAVIAN DAILY TEXTS* to maintain a daily conversation with God.
– Brad Boydston
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Monday, February 15, 2021
TURNING BACK TO GOD
JUDGES 10:15 (NLT)
But the Israelites pleaded with the LORD and said, “We have sinned. Punish us as you see fit, only rescue us today from our enemies.”
LUKE 15:7 (CEV)
Jesus said, “In the same way there is more happiness in heaven because of one sinner who turns to God than over ninety-nine good people who don’t need to.”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is pleased with those who return to him.
PRAYER
Merciful God, thank you for welcoming all who return to you. I confess that I am not as liberal as you are. Help me to become more gracious. I turn to you so that I can become gracious like you. Amen.
But the Israelites pleaded with the LORD and said, “We have sinned. Punish us as you see fit, only rescue us today from our enemies.”
LUKE 15:7 (CEV)
Jesus said, “In the same way there is more happiness in heaven because of one sinner who turns to God than over ninety-nine good people who don’t need to.”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is pleased with those who return to him.
PRAYER
Merciful God, thank you for welcoming all who return to you. I confess that I am not as liberal as you are. Help me to become more gracious. I turn to you so that I can become gracious like you. Amen.
Sunday, February 14, 2021
PEACE
Transfiguration Sunday
PSALM 29:11 (MSG)
GOD makes his people strong.
GOD gives his people peace.
EPHESIANS 2:17 (MSG)
Christ came and preached peace to you outsiders and peace to us insiders. He treated us as equals, and so made us equals.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Let God's peace into your life.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for sending peace into our troubled world. I confess that whenever there is a tragedy or drama I start to worry that it's not taking. Renew my confidence in you and the gift of your peace. I'm going to act on your peace even when circumstances around me tug me to act otherwise. Amen.
PSALM 29:11 (MSG)
GOD makes his people strong.
GOD gives his people peace.
EPHESIANS 2:17 (MSG)
Christ came and preached peace to you outsiders and peace to us insiders. He treated us as equals, and so made us equals.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Let God's peace into your life.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for sending peace into our troubled world. I confess that whenever there is a tragedy or drama I start to worry that it's not taking. Renew my confidence in you and the gift of your peace. I'm going to act on your peace even when circumstances around me tug me to act otherwise. Amen.
Saturday, February 13, 2021
GOD'S GIFTS
PSALM 67:1 (MSG)
God, mark us with grace
and blessing!
JOHN 1:16 (MSG)
We all live off his generous abundance,
gift after gift after gift.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God's blessings on us are non-stop.
PRAYER
Gracious God, you continue to shower us with gifts. I confess that sometimes I barely notice because I'm so focused on what I don't have and think I should have. Refocus my attention so that I'm consciously living off your gifts. Amen.
God, mark us with grace
and blessing!
JOHN 1:16 (MSG)
We all live off his generous abundance,
gift after gift after gift.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God's blessings on us are non-stop.
PRAYER
Gracious God, you continue to shower us with gifts. I confess that sometimes I barely notice because I'm so focused on what I don't have and think I should have. Refocus my attention so that I'm consciously living off your gifts. Amen.
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)