ISAIAH 60:3 (CEV)
Nations and kings
will come to the light
of your dawning day.
LUKE 11:2 (CEV)
Come and set up your kingdom.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Through Christ Jesus, God is resetting the world order -- and he invites us to become early investors.
PRAYER
Thank you, Gracious God, for not giving up on your creation. You have vowed to establish a new kingdom and you've invited us to participate. Forgive me for making my own little kingdom the top priority. Show me again how you want me to participate. I'm going to set aside my own agenda to adopt yours. Amen.
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
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Friday, March 5, 2021
WORRY
PROVERBS 18:10 (MSG)
GOD’s name is a place of protection—
good people can run there and be safe.
PHILIPPIANS 4:6 (MSG)
Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Turn to God with all your concerns and he'll keep you safe.
PRAYER
Over and over again, God, you take care of me. You help me navigate through difficult situations. Yet, over and over again my first response to trouble seems to be worry. I get so worked up over every problem -- as though I can change the outcome through my anxiety. I confess that I'm trying to be in charge. Help me to shift my attention your direction so that I can experience your protection once again. I'm going to give you my concerns -- all of them. Amen.
GOD’s name is a place of protection—
good people can run there and be safe.
PHILIPPIANS 4:6 (MSG)
Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Turn to God with all your concerns and he'll keep you safe.
PRAYER
Over and over again, God, you take care of me. You help me navigate through difficult situations. Yet, over and over again my first response to trouble seems to be worry. I get so worked up over every problem -- as though I can change the outcome through my anxiety. I confess that I'm trying to be in charge. Help me to shift my attention your direction so that I can experience your protection once again. I'm going to give you my concerns -- all of them. Amen.
Thursday, March 4, 2021
PEACE. RECONCILIATION, AND HOPE
JEREMIAH 29:11 (MSG)
I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.
COLOSSIANS 1:19-20 (CEV)
God himself was pleased
to live fully in his Son.
And God was pleased
for him to make peace
by sacrificing his blood
on the cross,
so that all beings in heaven
and on earth
would be brought back to God.
I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.
COLOSSIANS 1:19-20 (CEV)
God himself was pleased
to live fully in his Son.
And God was pleased
for him to make peace
by sacrificing his blood
on the cross,
so that all beings in heaven
and on earth
would be brought back to God.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God's plan is that the peace established by Christ would bring all creation together and back to God.
PRAYER
Thank you, great God, for sending your Son into the midst of our chaos in order to reestablish peace. I apologize for trying to make peace in other less than peaceful ways. Draw me back to the cross and resurrection where I am going to find my hope. Amen.
God's plan is that the peace established by Christ would bring all creation together and back to God.
PRAYER
Thank you, great God, for sending your Son into the midst of our chaos in order to reestablish peace. I apologize for trying to make peace in other less than peaceful ways. Draw me back to the cross and resurrection where I am going to find my hope. Amen.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
NOT ALONE
GENESIS 2:18 (CEV)
The LORD God said, “It isn’t good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him.”
JOHN 19:26-27 (CEV)
When Jesus saw his mother and his favorite disciple with her, he said to his mother, “This man is now your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “She is now your mother.” From then on, that disciple took her into his own home.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We're healthiest when we're not so alone.
PRAYER
Lord God, you have created us to live in community. We are grateful for this because we need one another, but we confess that our compassion and hospitality are pitiful. We need your eyes to see. Forgive us and teach us to love one another as you have loved us. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
The LORD God said, “It isn’t good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him.”
JOHN 19:26-27 (CEV)
When Jesus saw his mother and his favorite disciple with her, he said to his mother, “This man is now your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “She is now your mother.” From then on, that disciple took her into his own home.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We're healthiest when we're not so alone.
PRAYER
Lord God, you have created us to live in community. We are grateful for this because we need one another, but we confess that our compassion and hospitality are pitiful. We need your eyes to see. Forgive us and teach us to love one another as you have loved us. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
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