ISAIAH 62:11 (ABP)
GOD says to the entire world, "Wake up and take notice. Zion my daughter, I'm coming to save you!"
1 PETER 1:3 (ABP)
The God who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is awesome! When Jesus was raised from the dead he gave us new resurrection-infused lives. This is our living hope -- a hope that just won't die -- a hope by which we can truly live!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is full of good news!
PRAYER
Awesome God of amazing good news, thank you for making me alive again. So often I feel dead in my sin, overcome by negativity within and around me. But you have brought me to this new day full of your love and mercy. Make my redeemed life a proclamation of your living hope through Christ our Savior. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. 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, November 19, 2022
Friday, November 18, 2022
START AND STAY THE COURSE
GENESIS 12:1 (ABP)
GOD said to Abram, "Leave behind your native land, your extended family, and the protection of your father’s clan. Go to the land to which I am directing you."
HEBREWS 6:12 (MSG)
Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
When God calls you to go somewhere, start and stay the course, to receive the promised rewards.
PRAYER
God, you have had your people on the go throughout history. Are you calling me to make a move? Do you want me to serve you in a different place among different people? That sounds hard. But I am going to trust you to direct me -- whether I stay here or go. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
GOD said to Abram, "Leave behind your native land, your extended family, and the protection of your father’s clan. Go to the land to which I am directing you."
HEBREWS 6:12 (MSG)
Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
When God calls you to go somewhere, start and stay the course, to receive the promised rewards.
PRAYER
God, you have had your people on the go throughout history. Are you calling me to make a move? Do you want me to serve you in a different place among different people? That sounds hard. But I am going to trust you to direct me -- whether I stay here or go. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
BE AT PEACE
PSALM 116:7 (CEB)
I tell myself,
You can be at peace again,
because the Lord has been good to you.
2 THESSALONIANS 3:16 (NLT)
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God desires that we live peaceful lives.
PRAYER
God, your passion for peace is such good news for us. The world is so full of unhealthy drama and turmoil that I easily get discouraged by what's happening. And sometimes I feel like a lone powerless voice in my peacemaking efforts. Help me to recognize how you're at work making peace. Show me how to best partner with you. And please start with me. Show me how to be a peaceful person. I'm going to allow your peacemaking to become the priority in my life. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
I tell myself,
You can be at peace again,
because the Lord has been good to you.
2 THESSALONIANS 3:16 (NLT)
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God desires that we live peaceful lives.
PRAYER
God, your passion for peace is such good news for us. The world is so full of unhealthy drama and turmoil that I easily get discouraged by what's happening. And sometimes I feel like a lone powerless voice in my peacemaking efforts. Help me to recognize how you're at work making peace. Show me how to best partner with you. And please start with me. Show me how to be a peaceful person. I'm going to allow your peacemaking to become the priority in my life. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
TWISTED
JOB 28:28 (MSG)
Then he addressed the human race:
"Here it is!
Fear-of-the-Lord—that’s Wisdom,
and Insight means shunning evil.”
Don't fool yourself into thinking that the darkness which characterizes your life is somehow light.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Don't allow your perception of reality to become so twisted that you see your evil as good and darkness as light.
PRAYER
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Don't allow your perception of reality to become so twisted that you see your evil as good and darkness as light.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for sending your light into the world through Jesus, whom we acknowledge as Savior and Lord. We confess, though, that we are still masters of self-deception. When it advances us we embrace as necessary and good some of the things which Jesus said are contrary to him and his kingdom. Forgive us and help us to repent of this kind of self-deception. We can't make such a turn on our own. But we know that you can turn us around and moving back toward you. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
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