JOSHUA 24:17 (CEV)
Even though other nations were all around us, the LORD protected us wherever we went.
MATTHEW 28:20 (MSG/alt)
Jesus then promised, "I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age."
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We can move forward in confident obedience because we know that Jesus is with us without fail.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for calling us to live in service to you. This assignment leads me to worry a bit. I know that your agenda is going to rub some people wrong and that they will be prone to take it out on me. Build up my confidence -- confidence that comes through the moment-by-moment realization that you are here with us. I'm going to move forward recognizing that you are not going to leave me stranded. 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.
Since 2015, I've been modeling one way of using the MORAVIAN DAILY TEXTS* to maintain a daily conversation with God.
– Brad Boydston
Monday, January 30, 2023
Sunday, January 29, 2023
SHINING
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
PSALM 80:19 (ABP)
LUKE 1:78-79 (CEV)
God's love and kindness
will shine upon us
like the sun that rises
in the sky.
On us who live
in the dark shadow
of death
this light will shine
to guide us
into a life of peace.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God's lovingkindness radiates the blessing that propels us forward.
PRAYER
Gracious God, you blast your people with blessings that keep us moving forward in peace. Pull my head from the sand so that I can see the radiant light you're sending our way. I want to move ahead even during turbulent times. 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.
PSALM 80:19 (ABP)
O GOD, commander-in-chief of heaven's army, renew our strength.
Brighten our day with your smile and we will again be safe.
LUKE 1:78-79 (CEV)
God's love and kindness
will shine upon us
like the sun that rises
in the sky.
On us who live
in the dark shadow
of death
this light will shine
to guide us
into a life of peace.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God's lovingkindness radiates the blessing that propels us forward.
PRAYER
Gracious God, you blast your people with blessings that keep us moving forward in peace. Pull my head from the sand so that I can see the radiant light you're sending our way. I want to move ahead even during turbulent times. 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.
Saturday, January 28, 2023
ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF FIGHTING
1 SAMUEL 17:45 (CEV)
David answered:
You've come out to fight me with a sword and a spear and a dagger. But I've come out to fight you in the name of the Lord All-Powerful.
ROMANS 12:2 (ABP)
Don’t get suckered into doing things the way that the rest of the world operates.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
As Christians, we're called to fight our battles in an alternative way that makes no sense to the unbelieving world around us.
PRAYER
You, O God, are the dominant all-powerful being of the universe -- a force to be reckoned with. Yet, because your way of doing things is so different it is incomprehensible to the world around us. Even I fool myself into thinking that I can best do your work using the world's ways. Rearm me with a fresh perspective on reality and how you are transforming it through Christ. I want my ways to reflect his way of taking on the opposition. 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.
David answered:
You've come out to fight me with a sword and a spear and a dagger. But I've come out to fight you in the name of the Lord All-Powerful.
ROMANS 12:2 (ABP)
Don’t get suckered into doing things the way that the rest of the world operates.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
As Christians, we're called to fight our battles in an alternative way that makes no sense to the unbelieving world around us.
PRAYER
You, O God, are the dominant all-powerful being of the universe -- a force to be reckoned with. Yet, because your way of doing things is so different it is incomprehensible to the world around us. Even I fool myself into thinking that I can best do your work using the world's ways. Rearm me with a fresh perspective on reality and how you are transforming it through Christ. I want my ways to reflect his way of taking on the opposition. 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.
Friday, January 27, 2023
FRUITFULNESS
PSALM 1:3 (ABP)
Right-living people are like the ever-green trees which grow along the riverbank. Over the years they are consistently fruitful, thriving through all they do.
PHILIPPIANS 1:9, 11 (NLT)
I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding... May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation -- the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ -- for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Aim for fruitfulness.
PRAYER
God, you are the ultimate arborist. Your trees are consistently fruitful. I confess that I spend a lot of time and energy trying to make things happen but that there is little fruit. I need your pruning and an infusion of your vitamins so that I'm growing according to your purposes. Beyond everything else I want to add to your reputation through the fruit 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.
Right-living people are like the ever-green trees which grow along the riverbank. Over the years they are consistently fruitful, thriving through all they do.
PHILIPPIANS 1:9, 11 (NLT)
I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding... May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation -- the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ -- for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Aim for fruitfulness.
PRAYER
God, you are the ultimate arborist. Your trees are consistently fruitful. I confess that I spend a lot of time and energy trying to make things happen but that there is little fruit. I need your pruning and an infusion of your vitamins so that I'm growing according to your purposes. Beyond everything else I want to add to your reputation through the fruit 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.
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