DEUTERONOMY 8:3 (CEV)
The LORD was teaching you that people need more than food to live—they need every word that the LORD has spoken.
JOHN 6:68 (ABP)
Simon Peter replied to Jesus, "Boss, we wouldn't presume to listen to anyone else. You've got the words that draw us into the forever-enduring life."
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We look to the teaching of Jesus as the gateway to real life.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for Jesus-the-living word and for his instruction which leads us into the forever-enduring eternally-satisfying life. Forgive me for allowing myself to be distracted by the false propaganda of those who oppose you. Yes, they've repeated their fake news so often that they've begun to believe it. Keep me from getting sucked into their alternative reality. Gound me in your word so that your eternal life becomes evident to all within my realm of influence. 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* as a way to maintain a daily conversation with God. – Brad Boydston
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Monday, March 20, 2023
LIGHT SHAFT
ISAIAH 2:5 (ABP)
Come on people! Let's move forward in the light God is shining on the pathway.
JOHN 8:12 (MSG)
Jesus once again addressed them: “I am the world’s Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in.”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Live within the shaft of Jesus' light
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for providing a beam of light in which we can walk. I confess that curiosity draws me into the darkness outside the beam. I don't understand what it is about dark things that fascinates me. Give me a clear mind and a faithful heart so I can focus on what's in the light ahead of me -- ignoring the draw of the rest. I want to live in the shaft of Jesus' light so that as it is further extended the darkness itself is shattered. 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.
Come on people! Let's move forward in the light God is shining on the pathway.
JOHN 8:12 (MSG)
Jesus once again addressed them: “I am the world’s Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in.”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Live within the shaft of Jesus' light
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for providing a beam of light in which we can walk. I confess that curiosity draws me into the darkness outside the beam. I don't understand what it is about dark things that fascinates me. Give me a clear mind and a faithful heart so I can focus on what's in the light ahead of me -- ignoring the draw of the rest. I want to live in the shaft of Jesus' light so that as it is further extended the darkness itself is shattered. 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.
Sunday, March 19, 2023
HOLINESS
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
1 SAMUEL 2:2 (MSG)
Nothing and no one is holy like God...
1 PETER 1:15 (MSG)
...let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We are called to live lives shaped by God's uniquely pure holiness.
PRAYER
God, thank you for choosing us to uniquely live lives patterned according to yours. We confess that we fail to be different and are too often content to live with impurity -- impurity that you have offered to purge from us. Help me to step up to the plate and enter into the way of life to which you call us. I want to live a life energetic and blazing with holiness. 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.
1 SAMUEL 2:2 (MSG)
Nothing and no one is holy like God...
1 PETER 1:15 (MSG)
...let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We are called to live lives shaped by God's uniquely pure holiness.
PRAYER
God, thank you for choosing us to uniquely live lives patterned according to yours. We confess that we fail to be different and are too often content to live with impurity -- impurity that you have offered to purge from us. Help me to step up to the plate and enter into the way of life to which you call us. I want to live a life energetic and blazing with holiness. 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, March 18, 2023
THE HARD ROAD
PSALM 14:3 (CEB)
All of them have turned bad.
Everyone is corrupt.
No one does good—
not even one person!
MATTHEW 7:14 (ABP)
The abrupt turnoff onto the road leading to LIFE isn't always obvious. And the road itself is a bit arduous. Few people are willing to make the trip.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Traveler be aware; the obstacles are great and few are willing to make the journey.
PRAYER
Good Shepherd, I am thankful that you are with me on the hard roads. You walk with me into life. Keep me from straying to thoughts of vengeance that fill me with hostility. Only your grace can overcome my anger. Forgive my resentments. Today I pray to keep forgiving those who have hurt me. 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.
All of them have turned bad.
Everyone is corrupt.
No one does good—
not even one person!
MATTHEW 7:14 (ABP)
The abrupt turnoff onto the road leading to LIFE isn't always obvious. And the road itself is a bit arduous. Few people are willing to make the trip.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Traveler be aware; the obstacles are great and few are willing to make the journey.
PRAYER
Good Shepherd, I am thankful that you are with me on the hard roads. You walk with me into life. Keep me from straying to thoughts of vengeance that fill me with hostility. Only your grace can overcome my anger. Forgive my resentments. Today I pray to keep forgiving those who have hurt me. 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.
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