LEVITICUS 19:2 (ABP)
I am GOD -- your God. I am also uniquely immaculate. So you should be uniquely immaculate, too.
EPHESIANS 1:12 (CEB)
We are called to be an honor to God’s glory because we were the first to hope in Christ.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God's people have always been called to a unique life that is about honoring God.
DAILY FODDER
How does your life bring honor to God? How is it unique, compared to the way that the rest of the world lives?
PRAYER
God, thank you for calling us to partner with you in the management and restoration of your creation. I admit I've treated this calling as more of a hobby than a vocation. I need to clean up my act so that I'm truly functioning as a partner of Christ Jesus with his unique agenda and approach defining my life. I know that I can't actually do this myself and that I need to stay close to him so that his holiness rubs off on me. This is how I'm going to honor 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.
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
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
UNIQUE
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
HEALING
2 CHRONICLES 30:18-19 (MSG)
May GOD who is all good, pardon and forgive everyone who sincerely desires GOD...
MARK 2:17 (MSG)
Jesus: "I’m here inviting the sin-sick, not the spiritually-fit."
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Through Christ, God heals the sin-sick who turn to him.
DAILY FODDER
What realistic alternatives are there to sincerely desiring God and his healing?
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for the healing that is available through Christ Jesus. We get to experience some of it now as a foretaste of what is coming. Forgive me for self-medicating my spiritual condition with less potent alternatives because they're cheap and convenient. I am turning from all that and confessing my sin-sickness so that you can turn me toward spiritual-fitness. I'm looking to Christ as my primary care physician. Amen.
May GOD who is all good, pardon and forgive everyone who sincerely desires GOD...
MARK 2:17 (MSG)
Jesus: "I’m here inviting the sin-sick, not the spiritually-fit."
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Through Christ, God heals the sin-sick who turn to him.
DAILY FODDER
What realistic alternatives are there to sincerely desiring God and his healing?
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for the healing that is available through Christ Jesus. We get to experience some of it now as a foretaste of what is coming. Forgive me for self-medicating my spiritual condition with less potent alternatives because they're cheap and convenient. I am turning from all that and confessing my sin-sickness so that you can turn me toward spiritual-fitness. I'm looking to Christ as my primary care physician. 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.
Monday, May 1, 2023
THE KINGDOM
DANIEL 4:3 (CEV)
His miracles are mighty
and marvelous.
He will rule forever,
and his kingdom
will never end.
HEBREWS 12:28 (MSG)
Do you see what we’ve got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Respond to the arrival of God's kingdom with gratitude, allegiance, and awe.
DAILY FODDER
How does seeing Jesus as initiating a spiritually rooted coup d'état affect the way that you relate to him? How does his kingdom disrupt the status quo?
PRAYER
Sovereign God, I'm thankful that Jesus has come to disrupt the corrupted regime that wants to do things independent of you and your ways. Forgive me for allowing the old kingdom to have so much influence in my life. Help me to rethink all of my allegiances and decisions. I want to stand before you with respect and awe. For you have interjected yourself into our situation and have become our Savior. 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, April 30, 2023
DIVINE SURPRISES
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
GENESIS 28:16 (CEB)
When Jacob woke from his sleep, he thought to himself, The Lord is definitely in this place, but I didn’t know it.
LUKE 24:32 (CEB)
They said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts on fire when he spoke to us along the road and when he explained the scriptures for us?”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Sometimes God reveals himself to us in the least expected times and places.
DAILY FODDER
Have you encountered God where you didn't expect to find him? How do divine surprises shape the way that we relate to God?
PRAYER
Risen Savior, just as you slowly and gently revealed yourself to the disciples along the road to Emmaus, you continue to surprise us. I'm guessing that my mistake is in limiting how I expect you to operate. I get so caught up in all the drama that I'm not looking for you. That's what I want to change. Expand my imagination and my understanding so that your surprises are delights further developing my relationship with you. I'm eager to hear from you today – maybe in ways I wasn't expecting. Amen.
GENESIS 28:16 (CEB)
When Jacob woke from his sleep, he thought to himself, The Lord is definitely in this place, but I didn’t know it.
LUKE 24:32 (CEB)
They said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts on fire when he spoke to us along the road and when he explained the scriptures for us?”
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Sometimes God reveals himself to us in the least expected times and places.
DAILY FODDER
Have you encountered God where you didn't expect to find him? How do divine surprises shape the way that we relate to God?
PRAYER
Risen Savior, just as you slowly and gently revealed yourself to the disciples along the road to Emmaus, you continue to surprise us. I'm guessing that my mistake is in limiting how I expect you to operate. I get so caught up in all the drama that I'm not looking for you. That's what I want to change. Expand my imagination and my understanding so that your surprises are delights further developing my relationship with you. I'm eager to hear from you today – maybe in ways I wasn't expecting. 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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