August 31, 2021

A Bible Prayer to keep us afloat

 

As floods and overwhelming circumstances threaten to do us in, this Bible prayer from Jesus’ followers is here for us to pray today.

 

Matthew 8:25 – a prayer of Jesus’ followers
from the King James Version of the Bible:

 

And (Jesus’) disciples came to him,
and awoke him, saying,

Lord,
save us:

we perish.

 

From the Book of KJV Prayers - actual prayers from the King James Version of the Bible (KJV) collected by Mary Harwell Sayler

 

Matthew 8:25 – a prayer of Jesus’ followers,
Paraphrased in contemporary language:

 

Lord!
Save us! 

Do not let us
drown!

 

From the Book of Bible Prayers – actual prayers of the Bible collected from a variety of translations researched on Bible Gateway then paraphrased into everyday English by Mary Harwell Sayler

 

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