Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 4:8 (New Living Translation) And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today? God gave His people decrees and regulations that were amazing. How are they described? Progressive? Fundamental? Prosperous? What? Righteous. Fair. Hmmm. Are we missing something today? Probably.

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Deuteronomy 4:6 (New Living Translation) Obey them completely, and you will display your wisdom and intelligence among the surrounding nations. When they hear all these decrees, they will exclaim, ‘How wise and prudent are the people of this great nation!’ Moses is giving the people the instructions provided by God. This is the old law. […]

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Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (New Living Translation) 19 “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! 20 You can make this choice by […]

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Deuteronomy 12:6-7 (New Living Translation) 6 There you will bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, your offerings to fulfill a vow, your voluntary offerings, and your offerings of the firstborn animals of your herds and flocks. 7 There you and your families will feast in the presence of the Lord […]

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Deuteronomy 8:3 (New Living Translation) Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of […]

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Deuteronomy 1:20-23 (New Living Translation) 20 I said to you, ‘You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the Lord our God is giving us. 21 Look! He has placed the land in front of you. Go and occupy it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Don’t […]

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Deuteronomy 28:28 (English Standard Version) The Lord will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind In this section of the second giving of the law, God’s people are warned of the curses that will come from disobedience. This one strikes home–confusion of mind. My mother, following in the footsteps of her father […]

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Deuteronomy 28:65 (English Standard Version) And among these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but the Lord will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and a languishing soul. God is telling His people what fate they will have if […]

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Deuteronomy 29:19-20 (New Living Translation) 19 “Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate themselves, thinking, ‘I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.’ This would lead to utter ruin! 20 The Lord will never pardon such people. Instead his anger and jealousy will burn […]

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Deuteronomy 28:54 (New Living Translation) The most tenderhearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children. God describes to His people life without God. The most tender, loving person among us will care nothing about his family—even his own children. “I’m first. Give me the […]

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