Contemplative Bible Reading

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Words with No Sense

June 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Luke 24:9-12 (New International Version) 9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the […]

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Lacking Nothing

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Luke 22:35 (New International Version) Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered. Sometimes we have to experience something to believe it. Jesus had sent out his disciples. When they returned, he asked them the simple question: Did you lack anything? Their answer, […]

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An Excuse

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Luke 13:10-14 (New International Version) 10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said […]

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Tell How Much God Has Done for You

March 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Luke 8:39 (New International Version) “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him. I went to a funeral this past week. The deceased – a friend from church – was 44 years old, died of […]

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