Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 43:10 (New Living Translation) 10 “But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the Lord.“You are my servant.You have been chosen to know me, believe in me,and understand that I alone am God.There is no other God—there never has been, and there never will be. The Wikipedia definition of witness includes: a witness is […]

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Proverbs 1:18 (New Living Translation) 18 But these people set an ambush for themselves;they are trying to get themselves killed. This is one conclusion to a tale of how sinners entice the righteous to plunge into sin with them. It has to do with setting an ambush to attack innocent people and steal all their […]

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Proverbs 4:25-27 (New Living Translation) 25 Look straight ahead,and fix your eyes on what lies before you.26 Mark out a straight path for your feet;stay on the safe path.27 Don’t get sidetracked;keep your feet from following evil. There is an old expression (I heard it 40 years ago), “Plan your work; work your plan.” The […]

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Exodus 1:8 (New Living Translation) 8 Eventually, a new king came to power in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done. And now we come to the (hi)story where God uses Moses and others to bring the descendants of Jacob out of Egypt. This begins with a small statement about the […]

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Ecclesiastes 8:17 (New Living Translation) 17 I realized that no one can discover everything God is doing under the sun. Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim. There is much about God that I do not understand. That is part of God being God and me not being God. Why […]

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Genesis 30:27-28 (Christian Standard Bible) 27 But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor with you, stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.” 28 Then Laban said, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.” This is part of the (hi)story of Jacob as he […]

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Proverbs 6:12-13 (New Living Translation) 12 What are worthless and wicked people like?They are constant liars,13 signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye,a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers. Yikes! Here is a description of worthless and wicked people. First and foremost, they are constant liars. For some reason, they […]

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Genesis 18:18-19 (New Living Translation) 18 “For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. 19 I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is […]

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1 Samuel 16:14 (New Living Translation) 14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had left Saul, and the Lord sent a tormenting spirit that filled him with depression and fear. Here is the moment when King Saul’s life led to God favoring David instead. This is a horrible tragedy in the life of King Saul. […]

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Genesis 18:13-15 (New Living Translation) 13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” 15 Sarah was afraid, […]

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