Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalm 61:1-3 (New Living Translation) 1 O God, listen to my cry!    Hear my prayer!2 From the ends of the earth,    I cry to you for help    when my heart is overwhelmed.Lead me to the towering rock of safety,3     for you are my safe refuge,    a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me. At the end of verse 2, we have the […]

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Psalm 20:7 (New Living Translation) Some nations boast of their chariots and horses,but we boast in the name of the Lord our God. This Psalm is attributed to King David. David is speaking for the people of Jehovah God, the Creator. The topic is national identity, national culture, and pride. David’s people boast in the […]

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Psalm 19:14 (New Living Translation) 14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. I want to please God. But how? With every word that comes from my mouth. Great. An opportunity. Please God. Let me consider the words about […]

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1 Samuel 22:1-2 (English Standard Version) 1 David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. 2 And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, […]

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Deuteronomy 28:9-10 (New Living Translation) 9 “If you obey the commands of the Lord your God and walk in his ways, the Lord will establish you as his holy people as he swore he would do. 10 Then all the nations of the world will see that you are a people claimed by the Lord, […]

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Deuteronomy 26:8 (English Standard Version) 8 And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great deeds of terror, with signs and wonders. There are times when God is terrifying. God appears in works of terror. Terror is a harsh word. I don’t recall times in my […]

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1 Kings 10:23-24 (New Living Translation) 23 So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth. 24 People from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him. King Solomon had asked God for wisdom. God gave Solomon wisdom. People from all the nations came […]

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Deuteronomy 10: 18-19 (English Standard Version) 18 He (God) executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. In these verses, God is passing instructions to the people on how to treat sojourners. […]

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Nehemiah 6:15-16 (New Living Translation) 15 So on October 2 the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun. 16 When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God. Those exiles who returned to Jerusalem […]

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Deuteronomy 4:34 (New Living Translation) 34 Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes. […]

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