Contemplative Bible Reading

Jeremiah 10:23-24 (New Living Translation) 23 I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course. 24 So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die. This is a prayer of Jeremiah. This should be my prayer […]

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Isaiah 62:6 (New Living Translation) O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray day and night, continually. Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord. The LORD YHWH appointed watchmen for Jerusalem. Everyone knows the job of a watchman—to watch. Right? The LORD seems a bit confused here as […]

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Isaiah 58:6-7 (New Living Translation) 6 “No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. 7 Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. […]

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Isaiah 56:3-5 (New Living Translation) 3 “Don’t let foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord say, ‘The Lord will never let me be part of his people.’ And don’t let the eunuchs say, ‘I’m a dried-up tree with no children and no future.’ 4 For this is what the Lord says: I will bless those […]

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Isaiah 56:1a (New Living Translation) This is what the Lord says: “Be just and fair to all. Do what is right and good, This is a simple statement from the LORD to His people. This is how to live. Be and do. That is all. Why can’t we seem to get this right?

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Ezekiel 33:27-28  (New Living Translation) 27 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword. And I will send wild animals to eat those living in the open fields. Those hiding in the forts and caves will die of […]

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Micah 5:10-15 (New Living Translation) 10 “In that day,” says the Lord, “I will slaughter your horses and destroy your chariots. 11 I will tear down your walls and demolish your defenses. 12 I will put an end to all witchcraft, and there will be no more fortune-tellers. 13 I will destroy all your idols […]

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Psalm 96:5 (New Living Translation) The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens! This is pretty simple. Jehovah (YHWH) is the creator. Other gods are things that we—the created—made up on our own. I like to pay homage to my own creations. That makes me feel big and strong […]

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Psalm 1:4-5 (New Living Translation) 4 But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind. 5 They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly. The wicked will be condemned. Their time is coming. Their punishment is coming. And I know just the […]

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Psalm 48:12-14 (New Living Translation) 12 Go, inspect the city of Jerusalem. Walk around and count the many towers. 13 Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations. 14 For that is what God is like. He is our God forever and ever, and […]

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