Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Samuel 3:1 (New International Version) The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions. Such is the lament about the state of life in Israel when Samuel was a boy. Prophets were not having visions; they were not telling […]

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1 Kings 8:46-51 (New International Version) 46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to his own land, far away or near; 47 and if they have a change of heart in the […]

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Hosea 10:1-4 (New International Version) 1 Israel was a spreading vine; he brought forth fruit for himself. As his fruit increased, he built more altars; as his land prospered, he adorned his sacred stones. 2 Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will demolish their altars and destroy their […]

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2 Chronicles 31:20-21 (New International Version) 20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God. 21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. […]

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1 Kings 6:1 (New International Version) 1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the LORD. Here, Solomon begins building the Temple in […]

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1 Samuel 11:1-2 (New Century Version) 1 About a month later Nahash the Ammonite and his army surrounded the city of Jabesh in Gilead. All the people of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.” 2 But he answered, “I will make a treaty with you only if […]

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Psalms 51:1-2 (New International Version) 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. This is a prayer I could say everyday. In particular, the lines: blot out my transgressions…wash away […]

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2 Samuel 12:29-31 (New International Version) 29 So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it. 30 He took the crown from the head of their king —its weight was a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He took […]

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1 Kings 19:3-9 (New International Version) 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I […]

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1 Kings 17:5-6 (New International Version) 5 So he (Elijah) did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. These […]

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