Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Corinthians 4:4 (New Living Translation) 4 My conscience is clear, but that doesn’t prove I’m right… Paul is writing to Christians in Corinth about his explaining of God’s mysteries. Paul is trying to be helpful. Paul is trying to be correct. Paul is making all the good faith efforts he can. Paul, being human […]

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Philippians 3:1 (New Living Testament) Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. Simple four words. Rejoice in the Lord. Sad? Tired? Just plain beat and need a nap? Sure. Those days happen. We, however, have something else to do. Let us rejoice. Scream happiness. Jump for joy. Celebrate. Have a cookout. […]

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Romans 3:21-22 (New Living Translation) 21 But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. 22 We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And […]

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3 John, verse 2 (New Living Translation) Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit. John is writing to his friend Gaius. John wishes a strong body—a body that is as strong as the spirit of God in Gaius. I […]

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Revelation 2:5 (New Living Translation) …Turn back to me and do the works you did at first… This is part of the revelation given to the church at Ephesus. It appears that this church had grown complacent in its heart and actions. They are encouraged to turn back to how they lived at first. Fatigue […]

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John 4:39 (New Living Translation) 39 Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything I ever did!” Once there was a woman from the village of Sychar. This woman went to a well to draw water in the middle of the day. She didn’t associate much […]

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Ephesians 2:10 (New Living Translation) 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Paul is writing to a group of Christians long ago in a place called Ephesus. To many folks, being a Christian means “don’t […]

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Luke 22:2 (New Living Translation) 2 The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people’s reaction. Those in positions of religious authority were figuring. What would they do? First, these are good people in difficult positions. They put their lives at stake for […]

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2 Peter 2:7-8 (New Living Translation) 7 But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. 8 Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day. […]

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1 John 2:7-8 (New Living Translation) 7 Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before. 8 Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this […]

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