Contemplative Bible Reading

John 1:31-34 (New Living Translation) 31 I did not recognize him as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 Then John testified, “I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him. 33 I didn’t know he was the […]

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John 20:13 (New Living Translation) “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her. “Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” This is on the morning of Jesus’ resurrection. Mary Magdalene finds an empty tomb. Jesus is gone. She doesn’t assume that Jesus […]

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2 Corinthians 5:21 (New Living Translation) For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. There are a few places in the Bible where one sentence summarizes the entire thing. We should take note of these sentences. There are […]

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John 20:8-9 (New Living Translation) Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed— for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. Jesus has been crucified and buried in the tomb. On the first day of the week […]

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John 17:3 (New Living Translation) And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth. Want eternal life? Who doesn’t. How do we get? What is the way? Where do we go? Good questions. The verse above tells us in a […]

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John 16:23-24 (New Living Translation) 23 At that time you won’t need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request because you use my name. 24 You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you […]

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Hebrews 11:8-10 (New Living Translation) 8 It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going. 9 And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there […]

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1 Corinthians 1:17 (New Living Translation) For Christ didn’t send me to baptize, but to preach the Good News—and not with clever speech, for fear that the cross of Christ would lose its power. This is Paul writing a letter to Christians in the town of Corinth. Paul tells them of his mission from Christ: […]

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Romans 12:3 (New Living Translation) 3 Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us. The Apostle Paul writes to a group […]

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Acts 19:23-24 (New Living Translation) 23 About that time, serious trouble developed in Ephesus concerning the Way. 24 It began with Demetrius, a silversmith who had a large business manufacturing silver shrines of the Greek goddess Artemis. He kept many craftsmen busy. Here is Demetrius. He works with silver to fashion all sorts of things […]

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