Contemplative Bible Reading

Acts 17:16-17 (New Living Translation) 16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city. 17 He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and he spoke daily in the public square to all who happened […]

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Philippians 3:20 (New Living Translation) But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. I am a citizen of heaven. I am not a citizen of this place—earth. I am stuck here for a while. Jesus, the one anointed to […]

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Acts 10:1-4 (New Living Translation) In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius…One afternoon about three o’clock, he had a vision in which he saw an angel of God coming toward him. “Cornelius!” the angel said. Cornelius stared at him in terror. “What is it, sir?” he asked the angel. Cornelius was one […]

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Galatians 6:4 (New Living Translation) Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. I think God wants us to do well. Hence, we have the phrase “a job well done.” The result of a […]

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Luke 10:29a (New Living Translation) The man wanted to justify his actions, so… justify: Verb, show or prove to be right or reasonable Here comes trouble. This poor fellow—he reminds me of ME—wants to justify himself to Jesus. Imagine the folly of that one. Justify himself to the Son of God sent to a sinful […]

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Galatians 6:4-5 (New Living Translation) 4 Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. 5 For we are each responsible for our own conduct. I have always liked to be the best—the best speller […]

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James 1:5 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him. I live to improve. I want to be and do better everyday. I desire this to a fault. Yes, others don’t always share […]

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1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (New Living Translation) 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins […]

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2 John verse 4 (New Living Translation) How happy I was to meet some of your children and find them living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded. John addresses his letter to “the chosen lady and her children.” I don’t know who “the chosen lady” is. Did this lady have a big […]

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2 John verses 1-2 (New Living Translation) I am writing to the chosen lady and to her children, whom I love in the truth—as does everyone else who knows the truth— 2 because the truth lives in us and will be with us forever. I struggle with the concept at the heart of these verses. […]

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