Contemplative Bible Reading

Ephesians 5:15 ) New Living Translation So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. This is pretty straightforward. How should I live? Like the wise, not like the fools. And the preceding verses tell me that God has given me everything I need to live like the […]

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Ephesians 1:8 (New Living Translation) He (God) has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. God didn’t give me some wisdom or some understanding. Perhaps I am taking this too literally, but it seems to indicate that God has given me, and plenty of other folks, A L L wisdom and […]

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Ephesians 1:3, 8 (New Living Translation) 3 All praise to God…8 He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. I find these three gifts astonishing. What else do I need to live in Christ Jesus? God didn’t just give me these things, He S H O W E R E […]

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1 Corinthians 2:12 (New Living Translation) And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. Here is one of the reasons God gives us His Spirit: so we can know the wonderful things he has given us. In a sense, the gift […]

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1 Corinthians 2:9 (New Living Translation) That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” The writer here quotes from the prophet Isaiah. God and His blessings are beyond our imagination. I remember […]

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Romans 1:28-32 (New Living Translation) 28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29 Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. 30 They are […]

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1 Corinthians 15:58 (New Living Translation) So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. But all I did in the name for the Lord was… sit in a pew pray before eating put a […]

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1 Corinthians 14:22 (New Living Translation) So you see that speaking in tongues is a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for the benefit of believers, not unbelievers. There are some things that are good for believers and unbelievers. There are some things that are bad for both groups.It appears that […]

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1 Corinthians 8:5-7 (New Living Translation) 5 There may be so-called gods both in heaven and on earth, and some people actually worship many gods and many lords. 6 But for us, There is one God, the Father, by whom all things were created, and for whom we live. And there is one Lord, Jesus […]

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Acts 7:57-59 (New Living Translation) 57 Then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting. They rushed at him 58 and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 As they […]

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