Contemplative Bible Reading

Matthew 20:31b-34 (New Living Translation) But they only shouted louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” 32 When Jesus heard them, he stopped and called, “What do you want me to do for you?” 33 “Lord,” they said, “we want to see!” 34 Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Instantly […]

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Matthew 20:29-31 (New Living Translation) 29 As Jesus and the disciples left the town of Jericho, a large crowd followed behind. 30 Two blind men were sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was coming that way, they began shouting, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” 31 “Be quiet!” the crowd […]

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Acts 6:15 (New Living Translation) At this point everyone in the high council stared at Stephen, because his face became as bright as an angel’s. How did Stephen appear in this verse? Whatever it was, everyone was staring at him. I guess is appearance was remarkable in some way. The rest of the verse states […]

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Colossians 3:1 (New Living Translation) Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Allow me to paraphrase this. Jesus of Nazareth, the one anointed to take away the sins of the world, rose […]

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Galatians 3:5 (New Living Translation) I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ. Notice the introduction to the question asked above. It tells us about some of God’s […]

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Acts 12 (New Living Translation) 5 But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him. 11 Peter finally came to his senses. “It’s really true!” he said. “The Lord has sent his angel and saved me from Herod and from what the Jewish leaders had planned to do to me!” 15 […]

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Acts 12:6 (New Living Translation) The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate. Peter is on death row. On the morrow, he was to go to trial. The outcome of the “trial” was known to all. […]

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Acts 5:42 (New Living Translation) And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.” Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah blah blah. NOT. What the followers of Jesus were doing was radical. It was dangerous—deadly dangerous as some were executed for this. Here […]

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Acts 2:38 (New Living Translation) Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This may be the most familiar verse in the Bible to […]

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John 15:5 (New Living Translation) Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. This is Jesus describing the Christian life. On this occasion, He is speaking to followers—those who have already accepted Him as the Son of […]

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