Contemplative Bible Reading

Romans 9:10-12 (New Living Translation) 10 This son was our ancestor Isaac. When he married Rebekah, she gave birth to twins. 11 But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from God. (This message shows that God chooses people according to his own purposes; 12 he calls people, but […]

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Romans 5:1-2 (New Living Translation) Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. 2 Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and […]

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1 Corinthians 10:17 (New Living Translation) And though we are many, we all eat from one loaf of bread, showing that we are one body. People don’t eat from the same biscuit. Well, maybe sometimes you will see a husband and wife or a parent and child pull bites from the same biscuit. No one […]

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Romans 1:22-23 (New English Translation) 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles. Imagine the fools: the are putting God into little statues of things they know like people, bird, […]

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1 Corinthians 8:1 (New English Translation) With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. This is one of those verses that I dislike. I am educated, well educated, probably overly educated. I have a lot of knowledge. This verse puts knowledge in […]

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Romans 1:20 (New Living Translation) For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. People know God exists. They may not know that name or […]

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1 Thessalonians 3:12 (New Living Translation)  And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow… These words are in the middle of a short prayer that Paul writes in a letter. I find them to be something to pray everyday. God, help us love one another more today than […]

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1 Thessalonians 5:15 (New Living Translation) See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people. “God needs someone to give that guy just what he deserves, and I’m just the person to do it.” Isn’t that silly? Yet, we try to live […]

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Romans 1:16-17 (New Living Translation) 16 For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. 17 This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by […]

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Acts 19:16 (New Living Translation) Then the man with the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered them, and attacked them with such violence that they fled from the house, naked and battered. This describes another instance of what I consider the super-human creation. One man beat seven in a fight. The accomplishment here is diminished […]

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