Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Thessalonians 3:14-15 (New Living Translation) 14 Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed. 15 Don’t think of them as enemies, but warn them as you would a brother or sister. Do you have any enemies? Of course that is a […]

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Romans 8:5-7 (New English Translation) 5 For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit. 6 For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit […]

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Galatians 6:3 (New Living Translation) If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important. This stings in  its simplicity. I think God that from time to time He sends people into my life who remind me of this verse, i.e., they remind me that […]

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Philippians 3:17 (New Living Translation) Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. When was the last time you heard a preacher proclaim, “Live like me!” My answer, “Never.” Yet here is Paul writing to the Philippians and telling them to live like him. Paul also […]

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Philippians 4:12-13 (New Living Translation) 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. 13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Paul has learned how to live in […]

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Acts 12:6-10 (New Living Translation) 6 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. 7 Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter. The angel struck him on […]

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Hebrews 9:12 (New Living Translation) With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever. Hebrews 10:4 (New Living Translation) For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. The two verses from Hebrews […]

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Acts 7:9-10 (New Living Translation) “These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him 10 and rescued him from all his troubles. And God gave him favor before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. God also gave Joseph unusual wisdom, so that Pharaoh appointed […]

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Acts 8:1-4 (New Living Translation) Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria. 2 (Some devout men came and […]

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Luke 24:36 (New Living Translation) And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself was suddenly standing there among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. I know this is out of context in a sort, but just read the sentence. Jesus is here, Peace be with you, the end. All in well with […]

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