Contemplative Bible Reading

Mark 4:1 (New International Version 2011) Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. I guess we could start a […]

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John 5:16-18 (New International Version 2011) 16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them,“My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”18 For this reason they tried all the more to […]

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John 6:8-9 (New International Version 2011) 8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up,9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” These verses are from the feeding of the 5,000 as recorded in the Gospel of John. […]

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John 13:35 (New International Version 2011) By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. Jesus is speaking here. People will know that we follow Him by our love for one another. How are we doing? How are we doing in America? If we judge by how well we […]

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Luke 23:31 (New International Version 2011) For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?” Refers back to Hosea 10, which begins with Israel was a spreading vine; he brought forth fruit for himself. and continues in Hosea with As his fruit increased, he built more […]

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2 Corinthians 4:5 (New Living Translation) You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake. This is pretty simple. Paul says that the Gospel is not about him; it is about Jesus the Christ. We, however, have been stumbling over […]

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1 Corinthians 6:9-10  (New International Version 2011) 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit […]

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Jeremiah 10:1-2 (New International Version 2011) 1 Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel. 2 This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them. Now and then, the LORD sent a message […]

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Proverbs 25:21-22 (New International Version 2011) 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you. This proverb is quoted in the New Testament in Romans 12. […]

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1 Peter 4:1-6 (New International Version 1984) 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. 2 As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for […]

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