Contemplative Bible Reading

Nehemiah was cup bearer to King Artaxerxes. He was troubled by the news that came from Jerusalem. Nehemiah wanted to ask the king for a favor – actually a huge favor; the kind of favor that you don’t ask often; the kind of favor that if answered with a “no” comes with an execution for […]

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1 John 2:15-17 (New International Version) 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has […]

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Zechariah 8:23 (Revised Standard Version) Thus says the LORD of hosts: In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, `Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’” This is a prophetic verse from the Old Testament. […]

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Haggai 1:6 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to become drunk. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner [puts his] wages into a bag with a hole in […]

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Haggai 1:6 (New International Version) You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it. I am considering this verse in light […]

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Genesis 1:14-15 (New International Version) 14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on […]

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Exodus 7:1 (New International Version) Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. Moses didn’t really want to talk to Pharoah. He made lots of excuses. God kept encouraging Moses. He gave Moses the ability to perform miracles that would […]

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Genesis 22:8 (New International Version) Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together. This passage is from the story of when God told Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Abraham obeys, and God intervenes at the right moment after He sees […]

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Ecclesiastes 9:10 (New International Version) Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. This is a great encouragement to do the best I can now. When I die, there will be no more […]

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Ezekial 20:32 (New International Version) ” ‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen. Who would want to serve wood and stone? Let’s update “wood” to “money” (money is made from paper which is […]

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