Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalm 119:45-46 (New International Version) 45 I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments. 46 I will speak to kings about your laws, and I will not be ashamed. Ever speak to the President of the United States? Me neither, and I live 20 miles from him. Seems like the […]

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Psalm 119:29 (New Living Translation) Keep me from lying to myself; give me the privilege of knowing your instructions. The major theme of Psalm 119 is God’s word or God’s revelation to man. In this verse, the writer asks for the privilege of know His word. Have you ever found yourself without a Bible and […]

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Daniel 2:24 (New Living Translation) Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, “Don’t kill the wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him the meaning of his dream.” Daniel moved from obscurity to tell the […]

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Daniel 1:9 (New Living Translation) Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel. The story of Daniel is widely known. There is the lion’s den. There are the three friends who are thrown in the fiery furnace and walk out unharmed. Sometimes we forget that Daniel and his friends […]

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1 Peter 2:24 (New Living Translation) He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed. Why did Jesus the Messiah die on the cross? One of the reasons is so that I can […]

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1 Peter 2:10 (New Living Translation) “Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.” Who am I? What is my title? What do people call me? What is it I want people to call me? What identity do I […]

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Isaiah 58:6-7 (New Living Translation) 6 “No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. 7 Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. […]

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Isaiah 58:3 (New Living Translation) ‘We have fasted before you!’ they say. ‘Why aren’t you impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves, and you don’t even notice it!’ In this verse, the people are crying to Jehovah for justification (we are good, don’t punish us). They cry that they have been very hard on […]

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