Contemplative Bible Reading

Ephesians 5:15 ) New Living Translation So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. This is pretty straightforward. How should I live? Like the wise, not like the fools. And the preceding verses tell me that God has given me everything I need to live like the […]

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Ephesians 1:8 (New Living Translation) He (God) has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. God didn’t give me some wisdom or some understanding. Perhaps I am taking this too literally, but it seems to indicate that God has given me, and plenty of other folks, A L L wisdom and […]

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1 Kings 20:28-30 (New Living Translation) 28 Then the man of God went to the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: The Arameans have said, ‘The Lord is a god of the hills and not of the plains.’ So I will defeat this vast army for you. Then you will […]

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1 Kings 18:27 (New Living Translation) About noontime Elijah began mocking them. “You’ll have to shout louder,” he scoffed, “for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself. Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!” Not quite. Note how Elijah describes […]

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Ephesians 1:3, 8 (New Living Translation) 3 All praise to God…8 He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. I find these three gifts astonishing. What else do I need to live in Christ Jesus? God didn’t just give me these things, He S H O W E R E […]

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1 Corinthians 2:12 (New Living Translation) And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. Here is one of the reasons God gives us His Spirit: so we can know the wonderful things he has given us. In a sense, the gift […]

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1 Corinthians 2:9 (New Living Translation) That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” The writer here quotes from the prophet Isaiah. God and His blessings are beyond our imagination. I remember […]

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Romans 1:28-32 (New Living Translation) 28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29 Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. 30 They are […]

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