Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 4:5-1 (New Living Translation) 5 Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 “I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please. Perhaps […]

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1 Kings 10:24 (New Living Translation) 23 So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth. 24 People from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him. King Solomon was a pretty smart guy. Where did he get his “smarts?” God gave it to […]

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Luke 1:17 (New Living Translation) He will be a man with the spirit and power of Elijah. He will prepare the people for the coming of the Lord. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and he will cause those who are rebellious to accept the wisdom of the godly. This […]

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Genesis 4:26 (New Living Translation) When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the Lord by name. Other translations use the phrase, “they began to call upon the name of the LORD.” Man came to view God the creator as … well as […]

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Deuteronomy 28:65 (English Standard Version) And among these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but the Lord will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and a languishing soul. God is telling His people what fate they will have if […]

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Judges 13:8 (New Living Translation) Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, saying, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born.” Please God, send us a person to give us more instructions. Hmmm, how often do we pray and […]

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Ecclesiastes 9:11 (New Living Translation) I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives. It is all […]

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Job 42:12-13 (New Living Translation) 12 So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters. Throughout the (hi)story […]

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Job 2:8-9 (New Living Translation) 8 Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes. 9 His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.” Job’s misery. Yikes, that sounds painful. Job’s faithful wife chimes in with some advice. She […]

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