Contemplative Bible Reading

Matthew 10:16-17 (Holman Standard Christian Bible) 16 “Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves. 17 Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues, beware of them. I have always loved the imagery in verse 16. I […]

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1 Timothy 6:17 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy. Good news: God provides us with all things to enjoy. Ice cream? From […]

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2 Chronicles 20:3 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved to seek the Lord. Then he proclaimed a fast for all Judah, There are armies from several nations massed and ready to attack. King Jehoshaphat was afraid. He was afraid of physical death. He was afraid that all his friends and family […]

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2 Chronicles 32:7-8 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) 7 “Be strong and courageous! Don’t be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria or before the large army that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. 8 He has only human strength, but we have Yahweh our God to help us […]

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Joshua 10:9-10 (New Living Translation) 9 Joshua traveled all night from Gilgal and took the Amorite armies by surprise. 10 The Lord threw them into a panic, and the Israelites slaughtered great numbers of them at Gibeon. Then the Israelites chased the enemy along the road to Beth-horon, killing them all along the way to […]

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Luke 5:12-13 (New Living Translation) 12 In one of the villages, Jesus met a man with an advanced case of leprosy. When the man saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground, begging to be healed. “Lord,” he said, “if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.” 13 Jesus […]

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John 6:2-5 (New English Translation) 2 A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick. 3 So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples. 4 (Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.) 5 Then Jesus, when he […]

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John 6:29 (New English Translation) Jesus replied, “This is the deed God requires—to believe in the one whom he sent.” Pretty simple. What does God require of me? Of each of us? Believe in the one whom He sent, i.e., believe that this Jesus of Nazareth was indeed the Son of God sent to the […]

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1 Peter 2:11-12 (New Living Translation) 11 Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. 12 Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, […]

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