Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 8:3 (New Living Translation) Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of […]

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Colossians 2:6 (English Standard Version) Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him Walk in Him. Wade in Him. Live in Him. There is an all-too-popular phrase bouncing about “make room for God.” I strongly disagree. I believe this verse strongly disagrees. We walk in Jesus. We live in him all […]

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Deuteronomy 1:20-23 (New Living Translation) 20 I said to you, ‘You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the Lord our God is giving us. 21 Look! He has placed the land in front of you. Go and occupy it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Don’t […]

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Deuteronomy 28:28 (English Standard Version) The Lord will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind In this section of the second giving of the law, God’s people are warned of the curses that will come from disobedience. This one strikes home–confusion of mind. My mother, following in the footsteps of her father […]

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Genesis 37:26-27 (English Standard Version) 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites,… Joseph’s brothers had him! They muscled him into a pit and were trying to decide how to murder him. Evil? What […]

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1 Samuel 3:19 (English Standard Version) And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. I love the phrase here about words falling to the ground and how God prevented this from happening with Samuel. Other translations use the phrase that Samuel’s words were reliable. […]

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Genesis 11:5-7 (New Living Translation) 5 But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! 7 Come, let’s go […]

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John 17:15-16 (New Living Translation) 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. Jesus is praying to God regarding His followers (“them” and “they” in the verses). Let’s reverse […]

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Romans 8:8-9 (New Living Translation) 8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. 9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do […]

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