Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Samuel 12:10 (New Living Translation) From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s wife to be your own. The prophet Nathan is delivering a message from God to King David. David’s despicable act with Uriah and Bathsheba was over. Now comes the punishment. […]

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Genesis 39:6 (New Living Translation) So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat! This is the early part of the (hi)story of Joseph, his owner Potiphar, and Potiphar’s wife. Potiphar had put Joseph, a slave, in charge […]

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John 17:3 (New Living Translation) And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth. Want eternal life? Who doesn’t. How do we get? What is the way? Where do we go? Good questions. The verse above tells us in a […]

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John 16:23-24 (New Living Translation) 23 At that time you won’t need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request because you use my name. 24 You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you […]

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Genesis 3:7 (New Living Translation) At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves. Adam and Eve had just eaten the forbidden fruit. They now knew both good and evil. They knew they were naked. They were embarrassed and felt […]

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Hebrews 11:8-10 (New Living Translation) 8 It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going. 9 And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there […]

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Genesis 26:28 (New Living Translation) They replied, “We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s make a covenant. A King named Abimelech came to visit Isaac, one of Israel’s patriarchs. His statement above tells us that Abimilech knew that: God the […]

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1 Corinthians 1:17 (New Living Translation) For Christ didn’t send me to baptize, but to preach the Good News—and not with clever speech, for fear that the cross of Christ would lose its power. This is Paul writing a letter to Christians in the town of Corinth. Paul tells them of his mission from Christ: […]

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