Contemplative Bible Reading

Hosea 13:6 (New Living Translation) 6 But when you had eaten and were satisfied,you became proud and forgot me. God is talking to the people through the prophet Hosea. God delivered the people through the desert—a dry and thirsty land. The people depended on God for daily sustenance. Once settled in a land with good […]

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Galatians 1:9 (New Living Translation) 9 I say again what we have said before: If anyone preaches any other Good News than the one you welcomed, let that person be cursed. Paul writes to Christians in Galatia a long time ago. If anyone preaches something other than the Good News of Jesus, don’t listen to […]

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Hosea 14:9 (New Living Translation) 9 Let those who are wise understand these things.Let those with discernment listen carefully.The paths of the Lord are true and right,and righteous people live by walking in them.But in those paths sinners stumble and fall. When I was a child, someone read to me The Pilgrim’s Progress. This book […]

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Luke 1:8-9 (New Living Translation) 8 One day Zechariah was serving God in the Temple, for his order was on duty that week. 9 As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense. This was a big event. Zechariah was in the […]

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Hebrews 12:1 (New Living Translation) 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. […]

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Psalm 19: 12-13 (New Living Translation) 12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?Cleanse me from these hidden faults.13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins!Don’t let them control me.Then I will be free of guiltand innocent of great sin. The writer is praying. I am only human and not all knowing. […]

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Luke 5:20 (New Living Translation) 20 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, “Young man, your sins are forgiven.” This is part of the (hi)story of the crippled man and his friends. We heard this one many times in Sunday School as kids. The men carried their crippled friend on a stretcher to Jesus […]

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Isaiah 43:10 (New Living Translation) 10 “But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the Lord.“You are my servant.You have been chosen to know me, believe in me,and understand that I alone am God.There is no other God—there never has been, and there never will be. This one is pretty simple. The implications are far […]

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