Contemplative Bible Reading

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Entries from November 2024

Accept as Co-workers

November 10th, 2024 · No Comments

Galatians 2:9 (New Living Translation) 9 In fact, James, Peter, and John, who were known as pillars of the church, recognized the gift God had given me, and they accepted Barnabas and me as their co-workers. They encouraged us to keep preaching to the Gentiles, while they continued their work with the Jews. Paul is […]

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Tags: Galatians · New Testament

We Are Only Dust

November 9th, 2024 · No Comments

Psalm 103:14 (New Living Translation) 14 For he knows how weak we are;he remembers we are only dust. Whoa. This isn’t a very flattery description of us folks. The writer is describing the LORD God. God knows us since he created us. We are weak and only dust. Well, I sweep dust and dirt out […]

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Tags: Old Testament · Psalms

All Those Things My Grandparents Told Me

November 3rd, 2024 · No Comments

Judges 6:13 (New Living Translation) 13 “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The Lord brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over […]

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Tags: Judges · Old Testament

Cling Tightly

November 2nd, 2024 · No Comments

Joshua 23:7-8 (New Living Translation) 7 Make sure you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them or worship them. 8 Rather, cling tightly to the Lord your God as you have done until […]

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Tags: Joshua · Old Testament