Contemplative Bible Reading

Malachi 1:14 (New Living Translation) 14 “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations! Cursed is the cheater. The cheater […]

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Romans 8:12 (New Living Translation) 12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. Hear ye! Hear ye! You (we) are not obligated to your sinful nature. The word obligated (oblige) means to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract. If […]

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Luke 11:53-54 (New Living Translation) 53 As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions. 54 They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him. As Jesus continues the earthly ministry, teachers of the religious law and Pharisees […]

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Romans 6:12 (New Living Translation) 12 Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. What controls the way I live? One simple thing is the fatigue that this body experiences. I sleep about a third of the day. Another simple thing is this body requires energy. I […]

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Malachi 2:3 (New Living Translation) 3 I will punish your descendants and splatter your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and I will throw you on the manure pile. God is speaking to the people through the prophet Malachi. In particular, God is addressing the priests who have not been conducting the Temple […]

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Acts 8:1 (New Living Translation) 1 Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria. This is one of […]

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Daniel 5:23 (New Living Translation) 23 For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see […]

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Romans 1:32 (New Living Translation) 32 They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too. There is a system of justice from God. Certain acts require the punishment of death. Some are listed prior to the […]

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Ezekiel 33:32 (New Living Translation) 32 You are very entertaining to them, like someone who sings love songs with a beautiful voice or plays fine music on an instrument. They hear what you say, but they don’t act on it! God is speaking to the prophet Ezekiel. God had spoken to the people through Ezekiel, […]

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