Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 28:16-17 (New Living Translation) 16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!” 17 But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to […]

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Luke 24:2-4 (New Living Translation) 2 There was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen. 3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law, “Is it permitted in the law to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?” 4 When they refused to answer, Jesus touched the sick man and healed […]

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Genesis 27:27-29 (New Living Translation) 27 So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son. He said, “Ah! The smell of my son is like the smell of the outdoors, which the Lord has blessed! 28 “From the dew […]

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Genesis 22:18 (New Living Translation) 18 And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me. An angel is talking to Abraham. Abraham had just followed God’s instructions to take his miracle son Isaac to a remote place and literally sacrifice the boy. Abraham showed faith—showed that […]

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Deuteronomy 30:6 (New Living Translation) 6 “The Lord your God will change your heart and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all your heart and soul and so you may live! Jehovah God is talking to the people about the laws and the results of obedience and disobedience. […]

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Deuteronomy 28:20 (New Living Translation) 20 The Lord himself will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in everything you do, until at last you are completely destroyed for doing evil and abandoning me. God is warning the people through Moses. There are curses to come for those who disobey the law God has decreed. […]

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Deuteronomy 13:10 (New Living Translation) 10 Stone the guilty ones to death because they have tried to draw you away from the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery. Moses is passing the law from God to the people. Earlier, Moses warned of people who would say, […]

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Romans 8:10 (New Living Translation) 10 And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. Why does a human body die? I have heard medical doctors say that they really don’t know a reason. I have […]

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Numbers 16:12-13 (New Living Translation) 12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, “We refuse to come before you! 13 Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat […]

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