Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalm 89:14 (New Living Translation) 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants. There are many things about God recorded in the Bible. We learn that God has limitless strength. God has limitless knowledge. God is everywhere at once for all time. And on […]

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2 Chronicles 16:9a (New Living Translation) 9 The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. This is part of the (hi)story of the kings of Judah. Asa is the king in Judah. He made a treaty with the king of Aram to […]

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Isaiah 2:4a (New Living Translation) 4 The Lord will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes. God is talking to the people of Judah and Jerusalem through the prophet Isaiah. This is in “the last days” when the place will be “the most important place on earth.” I thought Washington D.C. was the most […]

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2 Chronicles 2:12 (New Living Translation) 12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger was turned away, and he did not destroy him completely. There were still some good things in the land of Judah. Rehoboam was a son of King Solomon and the new King of a kingdom that had shrunk to just the […]

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Matthew 7:12 (New Living Translation) 12 “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. This is “The Golden Rule.” The good old King James Version uses the phrase, “Do unto others…” This is a Sunday School […]

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2 Kings 17:26 (New Living Translation) 26 So a message was sent to the king of Assyria: “The people you have resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know the customs of the god of the land. He has sent lions among them to destroy them because they have not worshiped him correctly.” This […]

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Matthew 8:13 (New Living Translation) 13 Then Jesus said to the Roman officer, “Go back home. Because you believed, it has happened.” And the young servant was healed that same hour. This is part of the (hi)story of Jesus healing the young servant of a Roman army officer. Jesus didn’t put His hands on the […]

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1 Samuel 16:7, 12 (New Living Translation) 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 12 So Jesse sent for him. He […]

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