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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jan 4, 2021 – 1 Timothy 001
Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Timothy+001 1 TIMOTHY Introduction After Paul was released from prison in Rome, he discovered that leaders in the Ephesian church had distorted the genuine message they had first heard from Paul himself. They had misapplied certain Jewish practices and borrowed some others from the philosophies of the day. They restricted…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Jan 1, 2021 – Song of Solomon 008
Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+008 Song of Solomon 8 (ESV) Longing for Her Beloved 1 Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me. 2 I would lead you and bring you into the house…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Dec 31, 2020 – Song of Solomon 007
Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+007 Song of Solomon 7 (ESV) 1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. 2 Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies. 3 Your two…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Dec 30, 2020 – Song of Solomon 006
Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+006 Song of Solomon 6 (ESV) Others 1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Together in the Garden of Love She 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Dec 29, 2020 – Song of Solomon 005
Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+005 Song of Solomon 5 (ESV) He 1 I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Others Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love! The Bride Searches for Her Beloved She 2 I slept, but…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Dec 28, 2020 – Song of Solomon 004
Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+004 Song of Solomon 4 (ESV) Solomon Admires His Bride’s Beauty He 1 Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead. 2 Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Dec 25, 2020 – Song of Solomon 003
Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+003 Song of Solomon 3 (ESV) The Bride’s Dream 1 On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not. 2 I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Dec 24, 2020 – Song of Solomon 002
Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+002 Song of Solomon 2 (ESV) 1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. He 2 As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women. She 3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Dec 23, 2020 – Song of Solomon 001
Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+001 Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs) Traditional wedding celebrations in the Middle East cast the bride and groom in the roles of a king and his queen. The festivities include love songs and also special songs that praise the physical beauty of the bride or the handsomeness of the…
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“Listening to God” Bible Reading & Devotion: Dec 22, 2020 – Ecclesiastes 012
Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+012 Ecclesiastes 12 (ESV) 1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; 2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, ……