Reflections on Bible Verses
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Several years ago, I joined a group where each week we are given a bible verse to reflect on during the week, and we then share our personal response to the verse when we next meet, before a time of prayer. I value those evenings because each of our responses are personal, so they are entirely different, and I am given new perspectives outside of my experience.
In the hope that my personal reflections on those verses may be of value in a similar way to you, I have presented them here.
Yohana
Contributions welcome ...
My aim in setting up this page was to share personal reflections on bible verses as a help to people as they set out on their journey of faith, and explore bible readings.
Your comments, challenging (but sincere) questions, and suggestions for other verses, are all welcome.
Also welcome are your personal reflections on these verses where they support this aim — brief reflections can be listed in the comments on a verse, while more lengthy reflections will be shown on a separate page (use the contact form at this stage, listing the relevant verse and date, your screen name and email address, and attach any relevant files).
Due to the problems of spam and viral attacks on websites, I will review comments and contributions before they appear on the site.
Guidance for contributions:
- Keep it personal (not copied from other sources)
- A heartfelt response to the verse (not promoting particular doctrines or ideology)
- Guided by the Holy Spirit (not promoting philosophies built on human logic, they tend to discourage or mislead).
As with the small group I attend, we are blessed by a variety of perspectives.
See also
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Psalm 23:5 – My cup runs over
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Psalm 23:4 – Fear no evil
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Psalm 23:3 – Restores my soul
“He restores my soul;He leads me in the paths of righteousnessFor His name’s sake.”Question: What does this mean, and in what way is my soul depleted? My soul Is the breath of life from God: Genesis...
Psalm 23:2 – Still waters
“He makes me to lie down in green pastures;He leads me beside the still waters.”Question: How have you seen this in your life? Makes me to lie down in green pastures “Makes me” implies compulsion,...
Psalm 23:1 – My shepherd
“The Lord is my shepherd;I shall not want”Question: What does a shepherd do, and how have you seen God like a shepherd in your life? What does a shepherd do? In John 10, we learn from Jesus what a...
John 5:24 – Everlasting life
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.” This verse echoes...
1 John 5:12 – Has the Son
"“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” How do we “Have the Son”? John 1:12 reads, "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become...
Matthew 6:33 – The kingdom of God
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you”Question; How has that been important to you over the years? These Things These are listed in...
Ephesians 2:8 – Saved through faith
““For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, [9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.]”Questions:1) Remember where and when you first heard...
2 Corinthians 2:11 – Satan’s devices
“lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.”The challenge is to think of and share three tricks (or devices or schemes) you have come up against from Satan....
Revelation 3:20 – I stand at the door
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” Behold Means pay attention, this is a key and...
1 Corinthians 3:21-23 – All things are yours
“Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. And you are...
Romans 6:3-4 – Baptized into His death
“Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised...
1 John 5:21 – Keep yourselves from idols
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen” Idols Verse13 shows our belief, or our faith and complete trust, is the only way to receive God’s gift of eternal life; it reads, “These things I...
Romans 9:16 – Of God who shows mercy
“So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.” It: Refers to how people are given God’s salvation, in answer to the question Paul was looking at, of why some...
Matthew 5:8 – The pure in heart
“Blessed are the pure in heart,For they shall see God.” Context The beatitudes introduce the Sermon on the Mount, in which Jesus addresses the Jews who had been given God’s Law, and had repeatedly...
Acts 17:11 – Fair-minded Bereans
“These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.” Those in...
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You are welcome to add to the discussion by commenting, sharing your reflections, and suggesting other verses.
Contributions welcome ...
My aim in setting up this page was to share personal reflections on bible verses as a help to people as they set out on their journey of faith, and explore bible readings.
Comments, challenging (but sincere) questions, and suggestions for other verses not listed here, are all welcome.
Also welcome are your personal reflections on these verses where they are in line with this aim — brief reflections can be listed in the comments on a verse, while more lengthy reflections will be shown on a separate page with a link from the main page for that verse, and listed under the contributor’s name. Use the contact form to send these, listing the relevant verse and date, your screen name and email address, and attaching any relevant files.
Due to the problems of spam and viral attacks on websites, I will review comments and contributions before they appear on the site.
The type of contributions which would not support this aim are those copied from other sources (keep it personal), those promoting a particular doctrine or ideology (keep it to a heartfelt response to the verse), or promoting concepts built on human logic that discourage us on our journey (unfortunately there is no shortage of these).
As with the small group I attend, we are blessed by a variety of perspectives.
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