Slow Bible

Revelation 22:1-4 (from the Archive) New Living Translation 22 Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 It flowed down the centre of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations. 3 N...

Colossians 3:10-15 New Living Translation 10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. 11 In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. 12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clo...

Psalm 95:3-7 (from the Archive) New Living Translation 3 For the Lord is a great God,     a great King above all gods. 4 He holds in his hands the depths of the earth     and the mightiest mountains. 5 The sea belongs to him, for he made it.     His hands formed the dry land, too. 6 Come, let us worship and bow down.     Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, 7     for he is our God. We are the p...

Psalm 108:1-5 New Living Translation 1 My heart is confident in you, O God;     no wonder I can sing your praises!  Wake up my soul! 2 Wake up, O harp and lyre!     I will awaken the dawn with my song. 3 I will thank you, Lord, in front of all the people.     I will sing your praises among the nations. 4 For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens.     Your faithfulness reaches to the cloud...

Psalm 103:1-5, 8-13 (from the Archive) New Living Translation 1 Let all that I am praise the Lord;     with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. 2 Let all that I am praise the Lord;     may I never forget the good things he does for me. 3 He forgives all my sins     and heals all my diseases. 4 He redeems me from death     and crowns me with love and tender mercies. 5 He fills my life with...

1 Timothy 2:1-6 New Living Translation 2 I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. 2 Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. 3 This is good and pleases God our Saviour, 4 who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the tr...

Hebrews 1:1-3 (from the Archive) New Living Translation 1 Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. 2 And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. 3 The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustai...

Isaiah 40:6-8 New Living Translation 6 A voice said, “Shout!”     I asked, “What should I shout?” “Shout that people are like the grass.     Their beauty fades as quickly     as the flowers in a field. 7 The grass withers and the flowers fade     beneath the breath of the Lord.     And so it is with people. 8 The grass withers and the flowers fade,     but the word of our God stands forever.” Musi...

John 5 v 1-14 Imaginative prayer (from the Archive) New Living Translation 5 Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days. 2 Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. 3 Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. 5 One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him a...

Luke 24:50-53 New Living Translation 50 Then Jesus led them to Bethany, and lifting his hands to heaven, he blessed them. 51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven. 52 So they worshiped him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy. 53 And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God. Music: "Rest in the Shadow" by Julian & Melissa...

Deuteronomy 6 v 5-9 (from the Archive) New Living Translation 5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and wh...

Revelation 21: 2-4 (New Living Translation) And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there wil...

Jeremiah 18:1-6 (from the Archive) New Living Translation 18 The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, 2 “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” 3 So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. 4 But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over. 5 Then the Lord gave me this me...

Proverbs 19:20-21 New Living Translation 20 Get all the advice and instruction you can,     so you will be wise the rest of your life. 21 You can make many plans,     but the Lord’s purpose will prevail. Music: "Rest in the Shadow by Julian & Melissa Wiggins, Used with permission.

2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (from the Archive) New Living Translation 6 As God’s partners, we beg you not to accept this marvellous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it. 2 For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you.     On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation. Music: "Rest in the Shadow" by Julian & Melissa Wiggins,...

Song of Solomon 8:6 New Living Translation 6 Place me like a seal over your heart,     like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death,     its jealousy as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire,     the brightest kind of flame. Music "Rest in the Shadow" by Julian & Melissa Wiggins, Used with permission.

Matthew 19:23-26 (from the Archive) New Living Translation 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. 24 I’ll say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!” 25 The disciples were astounded. “Then who in the world can be saved?” they asked....

Philippians 4:11-14 New Living Translation 11 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. 13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. 14 Even so, you h...

Ephesians 6:10-13 (from the Archive) New Living Translation 10 A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on all of God’s armour so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. 12 For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and aga...

Romans 8:38-39 New Living Translation 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us fr...

Revelation 5:6-10 (from the Archive) New Living Translation 6 Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing between the throne and the four living beings and among the twenty-four elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God that is sent out into every part of the earth. 7 He stepped forward and took the scroll from t...

Psalm 145:17-19 New Living Translation 17 The Lord is righteous in everything he does;     he is filled with kindness. 18 The Lord is close to all who call on him,     yes, to all who call on him in truth. 19 He grants the desires of those who fear him;     he hears their cries for help and rescues them. Music: "Rest in the Shadow" by Julian & Melissa Wiggins, Used with permission.

Psalm 2 v 1-4 (from the Archive) 1 Why are the nations so angry?     Why do they waste their time with futile plans? 2 The kings of the earth prepare for battle;     the rulers plot together against the Lord     and against his anointed one. 3 “Let us break their chains,” they cry,     “and free ourselves from slavery to God.” 4 But the one who rules in heaven laughs.     The Lord scoffs at them....

John 10:27-30 New Living Translation 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, 29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.” Music: "Rest in the Shadow" by Julia...

Isaiah 2:3-4 (from the archive) New Living Translation 3 People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,     to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways,     and we will walk in his paths.” For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion;     his word will go out from Jerusalem. 4 The Lord will mediate between nations     and will settle...