Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Psalm 142 (NRSV) With my voice I cry to the LORD; with my voice I make supplication to the LORD. I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him. When my […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 19:1-10 (NRSV) He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Psalm 119:137-144 (NRSV) You are righteous, O LORD, and your judgments are right. You have appointed your decrees in righteousness and in all faithfulness. […]

Focus Slow your breathing and become aware of the taking in and letting out of your breath. Focus on putting things aside so you will be open to what God is saying to you today. Read 2 Peter 1:1-11 (NRSV) Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a […]

Focus Prepare yourself to discern what is and what is not of God today. Still yourself so you can hear how God is calling you. Read Psalm 32:1-7 (NRSV) Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Psalm 84:8-12 (NRSV) O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed. For […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 87 (NRSV) On the holy mount stands the city he founded; the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of you, […]

Click here to read Connecting With College Students Part 1  Ministering From Afar written by Holton Sandiford With the emptiness arising in our pews from college students flocking back to college, I myself have felt empty and concerned. My worry is how the college students of my church are being ministered to while on their […]

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read Psalm 84:8-12 (NRSV) O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Joel 2:23-32 (NRSV) O children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the LORD your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you […]