Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read Luke 24:13-35 (NRSV) Now on that same day […]

Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Luke 14:12-14 (NRSV) He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read 1 Peter 1:13-16 (NRSV) Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. Like obedient children, do not be […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Psalm 116:1-4 (NRSV) I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold […]

When it came to their relationship with Jesus, the Jewish authorities had a problem with faith. While they still acknowledged the promise of a Messiah, they were simply not able to recognize Christ as the one sent from God—the living water, the bread of life. Despite the faith of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Matthew 12:38-42 (NRSV) Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 16 (NRSV) Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” As for the […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Judges 6:36-40 (NRSV) Then Gideon said to God, “In order to see whether you will deliver Israel by my hand, as you have said, I am going to lay a fleece of wool […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 1 Peter 1:3-9 (NRSV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the […]

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 Jonah 1:1-17 (NRSV) Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, “Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; […]