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 Jeremiah 15:1-9 (NRSV) Then the LORD said to me: Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Ephesians 5:1-6 (NRSV) Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. […]

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 Romans 11:33-36 (NRSV) O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his […]

Below are nine lessons I created based on the book The God Who Speaks by Ben Campbell Johnson. Each of these lessons was presented on power point. I gave a handout to every participant.  This was an in-depth study about prayer.   The God Who Speaks Learning the Language of God Ben Campbell Johnson   […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Psalm 8 (NRSV) O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Romans 12:1-8 (NRSV) I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but […]

Focus Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you. Read Genesis 50:15-26 (NRSV) Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Genesis 49:29–50:14 (NRSV) Then he charged them, saying to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors—in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave in the field at Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 138 (NRSV) I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your […]

This is a sermon I preached at Bethel University Chapel during Lent in 2017. Scripture: John 8:1-11 Watch the video by TWOTP “Known By Love” http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/known-by-love What are you known for? If I were to ask your friends, enemies, and acquaintances who you are? What would they say? Our body is made up of trillions […]