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 Matthew 5:43-48 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But […]

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 Hosea 6:1-3 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck […]

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 Colossians 2:16-3:1 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and […]

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 Luke 10:38-42 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Luke 8:22-25 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Acts 2:22-36 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of […]

A Blog from the Hearts & Minds of Charli Uhlrich & Michael Keenan, 2019 Interns to the Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ministries of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church You think you really know someone– and then you travel 3,011 miles with them. From Memphis to Winchester to Huntsville to McKenzie to West Lafayette, with […]

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 85 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm. Lord, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. You […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 119:17-32 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word. Open my eyes, so that I may behold wondrous things out […]

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 119:17-32 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word. Open my eyes, […]