Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Joel 2:12-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not […]

A Resource Review: “Perfect and Forgiven” by Zach Maldonado I had the opportunity to read “Perfect and Forgiven” by Zach Maldonada. From his bio @ https://zachmaldonado.com/ Zach Maldonado serves as a pastor at Church Without Religion and with Andrew Farley Ministries. Zach is also an author and speaker with a passion to proclaim the gospel […]

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 2 Timothy 3:10-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, […]

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 Psalm 65 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader. A Psalm of David. A Song. Praise is due […]

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 Jeremiah 50:1-7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the prophet Jeremiah: Declare among the nations […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read James 5:7-12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) When any of you has a grievance against another, do you dare to take it to court before the unrighteous, instead of taking it […]

Ollie McClung, Jr., announced Saturday the need for a work trip to Memphis Theological Seminary in order to make repairs to the duplexes used for student housing. At the request of Dr. Susan Parker, interim President of Memphis Theological Seminary, Don Payton and Richard Dean will lead a repair group from November 10-15, 2019. Volunteers […]

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 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, and how […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Mark 10:46-52 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting […]