Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Numbers 9:15-23 New Revised Standard Version 15 On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant; and from evening until morning it was over […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Isaiah 6:1-8 New Revised Standard Version 6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the […]

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 John 15:18-20 New Revised Standard Version 18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love […]

MCKENZIE, Tenn. – The Bethel University Sports Information Office released an early look at the 2021 Wildcat Football schedule Thursday, May 27, 2021. After a sterling start to the season (2020) earlier this year, the Wildcats suffered through four straight disappointing losses to end the abbreviated year at 3-4. The 2021 schedule will as always […]

The Reverend Dr. Robert Aaron Craig, 86, died October October 24th, 2020, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, from COVID-19. Dr. Craig was born on May 7th 1934, to John Conway Craig and Ara Jewel Crawford in Lubbock, TX.  They lived in a 1 bedroom home with his siblings Margie, John and Jim.  He married Dr. Virginia R. […]

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 Isaiah 2:1-5 New Revised Standard Version 2 The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 In days to come    the mountain of the Lord’s houseshall be established as the […]

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 Romans 8:1-8 New Revised Standard Version 8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of […]

Reflect How moving is it to know that Jesus, in the hours before his death, prayed for the disciples he loved. He asked God to protect them and keep them in the way of truth. As John 17:20-24 makes clear, though, Jesus prayed not only for the disciples he knew on earth, but for all […]

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 James 1:19-27 New Revised Standard Version 19 You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 19 New Revised Standard Version To the leader. A Psalm of David. 1 The heavens are telling the glory of God;    and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.2 Day to day pours forth speech,    and night to […]