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 1:8-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, […]

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 3 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Psalm 51:1-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Romans 11:1-6 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe […]

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 Acts 7:30-34 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Exodus 24:12-18 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 2 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) God’s Promise to His Anointed Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and 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 Hebrews 11:23-28 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after his birth, because they saw that the child was beautiful; […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Exodus 6:2-9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) God also spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am the Lord.  I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but by […]

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 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of […]