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 118:1-2, 19-29 (NRSV) O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! […]

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 Mark 8:27-30 (NRSV) Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I […]

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 148 (NRSV) Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Joel 1:1-14 (NRSV) The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel: Hear this, O elders, give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or […]

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 86:1-10 (NRSV) Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 102:1-17 (NRSV) Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you. Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; […]

Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends to your soul. Read Exodus 17:1-7 (NRSV) From the wilderness of Sin […]

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 Psalm 121 (NRSV) I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. He […]

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 27:7-14 (NRSV) Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me! “Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!” Your face, LORD, do I […]

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 Exodus 12:1-13, 21-28 (NRSV) The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning […]