Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read Numbers 14:10-24 (NRSV) But the whole congregation threatened […]

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 Exodus 33:1-6 (NRSV) The LORD said to Moses, “Go, leave this place, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the […]

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 Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 (NRSV) After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Matthew 23:37-39 (NRSV) “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Genesis 14:17-24 (NRSV) After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). And King Melchizedek of Salem […]

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 Genesis 13:1-7 (NRSV) So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. Now Abram was very rich […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Job 1:1-22 (NRSV) There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He had seven thousand […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Zechariah 3:1-10 (NRSV) Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. And the LORD said […]

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 Romans 10:8-13 (NRSV) But what does it say? “The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart.” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Luke 4:1-13 (NRSV) Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. […]