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 1 Samuel 28:20-25 (NRSV) Immediately Saul fell full length on the ground, filled with fear because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him, for […]

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 23 (NRSV) The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Colossians 4:2-18 (NRSV) Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. At the same time pray for us as well that God will open to us a door for the word, […]

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 Samuel 5:17-25 (NRSV) When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; but David heard about […]

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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 Daniel 9:1-9 (NRSV) In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede, who became king […]

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 31:9-16 (NRSV) Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also. For my life is […]

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 Jeremiah 33:1-9 (NRSV) The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still confined in the court of the […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Romans 3:21-31 (NRSV) But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, the righteousness of God through faith in […]

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 1:29-39 (NRSV) As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with […]