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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 Psalm 71:1-6 (NRSV) In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness deliver me and rescue […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Luke 4:38-44 (NRSV) After leaving the synagogue he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked him about her. Then he stood over her […]

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 1 Corinthians 14:1-12 (NRSV) Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts, and especially that you may prophesy. For those who speak in a tongue do not speak to […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 2 Corinthians 7:2-12 (NRSV) Make room in your hearts for us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 (NRSV) For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. […]

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 Luke 2:39-52 (NRSV) When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of […]

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 12:1-8 (NRSV) I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your […]

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 Isaiah 61:1-7 (NRSV) The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Luke 5:33-39 (NRSV) Then they said to him, “John’s disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat and drink.” Jesus said to them, “You […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read 1 Corinthians 1:3-17 (NRSV) Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace […]