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Focus Take a few deep breaths and quiet your mind. Listen for the phrase or word that stands out for you in reading today’s scripture. Carry that phrase with you today.   Read Matthew 20: 29-34 (NRSV) As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. There were two blind men sitting by the […]

Focus Sit quietly and take a few breaths. Listen for how God may be speaking to you today through this psalm.   Read Psalm 28 (NRSV) To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, do not refuse to hear me, for if you are silent to me, I shall be like those who go down […]

Focus Let your heart and mind be open to the nudges of the Holy Spirit as you read this passage from Isaiah and reflect on the Word.   Read Isaiah 59: 1-9 (NRSV) See, the LORD’s hand is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. Rather, your iniquities have been […]

Focus Be still and pay attention to your breath. Relax into a time for reading scripture and prayer.   Read Job 42:1-6 (NRSV) Then Job answered the LORD: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I […]

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 34:1-8 (NRSV) I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time.   Read Psalm 126 (NRSV) When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; […]

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 Kings 20:12-19 (NRSV) At that time King Merodach-baladan son of Baladan of Babylon sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God.   Read John 13:1-17 (NRSV) Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own […]

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 1 Samuel 10:17-25 (NRSV) Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah and said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God […]

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 Hebrews 6:1-12 (NRSV) Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and […]