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Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 111 (NRSV) Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. Great are the works of the […]

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 Mark 3:13-19a (NRSV) [Jesus] went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named […]

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 Acts 5:33-42 (NRSV) When [members of the council heard this accusation], they were enraged and wanted to kill [the apostles]. But a Pharisee in […]

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 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 (NRSV) Let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God […]

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 Jonah 3:1-5, 10 (NRSV) The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it […]

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 10:13-16 (NRSV) “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 2 Peter 3:1-7 (NRSV) This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you; in them I am trying to arouse your sincere intention by reminding you that you should […]

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 62:5-12 (NRSV) For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 18:15-17 (NRSV) People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they sternly ordered them not to do it. But Jesus called […]