Posts by Alan Meizner

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 Luke 1:57-66 New Revised Standard Version The Birth of John the Baptist 57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to […]

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 2 Corinthians 9 New Revised Standard Version The Collection for Christians at Jerusalem 9 Now it is not necessary for me to write you about the ministry to the saints, 2 for […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Amos 6:1-8 New Revised Standard Version Complacent Self-Indulgence Will Be Punished 6 Alas for those who are at ease in Zion,    and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria,the notables 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 Isaiah 35:3-7 New Revised Standard Version 3 Strengthen the weak hands,    and make firm the feeble knees.4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,    “Be strong, do not fear!Here is your God.    He will […]

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 Peter 1:2-15 New Revised Standard Version 2 May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. The Christian’s Call and […]

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 Luke 1:26-38 New Revised Standard Version 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read John 7:40-52 New Revised Standard Version 40 When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, “This is really the prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some asked, “Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee, does he? 42 Has not the scripture said that […]

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 Hebrews 1:5-14   New Revised Standard Version 5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son;    today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be his […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read 2 Samuel 6:1-11 New Revised Standard Version 6 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 David and all the people with him set out and went from Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 125   New Revised Standard Version A Song of Ascents. 1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,    which cannot be moved, but abides forever.2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,    so the Lord surrounds his people,    from this […]