Posts by A Path Through Lent Ministry Team

Focus Take a moment to breath and prepare yourself to listen and respond to God today. Read Mark 16 New International Version Jesus Has Risen 16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of […]

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 John 20:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Philippians 2:4-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4 Let each of you look not to your own interests but to the interests of others. 5 Let the same mind be in you that […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Romans 12:14-18 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one […]

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 Romans 5:1-5 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Micah 6:6-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 6 “With what shall I come before the Lord     and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,     with calves […]

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 Psalm 119:153-160 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 153 Look on my misery and rescue me,     for I do not forget your law. 154 Plead my […]

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 Isaiah 7:13-17   New Revised Standard Version “Then Isaiah said, ‘Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little […]

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 Isaiah 49:1-3 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Servant’s Mission 49 Listen to me, O coastlands;     pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born; […]

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 Psalm 145:10-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,     and all your faithful shall bless you. 11 They shall speak of the glory […]