Posts by Derek Jacks

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Acts 9:19-31 (ESV) 19 For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus. 20 And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”21 And all who heard him were […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Acts 9:1-19 (ESV) 1But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any […]

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 14:12-14 (ESV) 12 He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich […]

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 6:1-4 (ESV) 1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood […]

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 122 Song of Praise and Prayer for Jerusalem A Song of Ascents. Of David. 1 I was glad when they said to me,    “Let us go to the house of […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Kings 5:15-19 (NRSV) Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company; he came and stood before him and said, “Now I know that there is no God in […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 2 Kings 5:1-14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master, because by him […]

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 4:32-37 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. So he went in and closed […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 2 Kings 4:18-31 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) When the child was older, he went out one day to his father among the reapers. He complained to his father, “Oh, my head, […]