Posts by Duawn Mearns

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 Galatians 4:1-7 (NRSV) My point is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than slaves, though they are the owners […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 80 (NRSV) Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir […]

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 1:1-7 (NRSV) Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Genesis 17:15-22 (NRSV) God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Galatians 4:21–5:1 (NRSV) Tell me, you who desire to be subject to the law, will you not listen to the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Romans 8:22-27 New Revised Standard Version 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits […]

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 Luke 3:1-6 New Revised Standard Version The Proclamation of John the Baptist 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 1:68-79 New Revised Standard Version 68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,    for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them.69 He has raised up a mighty savior for us    in the house […]

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 Malachi 3:13-18 New Revised Standard Version 13 You have spoken harsh words against me, says the Lord. Yet you say, “How have we spoken against you?” 14 You […]

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 Philippians 1:12-18 New Revised Standard Version Paul’s Present Circumstances 12 I want you to know, beloved, that what has happened to […]