eVotions

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 1 Chronicles 12:16-22 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Some Benjaminites and Judahites came to the stronghold to David.  David went out to meet them and said to them, “If […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 67 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything, but God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Psalm 67 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious to us and bless […]

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 Proverbs 2:6-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; […]

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 Acts 15:36-41 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the believers in every city where we proclaimed the […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Leviticus 19:9-18 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 133 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A Song of Ascents. How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! It is like the precious oil on the […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Acts 11:19-26 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, and they spoke […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Acts 11:19-26 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, and they spoke […]

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 Mark 3:3-6 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” Then he said to […]