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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 Psalm 26 (NRSV) Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted […]

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 Psalm 90:12 17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. Turn, O LORD! How long? Have […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place.   Read Matthew 15:1 9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time.   Read Hebrews 4:1-11 (NRSV) Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us take care that none of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For […]

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 90:12-17 (NRSV) So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. Turn, O LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants! Satisfy […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God.   Read Matthew 5:27-36 (NRSV) “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already […]

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 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 (NRSV) To the married I give this command—not I but the Lord—that the wife should not separate from her husband […]

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 Psalm 55:1-15 (NRSV) Give ear to my prayer, O God; do not hide yourself from my supplication. Attend […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today?   Read Mark 10:2-16 (NRSV) Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today.   Read Genesis 23: 1-20 (NRSV) Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years; this was the length of Sarah’s life. And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep […]