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 Kings 3:16-28 (NRSV) Later, two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. The one woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 (NRSV) Then David slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the city of David. The time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven […]

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 81 (NRSV) Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob. Raise a song, sound the tambourine, the sweet […]

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 Romans 16:17-20 (NRSV) I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and […]

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 4:7-26 (NRSV) A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Ruth 2:1-23 (NRSV) Now Naomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, a prominent rich man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabite said to […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Job 11:1-20 (NRSV) Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: “Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and should one full of talk be vindicated? Should your babble put others to silence, and when […]

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 34:1-8 (NRSV) I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Ephesians 4:25–5:2 (NRSV) So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do […]

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 130 (NRSV) Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the […]