eVotions

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (NRSV) Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the […]

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 Judges 5:1-12 (NRSV) Then Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying: “When locks are long in Israel, when the people […]

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 90:1-8, 12 (NRSV) Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought […]

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 5 (NRSV) Give ear to my words, O LORD; give heed to my sighing. Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and […]

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 43 (NRSV) Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from those who are […]

Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends your soul. Read Psalm 90:1-8 (NRSV) Lord, you have been our dwelling […]

Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read Psalm 78:1-8 (NRSV) Give ear, O my people, […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Joel 1:1-14 (NRSV) The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel: Hear this, O elders, give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read 1 Corinthians 14:20-25 (NRSV) Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; rather, be infants in evil, but in thinking be adults. In the law it is written, “By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Amos 5:18-24 (NRSV) Alas for you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness, not light; as if someone fled from […]