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 2 John 1-13 (NRSV) The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 123 (NRSV) To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as 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 Luke 20:27-38 (NRSV) Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him [Jesus] and asked him a question, “Teacher, Moses wrote […]

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 Luke 20:1-8 (NRSV) One day, as he [Jesus] was teaching the people in the temple and telling the good […]

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 145:1-5, 17-21 (NRSV) I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you, and praise your name […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Acts 22:22–23:11 (NRSV) Up to this point they listened to him, but then they shouted, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.” […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Amos 5:12-24 (NRSV) For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and push aside the needy […]

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 Jude 5-21 (NRSV) Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, that the Lord, who once for all saved a people out of the land of […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Psalm 142 (NRSV) With my voice I cry to the LORD; with my voice I make supplication to the LORD. I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him. When my […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 19:1-10 (NRSV) He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who […]