eVotions

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 17:11-19 (NRSV) On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As […]

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 Luke 5:12-16 (NRSV) Once, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read 2 Timothy 2:1-7 (NRSV) You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus; and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 2 Timothy 1:13-18 (NRSV) Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard the good treasure entrusted […]

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 137 (NRSV) By the rivers of Babylon— there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 John 5:1-5,13-21 (NRSV) Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we […]

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 3 (NRSV) O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying to me, “There is no help […]

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 Habakkuk 1:2-4 (NRSV) O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry […]

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 37:1-9 (NRSV) Do not fret because of the wicked; do not be envious of wrongdoers, for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read 2 Kings 19:8-20, 35-37 (NRSV) The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. When the king heard […]