eVotions

Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Psalm 14 (NRSV) Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is no one who […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read 2 Peter 2:1-10a (NRSV) But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Genesis 6:1-6 (NRSV) When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that they were fair; and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose. Then the […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Luke 18:18-30 (NRSV) A certain ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Jeremiah 19:1-15 (NRSV) Thus said the LORD: Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jug. Take with you some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests, and go […]

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 2 (NRSV) Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (NRSV) See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you today, by […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 1 (NRSV) Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight […]

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 Deuteronomy 7:12-26 (NRSV) If you heed these ordinances, by diligently observing them, the LORD your God will maintain with you the covenant loyalty that he swore to your ancestors; […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Genesis 39:1-23 (NRSV) Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him […]