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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 107:1-9, 43 (NRSV) O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Revelation 2:8-11 (NRSV) “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the first and the last, who was dead and came to life: “I know […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place.   Read Isaiah 6:1-5 (NRSV) In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time.   Read Luke 8:16-21 (NRSV) “No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter […]

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 James 3:13-18 (NRSV) Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. But if you […]

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 2 Chronicles 5:2-14 (NRSV) Then Solomon assembled the elders […]

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 29 (NRSV) Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory of […]

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 Acts 16:16-34 (NRSV) One day, as we were going […]

Focus Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you. Read John 1:14-18 (NRSV) And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and […]

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 Revelation 22:6-9 (NRSV) “These words are trustworthy and […]