eVotions

Focus Take a deep breath; reflect calmly to discover what we might hold tight within us that needs to be given over to God, who has wisdom beyond our understanding. Read Psalm 57:1-3 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge;in the shadow of your wings […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read 1 Kings 19:4-8 New Revised Standard Version 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: […]

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 2 Samuel 15:1-13 New Revised Standard Version 15 After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run ahead of him. 2 Absalom used to rise early and […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Galatians 6:1-10 New Revised Standard Version 6 My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Psalm 130 New Revised Standard Version A Song of Ascents. 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.2     Lord, hear my voice!Let your ears be attentive    to the voice of my supplications! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,    Lord, who could stand?4 But there is forgiveness with you,    so that […]

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 Mark 8:1-10 New Revised Standard Version 8 In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, he called his disciples and said to them, 2 “I have compassion […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Psalm 50:16-23 New Revised Standard Version 16 But to the wicked God says:    “What right have you to recite my statutes,    or take my covenant on your lips?17 For you hate discipline,    and you cast my words behind you.18 You make friends with a thief when you see […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Ephesians 4:17-24 New Revised Standard Version 17 Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Ephesians 4:1-16 New Revised Standard Version 4 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, […]

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 Matthew 16:5-12 New Revised Standard Version 5 When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 Jesus said to them, “Watch […]