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Focus Close your eyes and open yourself as you relax into a peaceful state. Be willing to expose yourself for who you are as God created you to be. Breathe deeply as you prepare to hear God’s Word. Read Joshua 23 New Revised Standard Version 23 A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel […]

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 1 Corinthians 11:17-22 New Revised Standard Version 17 Now […]

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 Mark 6:35-44 New Revised Standard Version 35 When it grew […]

Focus Are you tired? Take this time to rest. Relax every part of yourself. Breathe slower. Be ready for what God has before you today. Read 2 Samuel 11:22-27 New Revised Standard Version 22 So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell. 23 The messenger said to David, “The […]

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 Samuel 10:1-5 New Revised Standard Version 10 Some time afterward, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him. 2 David said, “I will deal loyally with Hanun […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Colossians 3:12-17 New Revised Standard Version 12 As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. 13 Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read John 4:31-38 New Revised Standard Version 31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Luke 15:1-7 New Revised Standard Version 15 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow […]

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 Acts 20:17-38 New Revised Standard Version 17 From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church to meet him. 18 When they came to him, he said […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 2 Samuel 7:18-29 New Revised Standard Version 18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought […]