Discipleship

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 84 (NRSV) How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for […]

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 34:15-22 (NRSV) The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. The face of the LORD is against evildoers, to […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Psalm 36 (NRSV) Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in their hearts; there is no fear of God before their eyes. For they flatter themselves in their own eyes that their iniquity cannot […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Genesis 45:1-15 (NRSV) Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me.” So no one stayed with him […]

While the Bible is a “once upon a time” book, it is as up-to-date as the latest, breaking news. Once upon a time God created, once upon a time God led the people of Israel out of captivity into a land of promise; and once upon a time God sent Jesus into the world to […]

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 1 Kings 3:16-28 (NRSV) Later, two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. The one woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 (NRSV) Then David slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the city of David. The time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything, but God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Psalm 81 (NRSV) Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob. Raise a song, sound the tambourine, the sweet […]

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 Romans 16:17-20 (NRSV) I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and […]

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 John 4:7-26 (NRSV) A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) […]