Discipleship

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 Psalm 47 (NRSV) Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy. For the LORD, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 80 (NRSV) Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir […]

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 Psalm 98 (NRSV) O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory. The […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Acts 10:1-34 (NRSV) In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as it was called. He was a devout man who feared God with all his […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Mark 10:42-45 (NRSV) So Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers […]

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 John 14:18-31 (NRSV) “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 24: 44-53 (NRSV) Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Deuteronomy 11:18-21 (NRSV) You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on […]

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 Psalm 93 (NRSV) The LORD is king, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, he is girded […]

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 1 Timothy 6:11-12 (NRSV) But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith; take […]