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 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (NRSV) Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Psalm 31:1-4 (NRSV) In you, O LORD, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. Incline your ear to me; rescue me […]

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 Isaiah 52:13–53:12 (NRSV) See, my servant shall prosper; he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read John 13:1-17 (NRSV) Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who […]

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 Isaiah 50:4-9a (NRSV) The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher that I may know how to sustain the weary with […]

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 Isaiah 49:1-7 (NRSV) Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The LORD called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Hebrews 9:11-15 (NRSV) But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not […]

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 31:9-16 (NRSV) Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also. For my life is […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Mark 10:32-34, 46-52 (NRSV) They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. He took the […]

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 Jeremiah 33:1-9 (NRSV) The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still confined in the court of the […]