Discipleship

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 9:2-9 (NRSV) Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by […]

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 50:1-6 (NRSV) The mighty one, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read 1 Timothy 1:12-14 (NRSV) I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read 2 Corinthians 2: 12-17 (NRSV) When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord; but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So […]

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 Mark 3:7-12 (NRSV) Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him; hearing all that he was […]

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 Acts 16:36-41 (NRSV) And the jailer reported the message to Paul, saying, “The magistrates sent word to let you go; therefore come out now and go in peace.” But Paul […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 102:12-28 (NRSV) But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; your name endures to all generations. You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to favor it; […]

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 Mark 1:29-39 (NRSV) As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Matthew 12:9-14 (NRSV) He left that place and entered their synagogue; a man was there with a withered hand, and they asked him, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath?” so that […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 147:1-11, 20c (NRSV) Praise the LORD! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. The LORD builds up […]