Discipleship

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Amos 5:18-24 (NRSV) Alas for you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness, not light; as if someone fled from […]

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 Joshua 2:1-14 (NRSV) Then Joshua son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and entered the […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Matthew 23:13-28 (NRSV) “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Joshua 3:7-17 (NRSV) The LORD said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 19:16-22 (NRSV) Then someone came to him and said, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about […]

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 James 2:14-26 (NRSV) What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith […]

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 119:41-48 (NRSV) Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD, your salvation according to your promise. Then […]

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 Matthew 22:34-46 (NRSV) When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. […]

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 1 (NRSV) Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Titus 2:7-8, 11-15 (NRSV) Show yourself in all respects a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity, and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent […]