Discipleship

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Psalm 80:7-15 (NRSV) Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved. You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. You cleared the ground for it; it took deep […]

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 Colossians 2:16-23 (NRSV) Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow of […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Judges 16:23-31 (NRSV) Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.” When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Judges 16:1-22 (NRSV) Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her. The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” So they circled around and lay […]

The Antidote to Poisonous Internet Trolling Posted on September 17, 2017 by Moravian BCM BY ANDREW DAVID COX |   Raise your hand if you’ve ever been harassed online. If you were in a room of 100 people, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center report, 40 people would raise their hands.1 73 would raise their hands […]

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 Philippians 1:3-14 (NRSV) I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Matthew 21:23-32 (NRSV) When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Mark 11:27-33 (NRSV) Again they came to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him and said, “By what authority are […]

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 Numbers 20:1-13 (NRSV) The Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read James 4:11-16 (NRSV) Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters. Whoever speaks evil against another or judges another, speaks evil against the law and judges the law; but if […]