Discipleship

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 Romans 11:33-36 (NRSV) O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Psalm 8 (NRSV) O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Romans 12:1-8 (NRSV) I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but […]

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 Genesis 50:15-26 (NRSV) Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Genesis 49:29–50:14 (NRSV) Then he charged them, saying to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors—in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave in the field at Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 138 (NRSV) I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your […]

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 130 (NRSV) Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Isaiah 43:8-13 (NRSV) Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears! Let all the nations gather together, and let the peoples assemble. Who among them […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 2 Kings 5:1-14 (NRSV) Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master, because by him the Lord had given […]

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 15:21-28 (NRSV) Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started […]