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 Genesis 12:1-3 (NRSV) Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 20:17-28 (NRSV) While Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, […]

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 Ezekiel 34:23-31 (NRSV) I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and […]

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 100 (NRSV) Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come […]

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 John 10:1-10 (NRSV) “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Ezekiel 34:1-16 (NRSV) The word of the LORD came to me: Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to them—to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord GOD: Ah, […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Exodus 3:16-17 (NRSV) Go and assemble the elders of Israel, and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared […]

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 23 (NRSV) The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read John 21:1-14 (NRSV) After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas […]

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 1 Peter 2:1-3 (NRSV) Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the […]