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 John 7:37-39 (NRSV) On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he […]

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 Psalm 81 (NRSV) Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob. Raise a song, sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. Blow […]

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 2 John 1-13 (NRSV) The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but […]

Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends to your soul. Read Exodus 17:1-7 (NRSV) From the wilderness of Sin […]

Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read Psalm 95 (NRSV) O come, let us sing […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Ephesians 2:11-22 (NRSV) So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human […]

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 Exodus 16:1-8 (NRSV) The whole congregation of the Israelites set out from Elim; and Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Ezekiel 36:22-32 (NRSV) Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 128 (NRSV) Happy is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways. You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it […]

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 21:4-9 (NRSV) From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on […]