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Dec 22, 2016
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 Luke 1:46-55 (NRSV) And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, […]
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Dec 21, 2016
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 Genesis 37:2-11 (NRSV) This is the story of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a helper to […]
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Dec 15, 2016
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 Galatians 3:23-29 (NRSV) Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be […]
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Dec 14, 2016
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 Matthew 8:14-17, 28-34 (NRSV) When Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever; he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and […]
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Dec 13, 2016
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 47:1-12 (NRSV) Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple; there, water was flowing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple […]
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Dec 12, 2016
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Acts 5:12-16 (NRSV) Now many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared to join […]
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Dec 11, 2016
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 James 5:7-10 (NRSV) Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it […]
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Dec 5, 2016
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Isaiah 24:1-16a (NRSV) Now the LORD is about to lay waste the earth and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants. And it shall be, as […]
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Dec 4, 2016
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 Romans 15:4-13 (NRSV) For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have […]
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Dec 3, 2016
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Isaiah 40:1-11 (NRSV) Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she […]