Discipleship

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 Acts 13:16-25 (NRSV) So Paul stood up and with a gesture began to speak: “You Israelites, and others who fear God, listen. The God […]

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 72:1-7, 18-19 (NRSV) Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May […]

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 124 (NRSV) If it had not been […]

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 your soul. Read Genesis 9:1-17 (NRSV) God blessed Noah and his sons, […]

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 Romans 6:1-11(NRSV) What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Psalm 122 (NRSV) I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together. To it the tribes go up, the tribes […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Matthew 24:11-14 (NRSV) And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures […]

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 6:1-10 (NRSV) When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that they were fair; […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Daniel 9:15-19 (NRSV) “And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and made your name renowned even to this day—we have […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Jeremiah 31:1-6 (NRSV) At that time, says the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus says the LORD: The people […]