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 Psalm 117 (NRSV) Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 24:3-4 (NRSV) Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? Those who have clean hands and pure hearts, who do not lift up […]

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 Jeremiah 23:1-6 (NRSV) Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD. Therefore thus says the LORD, […]

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 18:15-17 (NRSV) People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples […]

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 1 Peter 1:3-9 (NRSV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Luke 1:68-79 (NRSV) “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a mighty savior for us in […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Matthew 23:37–24:2 (NRSV) “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen […]

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 1 Corinthians 10:23–11:1 (NRSV) “All things are lawful,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. Do not seek your own […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Ephesians 4:25–5:2 (NRSV) So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do […]

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 Malachi 4:1-2a (NRSV) See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day […]