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 Luke 22:31-33, 54-62 (NRSV) “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 2 Peter 3:8-13 (NRSV) But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. The […]

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 Psalm 73 (NRSV) Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had […]

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 15:1-10 (NRSV) Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the […]

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 Psalm 14 (NRSV) Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is no one who […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read 2 Peter 2:1-10a (NRSV) But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Genesis 6:1-6 (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; and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose. Then the […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Luke 18:18-30 (NRSV) A certain ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Jeremiah 19:1-15 (NRSV) Thus said the LORD: Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jug. Take with you some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests, and go […]

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 Psalm 2 (NRSV) Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the […]