Discipleship

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 Corinthians 2:12-16 (NRSV) Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Joel 2:18-29 (NRSV) Then the LORD became jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. The LORD answered and said to his people, “Behold, I am sending to you […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Acts 2:1-21 (NRSV) When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, […]

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 104:24-34, 35b (NRSV) O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Yonder is the sea, […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Galatians 6:7-10 (NRSV) Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but […]

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 Galatians 5:16-25 (NRSV) Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For what the flesh desires is […]

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 9:18-27 (NRSV) Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, “Who […]

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 Ephesians 1:15-23 (NRSV) I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Luke 2:25-35 (NRSV) Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 2 Chronicles 15: 1-15 (NRSV) The spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded. He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and […]