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 71:1-4 (NRSV) In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Hebrews 9:11-15 (NRSV) But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not […]

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 Philippians 2:5-11 (NRSV) Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of 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 Luke 22:1-13 (NRSV) Now the festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near. The chief priests […]

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 Isaiah 54:9-10 (NRSV) This is like the days of Noah to me: Just as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Isaiah 53:10-12 (NRSV) Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him with pain. When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, and […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Luke 18:31-34 (NRSV) Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the […]

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 20 (NRSV) The LORD answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect you! May he send you help from the sanctuary, […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Hebrews 10:19-25 (NRSV) Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through 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 126 (NRSV) When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, […]