Discipleship

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 Ezekiel 1:1–2:1 (NRSV) In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as […]

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 Acts 10:9 (NRSV) About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. Reflect It seems […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Exodus 34:29-35 (NRSV) Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Luke 10:21 (NRSV) At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from 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 Numbers 27:12-23 (NRSV) The LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land that I have given to the Israelites. When you […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Acts 9:19b-25 (NRSV) For several days he [Saul] was with the disciples in Damascus, and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” All […]

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 56 (NRSV) Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me; all day long foes oppress me; my enemies trample on […]

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 2 Kings 5:1-14 (NRSV) Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and […]

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 2:6-10 (NRSV) Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who […]

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 71:1-6 (NRSV) In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness deliver me and rescue […]