Discipleship

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 John 2:12-17 New Revised Standard Version 12 I am writing to you, little children,    because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.13 I am writing to you, fathers,    because you know him who […]

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 37:1-11 New Revised Standard Version Psalm 37 Exhortation to Patience and Trust Of David. 1 Do not fret because of the wicked;    do not be […]

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 Jeremiah 22:11-17 New Revised Standard Version Message to the Sons of Josiah 11 For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum son of […]

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 Ezra 1 New Revised Standard Version End of the Babylonian Captivity 1 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord by the mouth […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Acts 10:23-33 New Revised Standard Version 23 So Peter invited them in and gave them lodging. The next day he got up and went with them, and some of the believers from Joppa accompanied […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Exodus 35:1-29 New Revised Standard Version Sabbath Regulations 35 Moses assembled all the congregation of the Israelites and said to them: These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do: 2 Six days […]

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 9:28-36 New Revised Standard Version The Transfiguration 28 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 99 New Revised Standard Version Psalm 99 Praise to God for His Holiness 1 The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble!    He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!2 The Lord is great in Zion;    he […]

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 Acts 10:1-8 New Revised Standard Version Peter and Cornelius 10 In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Habakkuk 1: 1-4, 12-13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 1 The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw.2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,and you will not listen?Or cry to […]