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 3:1-6 New Revised Standard Version The Proclamation of John the Baptist 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 1:68-79 New Revised Standard Version 68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,    for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them.69 He has raised up a mighty savior for us    in the house […]

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 Malachi 3:13-18 New Revised Standard Version 13 You have spoken harsh words against me, says the Lord. Yet you say, “How have we spoken against you?” 14 You […]

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 Philippians 1:12-18 New Revised Standard Version Paul’s Present Circumstances 12 I want you to know, beloved, that what has happened to […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 90 New Revised Standard Version 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place    in all generations.2 Before the mountains were brought forth,    or ever you had formed the earth and the world,    from everlasting to everlasting […]

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 2 Samuel 7:18-29 New Revised Standard Version David’s Prayer 18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my […]

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 New Revised Standard Version The Promise of the Lord’s Coming 3 This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you; in them I am trying to arouse […]

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 Jeremiah 33:14-16 New Revised Standard Version The Righteous Branch and the Covenant with David 14 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will […]

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 Psalm 25:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Prayer for Guidance and for Deliverance Of David. 1 To you, O Lord, I lift […]

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 Nehemiah 9:16-25 New Revised Standard Version 16 “But they and our ancestors acted presumptuously and stiffened their necks and did not obey your commandments; 17 they refused to obey, and were not […]