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 Hebrews 7:23-28 Furthermore, the former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office; 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Job 42:7-9 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Nehemiah 1:1-11 1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capital, 2 one of my brothers, Hanani, came with certain […]

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 34:1-8 I will bless the Lord at all times;    his praise shall continually be in my mouth.2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;    let the humble hear and be glad.3 O magnify the Lord with […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Job 41:12-34 “I will not keep silence concerning its limbs,    or its mighty strength, or its splendid frame.13 Who can strip off its outer garment?    Who can penetrate its double coat of mail?[j]14 Who can open […]

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 Hebrews 6:13-20 13 When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “I […]

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 75 We give thanks to you, O God;    we give thanks; your name is near.People tell of your wondrous […]

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 53:4-12 New Revised Standard Version 4 Surely he has borne our infirmities    and carried our diseases;yet we accounted him stricken,    struck down by God, and afflicted.5 But he was wounded for our […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Job 39:1-18 New Revised Standard Version 39 “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?    Do you observe the calving of the deer?2 Can you number the months that they fulfill,    and do you know the […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35 New Revised Standard Version 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul.    O Lord my God, you are very great.You are clothed with honor and majesty,2     wrapped in light as with a garment.You stretch out […]