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 Romans 15:7-13 New Revised Standard Version 7 Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 16:19-31 New Revised Standard Version 19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate lay a poor man […]

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 Job 28:12-28 New Revised Standard Version 12 “But where shall wisdom be found?    And where is the place of understanding?13 Mortals do not know the way to it,    and it is not found […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 39 New Revised Standard Version To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 1 I said, “I will guard my ways    that I may not sin with my tongue;I will keep a […]

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 4:12-16 New Revised Standard Version 12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides […]

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 Matthew 15:1-9 New Revised Standard Version 15 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do your […]

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 Psalm 22:1-15 New Revised Standard Version To the leader: according to The Deer of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?    Why […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Romans 12:1-13 New Revised Standard Version 12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be […]

Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends your soul. Read Job 15:1-15 New Revised Standard Version 15 Then Eliphaz the […]

Focus Are you tired? Take this time to rest. Relax every part of yourself. Breathe slower. Be ready for what God has before you today. Read Job 11 New Revised Standard Version 11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: 2 “Should a multitude of words go unanswered,    and should one full of talk be vindicated?3 Should your babble put others […]