Discipleship

Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read Matthew 4:1-11 New Revised Standard Version 4 Then Jesus […]

Focus Close your eyes and open yourself as you relax into a peaceful state. Be willing to expose yourself for who you are as God created you to be. Breathe deeply as you prepare to hear God’s Word. Read Psalm 77:1-15 New Revised Standard Version To the leader: according to Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm. […]

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 Ephesians 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version 2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once lived, following the course of this world, […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Genesis 9:13 I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Reflect As we experience God revealed in the rainbow covenant with […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Psalm 25:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Of David. 1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.2 O my God, in you I trust;    do not let me be put to shame;    do not let my enemies exult over me.3 Do not let those who wait for […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Mark 9: 2-9 New Revised Standard Version 2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was […]

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 50:1-6 New Revised Standard Version A Psalm of Asaph. 1 The mighty one, God the Lord,    speaks and summons the earth    from the rising of the sun […]

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 1 Kings 14: 1-18 New Revised Standard Version 14 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2 Jeroboam said to […]

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 2 Corinthians 2: 12-17 New Revised Standard Version 12 When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord; 13 but […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Job 6:1-13 New Revised Standard Version 6 Then Job answered: 2 “O that my vexation were weighed,    and all my calamity laid in the balances!3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of […]