adoption

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Job 11:1-20 (NRSV) Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: “Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and should one full of talk be vindicated? Should your babble put others to silence, and when […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Galatians 4:1-7 (NRSV) My point is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than slaves, though they are the owners of all the property; but they remain under […]

Focus Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you. Read Genesis 50:15-26 (NRSV) Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers said, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 138 (NRSV) I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your […]

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 8:12-25 (NRSV) So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—for if you live according to the flesh, you […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 1 John 5:13-20 (NRSV) I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. And this […]