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Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Isaiah 6:1-8  (NRSV) In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Luke 4:42-44 (NRSV) At daybreak he departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for him; and when they reached him, they wanted to prevent him from leaving them. But he […]

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 Acts 9:26-31 (NRSV) When he had come to […]

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 Psalm 138 (NRSV) Of David. I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple […]

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 Jeremiah 1:11-19 (NRSV) The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you […]

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 1 Corinthians 14: 13-25 (NRSV) Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. For if I pray in […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Psalm 56 (NRSV) To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me; […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read 1 Corinthians 13 (NRSV) If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, […]

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 John 1:43-51 (NRSV) The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Psalm 71:1-6 (NRSV) Prayer for Lifelong Protection and Help In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me. Be to me a rock of refuge, […]