blessings

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 Psalm 107:1-9, 43 (NRSV) O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of […]

“I was driving on a very, very, snowy, icy, visibility-zero highway.” This is how Carol Wehrheim started an article about what her church is doing in worship. No, she was not driving, nor was she the person telling the story. It was the story of someone who had told their faith story and it was […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Ephesians 1:17-19 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you […]

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 26 (NRSV) Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted […]

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 Genesis 48:15-22 (NRSV) He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to […]

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 20:1-16 (NRSV) “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning […]

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 67 (NRSV) May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Deuteronomy 8:1-10 (NRSV) This entire commandment that I command you today you must diligently observe, so that you may live and increase, and go in and occupy the land that the LORD […]

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 65:8-13 (NRSV) Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs; you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy. You […]

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 Leviticus 26:3-20 (NRSV) If you follow my statutes and keep my commandments and observe them faithfully, […]