challenges

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 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 (NRSV) Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening […]

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 Psalm 137 (NRSV) By the rivers of Babylon— there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. […]