courage

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Genesis 37:5-11 (NRSV) Once Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. He said to them, “Listen to this dream that I dreamed. […]

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 Luke 1:46-55 (NRSV) And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, […]

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 Jude 5-21 (NRSV) Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, that the Lord, who once for all saved a people out of the land of […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Luke 18:1-8 (NRSV) Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither […]

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 53:10-12 (NRSV) Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him with pain. When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, and […]

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 27 (NRSV) The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the […]