despair

Focus Be still and pay attention to your breath. Relax into a time for reading scripture and prayer.   Read Job 42:1-6 (NRSV) Then Job answered the LORD: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I […]

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 Isaiah 2:1-5 (NRSV) The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established as […]

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 130 (NRSV) Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Galatians 1:11-24 (NRSV) For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from […]

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 20 (NRSV) The LORD answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob […]

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 37:1-9 (NRSV) Do not fret because of the wicked; do not be envious of wrongdoers, for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green […]

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 30 (NRSV) I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up, and did not let my foes rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I […]

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 30 (NRSV) I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up, and did not let […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Exodus 5:10-23 (NRSV) So the taskmasters and the supervisors of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ’I will not give you straw. Go and get straw […]