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Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word.   Read 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 (NRSV) To the married I give this command—not I but the Lord—that the wife should not separate from her husband […]

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 55:1-15 (NRSV) Give ear to my prayer, O God; do not hide yourself from my supplication. Attend […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today?   Read Mark 10:2-16 (NRSV) Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today.   Read Genesis 23: 1-20 (NRSV) Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years; this was the length of Sarah’s life. And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep […]

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 Romans 8:1-11 (NRSV) There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord.   Read Psalm 8 (NRSV) O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God.   Read Matthew 18:6-9 (NRSV) “If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone […]

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 5 (NRSV) Give ear to my words, O LORD; give heed to my sighing. Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place.   Read 1 Peter 1:3-9 (NRSV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 (NRSV) The rabble among them had a strong craving; and the Israelites also wept again, and said, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish […]