encouragement

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 Hebrews 3:7–14 (NRSV) Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your […]

  Written by: Stevey Ukena If you’ve ever sat down to write something, and ended up staring at a blank screen, you know what I’ve been doing. For days. Not because I don’t know what I want to say, but because I’m not sure which things I should say. It’s like the opposite of writer’s […]

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 Ephesians 1:15-23 (NRSV) I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to […]

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 Hebrews 12:1-3 (NRSV) Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Hebrews 10:19-25 (NRSV) Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read 2 Corinthians 4:16–5:5 (NRSV) So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary […]