eVotion

Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read Jeremiah 32:36-44 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now […]

Focus Are you tired? Take this time to rest. Relax every part of yourself. Breathe slower. Be ready for what God has before you today. Read Psalm 119:49-56 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my distress, that your […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Lamentations 5:1-7, 19-22 (NRSV) Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace! Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens. We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers […]

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 Mark 11:12-14, 20-24 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read 1 Timothy 6:6-19 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “My […]

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 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Psalm 91:1-6 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “My refuge and […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Luke 20:45-21:4 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) In the hearing of all the people he said to the disciples, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and […]

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 106:40-48 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage; he gave them into the hand […]