1071Sep 26, 2019
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Acts 4:1-12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them, much annoyed because […]
1072Sep 25, 2019
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Romans 3:1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews […]
1073Sep 24, 2019
Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything, but God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read 1 Timothy 2:1-7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for […]
1074Sep 23, 2019
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 Mark 12:41-44 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money […]
1075Sep 22, 2019
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 Romans 8:31-39 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not […]
1076Sep 20, 2019
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Luke 22:31-33 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not […]
1077Sep 19, 2019
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 Psalm 51:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had […]
1078Sep 18, 2019
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 2 Peter 3:8-13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a […]
1079Sep 17, 2019
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 Timothy 1:18-20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) I am giving you these instructions, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you […]
1080Sep 15, 2019
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 John 10:11-21 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life […]