eVotion

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Exodus 40:16-38 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded him.  In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Acts 16:16-34 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) One day, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave-girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling.  While she followed […]

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 John 1:14-18 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) And […]

Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends your soul. Read Exodus 33:12-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Moses said […]

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 Acts 1:1-11 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning until the day when he […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Luke 2:25-38 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Revelation 21:15-22 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The angel who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.  The city lies foursquare, […]

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 1 Chronicles 12:16-22 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Some Benjaminites and Judahites came to the stronghold to David.  David went out to meet them and said to them, “If […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 67 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine […]

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 Psalm 67 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious to us and bless […]