eVotion

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Luke 4:1-13 (NRSV) Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NRSV) For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, 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 Acts 7:30-34 (NRSV) “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. When Moses […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 (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 my fortress; […]

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 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10 (NRSV) So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, […]

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 Acts 10:23-33 (NRSV) So Peter invited them in and gave them lodging. The next day he got up and […]

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 10:9-23 (NRSV) About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Luke 9:28-36 (NRSV) Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Luke 10:21-24 (NRSV) At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the […]

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 Acts 10:1-8 (NRSV) In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as it was called. He was a devout man who feared God […]