eVotion

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 115 New Revised Standard Version 1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,    for the sake of your steadfast […]

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 Psalm 115 New Revised Standard Version 1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,    for […]

Focus Close your eyes and open yourself as you relax into a peaceful state. Be willing to expose yourself for who you are as God created you to be. Breathe deeply as you prepare to hear God’s Word. Read 1 John 5:9-13 New Revised Standard Version 9 If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God […]

Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Deuteronomy 34:1-7 New Revised Standard Version 34 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which […]

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 Revelation 1:9-18 New Revised Standard Version 9 I, John, your brother who share with you in Jesus the persecution and the kingdom and the patient endurance, was on the island […]

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 Acts 1:1-11 New Revised Standard Version 1 In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning 2 until the day when he was taken up […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Deuteronomy 11:18-21 New Revised Standard Version 18 You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 93 New Revised Standard Version 1 The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty;    the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength.He has established the world; it shall never be moved;2     your throne is established from […]

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 2 John 1-6 New Revised Standard Version 1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Hosea 14:1-7 New Revised Standard Version 14 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,    for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.2 Take words with you    and return to the Lord;say to him,    “Take away all guilt;accept that which is […]