eVotion

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read John 1:10-18    New Revised Standard Version 10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to what was his […]

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 Proverbs 3:1-12    New Revised Standard Version 3 My child, do not forget my teaching,    but let your heart keep my commandments;2 for length of days and […]

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 James 3:1-13   New Revised Standard Version 3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know […]

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 Ecclesiastes 3:1-13  New Revised Standard Version 3 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 12:46-50   New Revised Standard Version 46 While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Look, your mother […]

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 Matthew 2:13-18   New Revised Standard Version 13 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, […]

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 2 Peter 3:8-13  New Revised Standard Version 8 But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord […]

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 Galatians 4:4-7  New Revised Standard Version 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 in order to redeem […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Jeremiah 26:1-9, 12-15    New Revised Standard Version 26 At the beginning of the reign of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came from the Lord: 2 Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court […]

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 John 1:1-5    New Revised Standard Version 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with […]