861May 4, 2020
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 Hebrews 10:19-25 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by […]
862May 3, 2020
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 Peter 5:1-5 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the […]
863May 2, 2020
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 23 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside […]
864May 1, 2020
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 Ezekiel 34:1-16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and […]
865Apr 30, 2020
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 1 Peter 2:13-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) For the Lord’s sake accept the authority of every human institution, […]
866Apr 29, 2020
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 18:31-34 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son […]
867Apr 28, 2020
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 20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The LORD answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect […]
868Apr 26, 2020
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 John 12:1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they […]
869Apr 25, 2020
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read John 11:45-57 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went […]
870Apr 24, 2020
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read 1 Peter 1:3-9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into […]