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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 Isaiah 42:1-9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Servant, a Light to the Nations Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you. Read Matthew 2:1-12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) In the time of King […]

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 Ephesians 3:1-12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— for surely you have […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Isaiah 60:1-6 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick […]

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 Jeremiah 31:7-14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) For thus says the Lord: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, 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 Psalm 72 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Prayer for Guidance and Support for the King Of Solomon. Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Hebrews 11:13-22 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Genesis 12:1-7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show […]

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

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 Kings 3:5-14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I should give you.” And Solomon said, […]