faith

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read John 20:11-20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, […]

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 Psalm 16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A Miktam of David. Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Colossians 4:2-5 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. At the same time pray for us as well that God will open to us […]

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 118:1-2 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel […]