faith

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 Psalms 32: 8-11 “I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Do not be like a […]

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 2 Timothy 1:3-7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 18:10-14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of […]

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 Genesis 4:1-16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced […]

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 32 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Of David. A Maskil. Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose […]

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 Matthew 4:1-11 New International Version (NIV) Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything, but God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Matthew 18:1-7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of […]

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 Romans 1:8-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, […]

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 Jonah 3 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Psalm 51:1-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on […]