gifts

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 1 Corinthians 14: 13-25 (NRSV) Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. For if I pray in […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time.   Read Romans 3:21-31 (NRSV) But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, the righteousness of God through faith in […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 (NRSV) Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of […]

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 Colossians 1:9-14 (NRSV) For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge […]

Focus Be mindful of your breathing. Take in a large breath, hold it for a few seconds, and release it along with any negative thoughts and feelings you may be holding. Read 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (NRSV) Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Matthew 2:1-12 (NRSV) In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who […]

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 Ephesians 4:7, 11-16 (NRSV) But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift.… The […]

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 1 Peter 1:3-9 (NRSV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living […]

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 112 (NRSV) Praise the LORD! Happy are those who fear the LORD, who greatly delight in his commandments. Their descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation […]