God’s plan

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 Job 38:1-7 [34-41] (NRSV) Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Genesis 45:1-15 (NRSV) Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me.” So no one stayed with him […]

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 Mark 14:26-31 (NRSV) When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus said to them, “You will all become deserters; for it […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Joshua 3:7-17 (NRSV) The LORD said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 2 Kings 5:1-14 (NRSV) Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master, because by him the Lord had given […]

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 Psalm 16 (NRSV) Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no […]

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 2 John 1-13 (NRSV) The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but […]

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 104:24-34, 35b (NRSV) O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Yonder is the sea, […]