1Jan 3, 2019
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 Luke 8:16-21 (NRSV) “No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a […]
2Jan 2, 2019
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read James 3:13-18 (NRSV) Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy […]
3Jan 1, 2019
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 8 (NRSV) To the leader: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your […]
4Dec 31, 2018
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 1 Kings 3:5-14 (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, “You have shown great […]
5Dec 30, 2018
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 Colossians 3:12-17 (NRSV) As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint […]
6Dec 29, 2018
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 Chronicles 28:1-10 (NRSV) David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of the thousands, […]
7Dec 28, 2018
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 Revelation 21:1-7 (NRSV) Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, […]
8May 7, 2017
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 10:1-10 (NRSV) “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a […]