grace

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 26 (NRSV) Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted […]

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 15:1 9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For […]

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 Proverbs 1:20-33 (NRSV) Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the city […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Ruth 2:1-23 (NRSV) Now Naomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, a prominent rich man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabite said to […]

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 Philippians 1:3-11 (NRSV) I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your […]

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 Ephesians 1:7-14 (NRSV) In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us. With […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read 1 Timothy 1:12-14 (NRSV) I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Matthew 12:9-14 (NRSV) He left that place and entered their synagogue; a man was there with a withered hand, and they asked him, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath?” so that […]

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 Galatians 5:2-15 (NRSV) Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. Once again I testify to […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Acts 13:16-25 (NRSV) So Paul stood up and with a gesture began to speak: “You Israelites, and others who fear God, listen. The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors […]