Lent

Focus Close your eyes and open yourself as you relax into a peaceful state. Be willing to expose yourself for who you are as God created you to be. Breathe deeply as you prepare to hear God’s Word. Read 1 Timothy 1:1-11 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Salutation 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus […]

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 Luke 18:18-30 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Rich Ruler 18 A certain ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit […]

Focus Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you. Read 1 Timothy 4:6-16 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition A Good Minister of Jesus Christ 6 If you put these instructions before the brothers and sisters, you will be a good […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Psalm 2 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Psalm 2 God’s Promise to His Anointed 1 Why do the nations conspire     and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves,     and the rulers take counsel together,     against the Lord and his anointed, saying, 3 “Let us […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 51:1-10   New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   Psalm 51 Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Zechariah 3:1-10 (NRSV) Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. And the LORD said […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Job 1:1-22 (NRSV) There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He had seven thousand […]

Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read Numbers 14:10-24 (NRSV) But the whole congregation threatened […]

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 Exodus 33:1-6 (NRSV) The LORD said to Moses, “Go, leave this place, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the […]

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 Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 (NRSV) After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I […]