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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 […]

Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Galatians 4:1-7 (NRSV) My point is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than slaves, though they are the owners of all the property; but they remain under […]

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 Ruth 1:6-18 (NRSV) Then she started to return with her daughters-in-law from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the LORD had […]

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 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 (NRSV) Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NRSV) So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Romans 16:17-20 (NRSV) I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and offenses, in opposition to the teaching that you have learned; avoid them. […]

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 Timothy 1: 8-12a (NRSV) Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with […]

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 John 7:37-39 (NRSV) On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he […]

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 Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Ephesians 2:11-22 (NRSV) So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human […]