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Feb 1, 2019
Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Psalm 71:1-6 (NRSV) Prayer for Lifelong Protection and Help In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me. Be to me a rock of refuge, […]
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Jul 5, 2018
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read James 5:7-12 (NRSV) Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early […]
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Apr 17, 2018
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Hosea 5:15–6:6 (NRSV) I will return again to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face. In their distress they will beg my favor: “Come, let us return […]
4Jul 15, 2017
Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 (NRSV) That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many […]
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Dec 11, 2016
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 James 5:7-10 (NRSV) Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it […]
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Oct 19, 2016
Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends your soul. Read James 5:7-12 (NRSV) Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the […]
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Sep 29, 2016
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 37:1-9 (NRSV) Do not fret because of the wicked; do not be envious of wrongdoers, for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb. Trust in […]
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Sep 13, 2016
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 2 Peter 3:8-13 (NRSV) But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. The […]
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Jul 17, 2016
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Luke 10:38-42 (NRSV) Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, […]
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Jun 14, 2016
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Psalm 130 (NRSV) Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, O LORD, should […]