peace

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 Romans 1:1-7 (NRSV) Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in […]

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 Colossians 2:16-3:1 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and […]

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 Luke 10:38-42 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. […]

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 8:22-25 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of […]

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 Isaiah 11:1-9 (NRSV) A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the LORD shall […]

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 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 (NRSV) To the married I give this command—not I but the Lord—that the wife should not separate from her husband […]

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 Psalm 34:15-22 (NRSV) The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. The face of the LORD is against evildoers, to […]

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 20 (NRSV) The LORD answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob […]

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 Psalm 131 (NRSV) O LORD, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read John 14:27-29 (NRSV) Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, […]