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Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Revelation 2:8-11 (NRSV) “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the first and the last, who was dead and came to life: “I know […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read John 15:18-20, 26-27 (NRSV) “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its […]

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 Daniel 3:1-18 (NRSV) King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue whose height was sixty cubits and whose width was six cubits; he set it up […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 (NRSV) Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we decided to be left alone in Athens; and we sent Timothy, our brother and co-worker for God in proclaiming […]

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 9:1-9 (NRSV) Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, […]

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 Jude 5-21 (NRSV) Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, that the Lord, who once for all saved a people out of the land of […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Acts 17:1-9 (NRSV) After Paul and Silas had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And Paul went in, as was his […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Hebrews 10:32-39 (NRSV) But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and persecution, and sometimes […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Psalm 5 (NRSV) Give ear to my words, O LORD; give heed to my sighing. Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I […]