praise

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 146 (NRSV) Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 67 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything, but God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Psalm 67 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious to us and bless […]

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 Mark 3:3-6 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” Then he said 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 Ecclesiastes 7:15-18 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) In my vain life I have seen everything; there are righteous people […]

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 Matthew 5:13-16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It […]

Focus Breath and embrace God’s work in our lives and the love He has for us. Read Ezekiel 37:15-28 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, take a stick and write on it, “For Judah, and the Israelites associated with it”; then take another stick and write on […]

Focus Breath and embrace God’s work in our lives and the love He has for us. Read Ezekiel 37:15-28 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, take a stick and write on it, “For Judah, and the Israelites associated with it”; then take another stick and write on […]

Focus Relax and bath yourself spirit in the peace of God. There is no one or nothing greater than He. Read Jeremiah 50:17-20 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured it, and now at the end King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon has gnawed […]

Focus Relax, breath and rejoice in the benevolent favor of God. Read Psalm 100 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made […]