1May 24, 2019
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 Proverbs 2:6-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; […]
2Feb 14, 2019
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 1 (NRSV) Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight […]
3Feb 3, 2019
Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read 1 Corinthians 13 (NRSV) If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, […]
4Jan 19, 2019
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Jeremiah 4:1-4 (NRSV) If you return, O Israel, says the LORD, if you return to me, if you remove your abominations from my presence, and do not waver, and if you swear, […]
5Sep 18, 2018
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 Colossians 3:1-11 (NRSV) So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your […]
6Jul 30, 2018
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Psalm 37:12-22 (NRSV) The wicked plot against the righteous, and gnash their teeth at them; but the LORD laughs at the wicked, for he sees that their day is coming. The […]
7Jul 23, 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 Luke 15:1-7 (NRSV) Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners […]
8Nov 10, 2017
Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Amos 5:18-24 (NRSV) Alas for you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness, not light; as if someone fled from […]
9Oct 1, 2017
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Matthew 21:23-32 (NRSV) When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these […]
10Feb 12, 2017
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Isaiah 58:1-9a (NRSV) Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after […]