salvation

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 Jeremiah 33:1-13   New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 33 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined 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 Lamentations 3:19-26 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 19 The thought of my affliction and my homelessness     is wormwood and […]

Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Psalm 62 For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David. 1 I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him. 2 […]

Focus Close your eyes and open yourself as you relax into a peaceful state. Be willing to expose yourself for who you are as God created you to be. Breathe deeply as you prepare to hear God’s Word. Read Psalm 119:49-56 49 Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope. 50 Your promise […]

Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Yet true godliness with contentment […]

Focus Are you tired? Take this time to rest. Relax every part of yourself. Breathe slower. Be ready for what God has before you today. Read Psalm 91:1-6; 14-16 1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 This I declare about the […]

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 Psalm 91:1-6; 14-16 1 Those who live in the […]

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 2 Corinthians 8:8-15 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 I do not say this as a command, but I […]

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 20:45-21:4 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 45 In the hearing of all the people he said to the disciples, 46 “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Jeremiah 10:1-16 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 10 Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2 Thus says the Lord: Do not learn the way of the nations     or be […]