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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 Acts 5:12-16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read 2 Samuel 6:1-15 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.  David and all the people with him set out and went from Baale-judah, to bring up […]

Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Revelation 12:1-12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.  She was pregnant and was crying out in […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Your boasting is not a good thing. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch, as you really are […]

Focus Let your heart and mind be open to the nudges of the Holy Spirit as you read this passage from Isaiah and reflect on the Word.   Read Isaiah 59: 1-9 (NRSV) See, the LORD’s hand is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. Rather, your iniquities have been […]

Focus Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you. Read Romans 8:1-11 (NRSV) There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you […]

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 1 Samuel 2:12-17 (NRSV) Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the LORD or for the duties of the priests to the people. When […]

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 Isaiah 2:1-5 (NRSV) The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established as […]

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 Daniel 9:1-9 (NRSV) In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede, who became king […]

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 51:1-12 (NRSV) Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash […]