121Dec 25, 2022
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 Matthew 2:1-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition […]
122Dec 24, 2022
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 Luke 2:8-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Shepherds and the Angels 8 Now in that […]
123Dec 23, 2022
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 Matthew 1:20-25 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20 But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord […]
124Dec 22, 2022
Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today? Read Luke 1:13-17 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, […]
125Dec 21, 2022
Focus Take time to rest in the comfort of the Lord today. Read Genesis 3:22-24 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 22 Then the Lord God said, “See, the humans have become like one of us, knowing good and evil, and now they might reach out their hands and take also from the tree of life and eat […]
126Dec 20, 2022
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 Hebrews 10:19-25 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition A Call to Persevere 19 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20 by […]
127Dec 19, 2022
Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Titus 3:3-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another. 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved […]
128Dec 18, 2022
Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Ephesians 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of […]
129Dec 17, 2022
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 Judges 15:9-20 (NRSV) Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah, and made a raid on Lehi. The […]