181Jan 31, 2022
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 56 New Revised Standard Version 2 Kings 5:1-14 […]
182Jan 30, 2022
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 56 New Revised Standard Version Psalm 56 Trust in God under Persecution To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the […]
183Jan 29, 2022
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Mark 10:13-16 New Revised Standard Version Jesus Blesses Little Children 13 People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. 14 But […]
184Jan 28, 2022
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read John 4:16-30 New Revised Standard Version 16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in […]
185Jan 27, 2022
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read John 15:1-17 New Revised Standard Version Jesus the True Vine 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every […]
186Jan 26, 2022
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read James 4:13-17 New Revised Standard Version Boasting about Tomorrow 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing […]
187Jan 25, 2022
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 Matthew 13:31-33 New Revised Standard Version The Parable of the Mustard Seed 31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone […]
188Jan 24, 2022
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Matthew 6:19-21 New Revised Standard Version Concerning Treasures 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but store up for yourselves […]
189Jan 23, 2022
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 Matthew 7:24-29 New Revised Standard Version Hearers and Doers 24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like […]
190Jan 22, 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 Galatians 6:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Bear One Another’s Burdens 6 My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you […]