281Oct 22, 2021
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Job 41:12-34 “I will not keep silence concerning its limbs, or its mighty strength, or its splendid frame.13 Who can strip off its outer garment? Who can penetrate its double coat of mail?[j]14 Who can open […]
282Oct 21, 2021
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 Hebrews 6:13-20 13 When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “I […]
283Oct 20, 2021
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 Psalm 75 We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks; your name is near.People tell of your wondrous […]
284Oct 19, 2021
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 53:4-12 New Revised Standard Version 4 Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases;yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.5 But he was wounded for our […]
285Oct 18, 2021
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Job 39:1-18 New Revised Standard Version 39 “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer?2 Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the […]
286Oct 17, 2021
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35 New Revised Standard Version 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great.You are clothed with honor and majesty,2 wrapped in light as with a garment.You stretch out […]
287Oct 16, 2021
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 Romans 15:7-13 New Revised Standard Version 7 Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a […]
288Oct 15, 2021
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 16:19-31 New Revised Standard Version 19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate lay a poor man […]
289Oct 14, 2021
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 Job 28:12-28 New Revised Standard Version 12 “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?13 Mortals do not know the way to it, and it is not found […]
290Oct 13, 2021
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 39 New Revised Standard Version To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 1 I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue;I will keep a […]