21Jul 15, 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 Psalm 119:9-16 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 9 How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word.10 With my whole […]
22Jul 14, 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 1 Peter 4:8-9 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Be […]
23Jul 13, 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 Matthew 28:18-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make […]
24Jul 12, 2022
Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Matthew 5:33-37 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but carry out the vows you have made to the Lord.’ 34 But I say to you: Do not swear at all, […]
25Jul 11, 2022
Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Luke 12:16-21 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 16 Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17 And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I […]
26Jul 10, 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 Micah 6:6-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 6 “With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before God on high?Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves […]
27Jul 9, 2022
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read James 1:19-25 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger, 20 for human anger does […]
28Jul 8, 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 Psalm 23 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition A Psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.2 He […]
29Jul 7, 2022
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 Corinthians 3:1-9 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 3 And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people but rather as fleshly, as infants […]
30Jul 6, 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 Psalm 66:1-9 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition To the leader. A Song. A Psalm. 1 Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;2 sing […]