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Dec 10, 2020
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 John 14:1-6 New Revised Standard Version 14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in […]
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Dec 9, 2020
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 John 14:1-6 New Revised Standard Version 14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If […]
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Dec 8, 2020
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 11:17-27 New Revised Standard Version 17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, 19 and many of the Jews […]
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Dec 7, 2020
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Matthew 6:25-34 New Revised Standard Version 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you […]
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Dec 6, 2020
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 Isaiah 43: 1-2 New Revised Standard Version 43 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel:Do not fear, for I have redeemed […]
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Dec 5, 2020
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Ezekiel 36:24-28 New International Reader’s Version 24 “I will take you out of the nations. I will gather you together from all the countries. I will bring you back into your own […]
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Dec 4, 2020
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 Acts 11:19-26 New Revised Standard Version 19 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading […]
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Dec 3, 2020
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Hosea 6:3 New Revised Standard Version 6 3 Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him.As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter […]
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Dec 2, 2020
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 Micah 5:1-5 New Revised Standard Version 5 Now you are walled around with a wall; siege is laid against us;with a rod they strike the ruler […]
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Dec 1, 2020
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 Micah 4:6-13 New Revised Standard Version 6 In that day, says the Lord, I will assemble the lameand gather those who have been driven away, and those whom […]