701Jul 20, 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.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 […]
702Jul 19, 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 Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who […]
703Jul 18, 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 Matthew 7:15-20 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or […]
704Jul 17, 2020
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Isaiah 14: 9-17 Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their […]
705Jul 16, 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 Hebrews 2:1-9 Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. For if the message declared through angels […]
706Jul 15, 2020
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Proverbs 11:23-30 The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath. Some give freely, yet grow all the richer; others withhold what is due, and […]
707Jul 14, 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 Deuteronomy 28:1-14 If you will only obey the Lord your God, by diligently observing all his commandments that I am commanding you today, the […]
708Jul 12, 2020
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 Joel 2:12-13,28-29 Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. […]
709Jul 11, 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 12:44-50 (NRSV) Then Jesus cried aloud: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I […]
710Jul 10, 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 Romans 15:4-21 (NRSV) I myself feel confident about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. Nevertheless […]