trust

Focus Sit quietly and take a few breaths. Listen for how God may be speaking to you today through this psalm.   Read Psalm 28 (NRSV) To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, do not refuse to hear me, for if you are silent to me, I shall be like those who go down […]

Focus Be still and pay attention to your breath. Relax into a time for reading scripture and prayer.   Read Job 42:1-6 (NRSV) Then Job answered the LORD: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place.   Read Psalm 34:1-8 (NRSV) I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble […]

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 2 Kings 20:12-19 (NRSV) At that time King Merodach-baladan son of Baladan of Babylon sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that […]

Focus Relax and clear your head. Listen for the voice of God. What is God saying to you today?   Read Mark 10:2-16 (NRSV) Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 73:21-28 (NRSV) When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was stupid and ignorant; I was like a brute beast toward you. Nevertheless I am continually with […]

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 11 (NRSV) In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird […]

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 1 Kings 3:16-28 (NRSV) Later, two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. The one woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read John 6:1-21 (NRSV) After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the […]

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 145:10-18 (NRSV) All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your faithful shall bless […]