wisdom

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 James 3:13-18 (NRSV) Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of […]

Focus Be still and rest in the Lord. Read Genesis 49:29–50:14 (NRSV) Then he charged them, saying to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors—in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave in the field at Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land […]

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 Ecclesiastes 9:13-18 (NRSV) I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. There was a little […]

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 Proverbs 4:1-9 (NRSV) Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight; for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching. When […]

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 2:12-16 (NRSV) Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on […]

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 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (NRSV) When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery […]