Be Still: Daily Devotional

Today is December 28 Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the book of Titus, chapter 2, the MSG version. God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our backs on a god...

Today is December 27 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from Psalm 96. Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his g...

Today is December 26 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 9. The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light...

This is the Saturday examen for the season of Advent. I’m glad you’ve joined us for a time of reflection and prayer. Pray along with me. Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We who have so much to do and seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day, We who are anxious over many things… look forward to your coming among u...

Today is December 22 - in the final week of Advent. May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2. There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived wi...

Today is December 22 - in the final week of Advent. May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2. There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived wi...

Today is December 20 - in the final week of Advent May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2. “When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to...

Today is December 19 - in the final week of Advent The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2. “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over the...

Today is December 18 - in the final week of Advent The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2. “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census tha...

This is the Saturday examen for the season of Advent. I’m glad you’ve joined us for a time of reflection and prayer. Pray along with me. Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We who have so much to do and seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day, We who are anxious over many things… look forward to your coming among u...

Today is December 15 - in the second week of Advent. May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 60. “The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you by night; but...

Today is December 14 - in the second week of Advent. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the book of Ephesians, chapter 5. “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons o...

Today is December 13 - in the second week of Advent. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of John, chapter 3. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not per...

Today is December 12 - in the second week of Advent. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 60. “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen up...

Today is December 11 - in the second week of Advent The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 4. “Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum b...

This is the Saturday examen for the season of Advent. I’m glad you’ve joined us for a time of reflection and prayer. Pray along with me. Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We who have so much to do and seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day, We who are anxious over many things… look forward to your coming among u...

Today is December 8 in the first week of Advent May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 3. “In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiber'i-us Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tet...

Today is Dec 7 in the first week of Advent. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 55. “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money...

Today is December 6th in the first week of Advent. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 40. “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her wa...

Today is December 5 – in the first week of Advent The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from several verses from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15.“He calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to th...

Today is December 4 - in the first week of Advent The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Mark, chapter 1.“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger befor...

Today is Saturday, 2nd of December, one day before the first Sunday of Advent. We’ll prepare our hearts for this season of holy anticipation by praying the words of Henri Nouwen. You can repeat each line after me… Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness… send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas… We who have so much to do, and seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each...

Today is December 1 May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”     Today’s reading is from the gospel of Luke, chapter 9. 18 Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” 19 They replied, “...

Today is November 30 Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.  Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”     Today’s reading is from the gospel of John, chapter 1. 35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37 When the two...

Today is November 29 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit.   Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.”     Today’s reading is from the book of Isaiah, chapter 42. “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring just...