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The Divine Hours by Phyllis Tickle
A form of prayer at specified times to be used by individuals or groups. The Divine Hours includes morning, midday, vespers (evening) and compline (before retiring) offices, having roots in the biblical tradition. By default the Divine Hours below is displayed based on Eastern Standard Time, U.S.

WOW - The Big Picture
From the creation account in Genesis to the end of history in Revelation, you can grasp the big picture of what the Bible is all about through this 366 day devotional from Thomas Nelson.

Bible Pathways
Read through the Bible in a year in 15 minutes a day.

Daily Guideposts
Daily spirit-lifting anecdotes from Guideposts publications.

Daily in Christ
Discover freedom in Christ through Neil Anderson's daily writings.

Devotional For Dieters
A 365-day guide to a lighter you by Dan Dick.

Every Day Light
Daily readings from Selwyn Hughes can help you see Jesus' light in your life.

Heartlight Daily Verse
A daily thought and prayer to start your day, authored by Heartlight Magazine's Phil Ware.

Morning and Evening
The classic series of devotions, full of power and insight by Charles Spurgeon.

Marketplace Meditations
Every day a devotional message by Os Hillman takes a scripture verse and applies a marketplace situation to which every business person can relate (from TGIF: Today God Is First).

Wisdom from the Psalms
Daily Thoughts and Meditations

Centering Prayer Guidelines

  1. •Choose a “sacred word” as the symbol of your intention to consent to God’s presence and action within.

  2. •Sitting comfortably and with eyes closed, settle briefly and silently introduce the sacred word as the symbol of your consent to God’s presence and action within.

  3. •When you become aware of thoughts, return ever-so-gently to the sacred word (as the chosen expression of your intention to consent to God’s presence and action within.)

  4. •At the end of the prayer period, remain in silence with eyes closed for a couple of minutes.


Be In a Room Exercise

  1. •Prepare a place to sit and relax. Straighten it up.  Remove any distracting elements. Add any relaxing-inspiring elements (candle, music, art, fountain)

  2. •Set aside protected-undistracted time to sit in the space.  Turn off everything that could interrupt your time.

  3. •Sit quietly in the space and practice physical stillness for as long as you can tolerate. 

  4. •At first, open your eyes and enjoy the room-space-view.

  5. •Select a text of Scripture, read it over slowly a few times.  Pick a scene from the text that you are drawn to.  Close your eyes, and with the eyes of your heart, picture the scene in detail, then add yourself to the scene.