Begin by reading the affirmation. Read the assigned Psalm for the week once or twice and take a few moments to center yourself on God, relaxing and paying close attention to your breathing. Pray for yourself and others, allowing time for God to place others in your thoughts. Read the day's assigned Scripture slowly and reflectively, perhaps more than once, taking time to allow thoughts and images to form in your mind. Reflect on the Scripture, perhaps writing in your journal. Close with the statement of response.

Affirmation:

Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak... as Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior." (Judges 6: 11-12)

 

Psalm 119

Sunday: 1 Samuel 8: 4-11

Monday: Acts 1: 21-26

Tuesday:  1 Sauel 16: 1-13

Wednesday: Matthew 4: 18-22

Thursday: Acts 6: 1-6

Friday: Exodus 18: 13-27

Saturday: Acts 16: 11-15

My response:  O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love for your servants, who walk before you with all their heart...