Good Morning!
Let’s focus our day by spending some time with Jesus before it begins.
If you’re new to the Daily Focus, read this first.

GET FOCUSED | Worship can be as simple as thanking God for who He is & what He does. (Psalm 100:4)
Spend a few moments in silence, meditating on scripture, or writing/saying 3-5 things you’re thankful for.
Play or sing some worship music you love, or use a playlist from Paradox on Spotify.

MORNING PRAYER FOCUS | Prayer is a conversation that involves both talking and listening to God.
Simply pray the prayer Jesus taught his followers: the Lord’s Prayer, or pray it using this Lord’s Prayer guide.

SCRIPTURE FOCUS | Today’s reading is from 1 Corinthians 13
Pray a simple prayer before reading, asking the Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth. (John 14:26)
Highlight verses that capture your attention, and ask three simple questions as you read…
S = Say. What is the main point? What does it teach about God (Jesus) & yourself?
O = Obey. What can you apply (practice) from this passage today?
S = Share. Who can you share what you’re learning with today?

A THOUGHT FROM TODAY’S READING…
Have you ever heard kids cracking themselves up by inventing jokes?
”What do you get when you drive a car into the moon? <tee-hee-hee> TACO BELL! <uncontrollable laughter>” In their minds the nonsense is hilarious. We adults just smile and nod. We don’t talk like a child, think like a child, or reason like a child. We have put aside childish dribble for better, funnier humor.
In the same way in today’s section of Paul’s letter to the Corinthian church he encourages them to look forward to a better existence to come. “Now we now only in part…when the perfect comes (God), the partial will end…then we will fully know." At some point, our lives in this world, where we can understand only in part, like a small child in an adult world, will end. We will then see God, and in his presence we”ll see clearly who he is, and by extension, who we are. The mystery of God’s sacrificial, never-ending, perfect love will be known to us. We will FEEL it and thus know it/him.
For now, we do our best to understand God’s love, demonstrated through the life of Jesus, and expressed as well as it can be in human words, as Paul does so well in the first part of today’s reading.
We can do our best to comprehend and emulate the love of Jesus. Thankfully, we can feel it fully someday…and that is no joke. - Mike Nank

EVENING PRAYER FOCUS | Re-Focus on Jesus by praying a Daily Examen each evening.
Replay = Replay your day. What made you happy or joyful? What made you anxious or burdened?
Rejoice = Give thanks to God for the small and the significant things from the day.
Repent = Ask God for forgiveness where you need. Receive His forgiveness afresh.
Refocus = Commit to walk with Jesus tomorrow. Ask for grace to see His presence more clearly.
*For help or an audio prayer version, use the Lectio 365 app.

SHARE THE FOCUS |
1. Text someone a prayer/encouragement, or share a thought/question with us in the Forum.
2. Invite someone to read the Focus with you. Text “FOCUS” to (586) 200-6277.

That’s all for today.
Stay focused on Jesus, and make it a great one!