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Welcome back to The Pinch, lessons you can use when you are in a pinch. I hesitate to put this in The Pinch seeing that this is a very delicate subject to handle in youth group. You may want to plan ahead with this one but maybe you just feel the need to have a […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Joel 2:18-29 (NRSV) Then the LORD became jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. The LORD answered and said to his people, “Behold, I am sending to you […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Acts 2:1-21 (NRSV) When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, […]

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 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b (NRSV) O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Yonder is the sea, […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Galatians 6:7-10 (NRSV) Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but […]

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 Galatians 5:16-25 (NRSV) Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For what the flesh desires is […]

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 Luke 9:18-27 (NRSV) Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, “Who […]

  Written by: Stevey Ukena If you’ve ever sat down to write something, and ended up staring at a blank screen, you know what I’ve been doing. For days. Not because I don’t know what I want to say, but because I’m not sure which things I should say. It’s like the opposite of writer’s […]

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 Ephesians 1:15-23 (NRSV) I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to […]

If you are considering purchasing a Bible for a child or if you are the person to select Bibles for children at church, this post from Hope4CE is full of great information, “At a recent gathering of the East region the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators, Elizabeth “Lib” Caldwell, a retired professor of Christian Education […]