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Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read John 15:5-6 NKJV “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything, but God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read 1 Kings 18:30-40 30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come closer to me”; and all the people came closer to him. First he repaired […]

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 Psalm 85 To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm. 1 Lord, you were favorable to your land;     you restored […]

In Hebrews 5:11-6:10, Paul is chastising the Hebrew people for remaining like infants in their faith. He says they should already be mature and to the point of teaching others; instead they are slow to learn and have to be taught themselves again. Paul also tells his readers they must take the initiative to move […]

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 Matthew 15:32-39 32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have […]

Gladys Marie Murray Diamond, 75, widow of the Reverend James Diamond, mother to the Reverend Steve Howell-Diamond (Robert Donnell Presbytery), and mother-in-law to the Reverend Cardelia Howell-Diamond (denominational Coordinator of Women’s Ministry), died on August 4, 2020. Gladys was no longer a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was born July 27, 1945 in […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Deuteronomy 8:1-10 8 This entire commandment that I command you today you must diligently observe, so that you may live and increase, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised on […]

Cassandra Naomi Stockburger, 95, once of Cleveland, Tennessee (then Chattanooga Presbytery), who served as a missionary of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cauca Valley Presbytery, Colombia, South America, from 1948 to 1950, died on July 31, 2020. She was the aunt of the Reverend Donna Stockburger Heflin (West Tennessee Presbytery). Aware of a call to […]

The Reverend Dr. John David Hall, 88, (Robert Donnell Presbytery) who served as moderator of the 162nd General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church which met in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1992, died on August 2, 2020. John David was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 22, 1932, to Jewell Camp Hall and Mary Lee Benson […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 78:17-29 Yet they sinned still more against him,     rebelling against the Most High in the desert. They tested God in their heart     by demanding the food they craved. They spoke against […]