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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 Micah 6:1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you mountains, the controversy […]

The Reverend Jerald “Jerry” Smith, 74, of Springfield, died Tuesday November 19, 2019. Reverend Smith was born November 22, 1944 in Federicktown, Missouri, to the late Dale and Iona Murray Smith. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force in which he served during the Vietnam War. He was a retired Plant Engineer with […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read James 5:1-6 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are […]

Lena Belle Bearden died December 1, 2019. She was the last Inzer family charter member of the Camden Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery). Lena was born October 28, 1934, in Camden, Arkansas, to the late Reverend H.W. and Mary Inzer, also of Camden. The Reverend Inzer was the first pastor of Canden CPC. She was […]

“It’s a sad day for Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery, Women’s Ministy, and our church; one of our great ladies is gone.” -The Reverend Cliff Hudson, Silverdale Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) Patricia Varnell died Monday, January 27, 2020. She was born to William J. and Marguerite McCune in Border, Texas, on January 6, 1932. She was preceded […]

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 Deuteronomy 24:17-25:4 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pledge. Remember […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read 1 Peter 3:8-12 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, […]

Philip Yancey, in his book, The Jesus I Never Knew, says about Jesus, “More amazing is his refusal to perform and to overwhelm. God’s terrible insistence on human freedom is so absolute that he granted us the power to live as though he did not exist, to spit on his face, to crucify him.” God […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 27:7-14 Hear my voice when I call, LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. Do not […]

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 Philippians 2:12-18 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear […]