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Focus Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God. Read Psalm 93 New Revised Standard Version 1 The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty;    the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength.He has established the world; it shall never be moved;2     your throne is established from […]

Lily Grace Gosnell, 18, of Chuckey, Tennessee, who attended Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Church, died May 3, 2021, after a severe asthma attack led to respiratory failure and cardiac arrest. She was a senior at Chuckey-Doak High School and a member of the soccer team. Lily was an organ donor.

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 2 John 1-6 New Revised Standard Version 1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Hosea 14:1-7 New Revised Standard Version 14 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,    for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.2 Take words with you    and return to the Lord;say to him,    “Take away all guilt;accept that which is […]

A Call To Prayer As the Office of General Assembly moves forward with plans for an in-person General Assembly at the end of June in Louisville KY, I have been listening to the Holy Spirit as to what, if any, thoughts I could share in a final pastoral letter to the church before my time […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 1 John 4:9-10 New Revised Standard Version 9 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. 10 In this […]

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 4 New Revised Standard Version To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. 1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right!    You gave me room […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read 1 John 2:26-28 New Revised Standard Version 26 I write these things to you concerning those who would deceive you. 27 As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and […]

Reflect Jesus’ example of servanthood makes most of us as uncomfortable today as it made Peter so many long years ago. In fact, many of us would be hard pressed to decide which aspect of that foot washing would pose the greater threat: to be the washer or the washee. To be the washer of […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read John 10:11-18 New Revised Standard Version 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own […]