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Focus Relax and listen. Consciously prepare to hear God’s Word. Clear your mind of the worries and tasks that lie before you. Open your heart and allow it to refresh. Read Psalm 29 (NRSV) Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory of […]

Focus Let your soul take a moment of rest as you hear God’s word. Put your busy schedule, wandering mind, stressful thoughts, and burdened heart at the feet of the cross and open up to God’s voice as the Giver of Life tends your soul. Read Acts 16:16-34 (NRSV) One day, as we were going […]

Focus Turn off your cell phone, TV, or radio. Listen to the silence that is around you. Listen for God to speak to you. Read John 1:14-18 (NRSV) And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and […]

Focus Breathe in clear thoughts of peace and reflection as you prepare to hear God speak to you through the scripture and the writer. Put aside all the things the world says you have to accomplish today and use this time to rest in God’s presence. Read Revelation 22:6-9 (NRSV) “These words are trustworthy and […]

On Tuesday, August 2, 2022, the historic First Presbyterian Church in Prosper, Texas, was severely damaged in a fire which, according to investigators, began as an electrical fire in the building’s air conditioning system. Although no one was injured, but the fate of the building is as of yet unknown. The church was organized as […]

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 John 14:1-4 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house there […]

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 Joel 2:12-14 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 12 Yet even now, says the Lord,    return to me with all your heart,with […]

All dates and locations have been confirmed at time of publication. Please send any corrections. Updated 8/11/2022. August 11-12, 2022, Presbytery del Cristo, St. Andrew Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Odessa, Texas. August 19, 2022, Missions Ministry Team meeting as a presbytery, Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bartlett, Tennessee. September 3, 2022, Hong Kong Presbytery, Tao Hsien Cumberland […]

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 Acts 20:17-24 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17 From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church to meet him. 18 When they came to him, […]

Charles Louis McCall, 83, of Trimble, Tennessee, died February 2, 2022. He served as lay-pastor for many years before retiring from Kenton Cumberland Presbyterian Church which he served for fifteen years and where his wife, Willa Y. McCall, attends. Born September 15, 1938 in Jackson, Tennessee, to Edgar Floyd McCall and Mary White McCall, Charles […]