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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 50 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Psalm 50 The Acceptable Sacrifice A Psalm of Asaph. 1 The mighty one, God the Lord,     speaks and summons the earth     from the rising of the […]

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 Luke 19:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Jesus and Zacchaeus 19 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax […]

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 John 8:39-47 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Jesus and Abraham 39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you […]

Bethel University October 26, 2022: Dr. Delecia Parker has been named the director of nursing at Bethel University. “Dr. Parker has been so important to our program,” said Dr. Walter Butler, president of Bethel University. “Her love for the nursing profession is so evident as she helps the profession grow through our students.” Parker has […]

John Dowd Perry, 91, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died October 31, 2022. He served two years in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Coucal, a submarine rescue ship, serving as the captain’s yeoman. He was a deacon at Scottsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Robert Donnell Presbytery) and later ordained as an elder and deacon at Brainerd […]

John Clark, 79, known to many as Wayne, died October 19, 2022. Wayne was a Vietnam era veteran of the United States Air Force. He was an Elder in Christ Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lutz, Florida (Grace Presbytery).

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 2 Peter 1:1-11 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Salutation 1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To […]