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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 Psalm 103:1-5, 15-18 Thanksgiving for God’s Goodness Of David. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,     and all that is within me,     bless his holy name. […]

June Prentiss Johnson, 95, of Longview, Texas, died December 23, 2022. She was born into a Cumberland Presbyterian family in a small farmhouse near Bertram, Texas on December 4, 1927, graduated from Bertram High School in 1945, and from Texas State College for Women in Denton, Texas, (now Texas Woman’s University) in 1951. After a […]

The Reverend Dr. Robert Dwayne Tyus, 74, died December 26, 2022. He was born in Baldwin, Mississippi, to Robert George Tyus and Mildred Lindsey Tyus on August 6, 1948. Although his background was Baptist, Dwayne said, “I am a Cumberland Presbyterian by choice.” He began his higher education at Mississippi State in 1968, but eventually […]

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 Isaiah 9:1-7   New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   The Righteous Reign of the Coming King 9 But there […]

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 Luke 2:19-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 19 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 Matthew 2:1-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition […]

Kathleen Joyce Moody Hixson, 88, of Hixson, Tennessee, died December 20, 2022. She was very active in Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery).

Dr. Christa Martin, Vice Mayor of Columbia, Tennessee, has  been elected to the planning commission by the Columbia City Counsel. The council also unanimously voted to name Fairview Park’s community center the Dr. Christa Secrest Martin Community Center. Previously, the center had no name. Martin served 22 years as a member of the council representing […]

Focus Close your eyes and open yourself as you relax into a peaceful state. Be willing to expose yourself for who you are as God created you to be. Breathe deeply as you prepare to hear God’s Word. Read Luke 2:8-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Shepherds and the Angels 8 Now in that […]

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 Matthew 1:20-25   New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   20 But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord […]