Daily devotionals written by and for Cumberland Presbyterians.
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Mar 4, 2020
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 Psalm 32 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Of David. A Maskil. Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose […]
1092
Mar 3, 2020
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 Matthew 4:1-11 New International Version (NIV) Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, […]
1093
Feb 29, 2020
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 Matthew 18:1-7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of […]
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Feb 28, 2020
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 Romans 1:8-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, […]
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Feb 27, 2020
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 Jonah 3 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim […]
1096
Feb 26, 2020
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Psalm 51:1-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on […]
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Feb 25, 2020
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Romans 11:1-6 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe […]
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Feb 24, 2020
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 7:30-34 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a […]
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Feb 23, 2020
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Exodus 24:12-18 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the […]
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Feb 22, 2020
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Psalm 2 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) God’s Promise to His Anointed Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the […]