Daily devotionals written by and for Cumberland Presbyterians.
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Dec 13, 2019
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 146:5-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God, who made heaven and […]
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Dec 12, 2019
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Ruth 1:6-18 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then she started to return with her daughters-in-law from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord […]
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Dec 11, 2019
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 12:34-37 For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in […]
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Dec 10, 2019
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 41:14-20 “The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. […]
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Dec 9, 2019
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 I Thessalonians 4: 9-12 Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love […]
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Dec 8, 2019
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Isaiah 11:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord […]
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Dec 7, 2019
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read John 1:19-28 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed and […]
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Dec 6, 2019
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 Isaiah 30:19-26 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Truly, O people in Zion, inhabitants of Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the […]
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Dec 5, 2019
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Acts 1:12-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away. When they had entered the city, […]
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Dec 4, 2019
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 Isaiah 54:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Sing, O barren one who did not bear; burst into song and shout, you who have not […]