Daily devotionals written by and for Cumberland Presbyterians.
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Jan 23, 2018
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 Acts 5:33-42 (NRSV) When [members of the council heard this accusation], they were enraged and wanted to kill [the apostles]. But a Pharisee in […]
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Jan 22, 2018
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 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 (NRSV) Let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God […]
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Jan 21, 2018
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 3:1-5, 10 (NRSV) The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it […]
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Jan 20, 2018
Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God in whatever way that may take place. Read Luke 10:13-16 (NRSV) “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented […]
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Jan 19, 2018
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read 2 Peter 3:1-7 (NRSV) This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you; in them I am trying to arouse your sincere intention by reminding you that you should […]
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Jan 18, 2018
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 62:5-12 (NRSV) For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall […]
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Jan 17, 2018
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Luke 18:15-17 (NRSV) People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they sternly ordered them not to do it. But Jesus called […]
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Jan 16, 2018
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 Acts 5:1-11 (NRSV) But a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property; with his wife’s knowledge, […]
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Jan 15, 2018
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 86 (NRSV) Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Preserve my […]
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Jan 14, 2018
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 John 1:43-51 (NRSV) The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of […]