Daily devotionals written by and for Cumberland Presbyterians.
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Aug 29, 2021
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 Timothy 4:6-16 New Revised Standard Version 6 If you put these instructions before the brothers and sisters, you […]
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Aug 28, 2021
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 James 1:17-27 New Revised Standard Version 17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there […]
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Aug 27, 2021
Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read James 1:9-16 New Revised Standard Version 9 Let the believer who is lowly boast in being raised up, 10 and the rich in being brought low, because the rich will disappear like […]
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Aug 26, 2021
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 James 1:1-8New Revised Standard Version 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. 2 My brothers and […]
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Aug 25, 2021
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 Ephesians 6:21-24 New Revised Standard Version 21 So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus will tell you […]
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Aug 24, 2021
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read John 15:16-25 New Revised Standard Version You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the […]
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Aug 23, 2021
Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 11 New Revised Standard Version To the leader. Of David. 1 In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains;2 for look, the wicked bend the […]
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Aug 22, 2021
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 1 Kings 8:22-30 New Revised Standard Version 22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and […]
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Aug 21, 2021
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 Kings 5:1-12 New Revised Standard Version 5 Now King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he […]
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Aug 20, 2021
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 1 Kings 4:29-34 New Revised Standard Version 29 God gave Solomon very great wisdom, discernment, and breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore, 30 so that Solomon’s wisdom […]