Discipleship

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 Luke 10:38-42 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. […]

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 8:22-25 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for a peace at this time. Read Acts 2:22-36 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) “You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of […]

A Blog from the Hearts & Minds of Charli Uhlrich & Michael Keenan, 2019 Interns to the Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ministries of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church You think you really know someone– and then you travel 3,011 miles with them. From Memphis to Winchester to Huntsville to McKenzie to West Lafayette, with […]

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 85 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm. Lord, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. You […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 119:17-32 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word. Open my eyes, so that I may behold wondrous things out […]

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 119:17-32 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word. Open my eyes, […]

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 Amos 7:1-6 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) This is what the Lord God showed me: he was forming locusts […]

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 Psalm 15 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A Psalm of David. O Lord, who may abide in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy hill? Those who walk […]

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 8:4-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: “A sower went out to […]