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 […]

Focus Let yourself become open to God and the knowledge that comes from the Word. Ask God for peace at this time. Read Colossians 2:16-3:1 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a […]

The word stewardship gets a bad rap sometimes by the church. When anyone uses the word, some people immediately turn off their brains thinking “They are just trying to get my money.” But when was the last time you took a look at your Confession of Faith? If you did recently, you will notice that […]

Have you ever wished that the Worship Ministry at your church would spice up your worship services a little bit? Have you ever wondered what some of the special Sundays of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church were? Do you wish that your church would be connected to CP churches all across the world in celebrating a […]

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 Genesis 18:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat […]

The relationship of Hosea and his adulterous wife is illustrative of the relationship of God and the Israelite people. Conflict in relationships is a major problem in churches. It is not unusual for persons who will not practice tolerance and forgiveness, will sit in the same congregation, sing the same songs and worship the one […]