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 Matthew 2:13-18   New Revised Standard Version 13 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, […]

Reflect Probably the biggest struggle we have as Christians is this business of love. We don’t have a lot of problems with the “big stuff”—murder, adultery, bank robbery—the “shall nots.” And we give lip service to this idea of love and say that we truly do love our neighbors. The problem is we don’t really […]

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 2 Peter 3:8-13  New Revised Standard Version 8 But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord […]

Sandra Smith will explore the spiritual dimension of the Enneagram January 27-28, 2021 from 9:00am – 12:00pm CST. CFI will hold an anti-racism workshop February 22, 23, and 24, 2021 from 9:00am – 10:30am CST. For more information about these online opportunities contact CFI’s Program Coordinator, Brittany Meeks, at formation@memphisseminary.edu.

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 Galatians 4:4-7  New Revised Standard Version 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 in order to redeem […]

Focus As you quiet yourself for this brief time, be willing to be open to God, however that may take place. Read Jeremiah 26:1-9, 12-15    New Revised Standard Version 26 At the beginning of the reign of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came from the Lord: 2 Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court […]

Cheryl McGinley Cobb, 73, of Dyersburg, Tennessee died Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in Dyersburg. Born in Detroit, Michigan, March 4, 1947, Cheryl was a devoted member of the Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) where she served as an elder and deacon for many years. Her memberships included the Community Bible Study, Women’s Book […]

The Reverend David Rudolph Barnett, 92, of McLeansboro, Illinois, and an honorably retired member of North Central Presbytery died December 26, 2020. He was best know as Rudy. Rudy was born to a the Reverend Joseph Otto Barnett and Augusta Wiedeman Barnett April 3, 1928, in Equality, Gallitan County, Illinois. Rudy was educated in the […]

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 John 1:1-5    New Revised Standard Version 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with […]

Some Cumberland Presbyterian Churches made the decision to cancel their Sunday Services after a bomb exploded in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Around 6:30 on Christmas morning 2020, a bomb hidden inside a camper exploded on Second Avenue North close to Commerce Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The blast injured three people and damaged 41 businesses including […]