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Daily Pause
Pause is the learned art of stopping to immerse in the presence of God and untangle from the demands of life. Pause frees our souls to breathe the fresh air of God's grace, even if just for a minute - this is active restoration. Welcome to the Daily Pause. The Daily Pause is a 10 minute daily devotional tool freshly designed each day by Point of Grace church near Austin Texas to help us intentionally pause and breathe - immerse and untangle. The goal is that Monday - Friday we would take time…
Episodes
Daily PauseJune 2nd, 2023 - Galatians 5:16-18; 22-25
Galatians 5:16-18; 22-25 16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the…
Daily PauseJune 1st, 2023 - Romans 8:22-28
Romans 8:22-28 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we…
Daily PauseMay 31st, 2023 - Acts 2:17-21
Acts 2:17-21 17 “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions…
Daily PauseMay 30th, 2023 - Isaiah 61:1-6
Isaiah 61:1-6 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the…
Daily PauseMay 29th, 2023 - Genesis 11:1-9
Genesis 11:1-9 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They…
Daily PauseMay 26th, 2023 - Luke 10:1-3; 17-20
Luke 10:1-3;17-20 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He…
Daily PauseMay 25th, 2023 - Romans 8:31-37
Romans 8:31-37 If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him…
Daily PauseMay 24th, 2023 - Ephesians 2:4-7
Ephesians 2:4-7 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is…
Daily PauseMay 23rd, 2023 - Ephesians 1:18-23
Ephesians 1:18-23 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his…
Daily PauseMay 22nd, 2023 - Acts 1:3-14
Acts 1:3-14 3 After his suffering, Jesus presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of…
Daily PauseMay 19th, 2023 - Matthew 4:1-11
Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry…
Daily PauseMay 18th, 2023 - Romans 8:5-16
Romans 8:5-16 5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have…
Daily PauseMay 17th, 2023 - Hebrews 11:1-13
Hebrews 11:1-13 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for. 3 By faith…
Daily PauseMay 16th, 2023 - Romans 1:1-4,16-17
Romans 1:1-4, 16-17 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— 2 the gospel he promised beforehand through…
Daily PauseMay 15th, 2023 - John 8:31-47
John 8:31-47 31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and…
Daily PauseMay 12th, 2023 - Colossians 2:8-15
Colossians 2:8-15 Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers…
Daily PauseMay 11th, 2023 - Luke 4:31-35
Luke 4:31-35 31 Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. 32 They were amazed at his teaching, because his…
Daily PauseMay 10th, 2023 - Ephesians 6:10-14
Ephesians 6:10-14 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the…
Daily PauseMay 9th, 2023 - Genesis 1:1-6, 14-15
Genesis 1:1-6, 14-15 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must…
Daily PauseMay 8th, 2023 - Colossians 1:9-14
Colossians 1:9-14 9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the…
Daily PauseMay 5th, 2023 - Colossians 3:12-17
Colossians 3:12-17 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience…
Daily PauseMay 4th, 2023 - Matthew 9:1-8
Matthew 9:1-8 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. 2 Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their…
Daily PauseMay 3rd, 2023 - Luke 7:36-50
Luke 7:36-50 36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that…
Daily PauseMay 2nd, 2023 - Matthew 6:9-15
Matthew 6:9-15 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is…
Daily PauseMay 1st, 2023 - Psalm 32
Psalm 32 Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and…
Daily PauseApril 28th, 2023 - Philippians 3:4-10
Philippians 3:4-10 If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of…
Daily PauseApril 27th, 2023 - Colossians 3:1-2
Colossians 3:1-2 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your…
Daily PauseApril 26th, 2023 - 2 Corinthians 10:2-5
2 Corinthians 10:2-5 2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of…
Daily PauseApril 25th, 2023 - Romans 8:5-11
Romans 8:5-11 5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have…
Daily PauseApril 24th, 2023 - Romans 12:1-2
Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is…
Daily PauseApril 21st, 2023 - Psalm 31:9-16
Psalm 31:9-16 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief. 10 My life is consumed by anguish and…
Daily PauseApril 20th, 2023 - 1 Peter 1:3-9
1 Peter 1:3-9 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the…
Daily PauseApril 19th, 2023 - John 6:57-68
John 6:57-68 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread…
Daily PauseApril 18th, 2023 - John 21:15-19
John 21:15-19 15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know…
Daily PauseApril 17th, 2023 - John 21:1-11
John 21:1-11 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.[a] It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus[b])…
Daily PauseApril 14th, 2023 - Matthew 28:1-10
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an…
Daily PauseApril 13th, 2023 - Luke 24:1-12
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away…
Daily PauseApril 12th, 2023 - John 20:10-18
John 20:10-18 11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’…
Daily PauseApril 11th, 2023 - John 20:1-9
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So…
Daily PauseApril 10th, 2023 - 1 Corinthians 15:3-19
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he…
Daily PauseApril 7th, 2023 - John 19:28-37
John 19:28-37 28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine…
Daily PauseApril 6th, 2023 - John 19:16-27
John 19:16-27 16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the…
Daily PauseApril 5th, 2023 - John 19:1-12
John 19:1-12 19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a…
Daily PauseApril 4th, 2023 - John 18:28-40
John 18:28-40 28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial…
Daily PauseApril 3rd, 2023 - Selected verses from John 18:1-27
Selected verses from John 18:1-27 When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a…
Daily PauseMarch 31st, 2023 - John 17:20-25
John 17:20-25 20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father…
Daily PauseMarch 30th, 2023 - John 17:14-19
John 17:14-19 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask…
Daily PauseMarch 29th, 2023 - John 17:11-13
11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they…
Daily PauseMarch 28th, 2023 - John 17:6-10
John 17:6-10 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your…
Daily PauseMarch 27th, 2023 - John 17:1-5
John 17:1-5 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may…
Daily PauseMarch 24th, 2023 - John 16:31-33
John 16:31-33 31 “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. 32 “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will…
Daily PauseMarch 23rd, 2023 - John 16:25-28
John 16:25-28 25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my…
Daily PauseMarch 22nd, 2023 - John 16:16-24
John 16:16-24 16 Jesus went on to say, “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.” 17 At this, some of his…
Daily PauseMarch 21st, 2023 - John 16:8-15
John 16:8-15 8 When he (the Advocate) comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people…
Daily PauseMarch 20th, 2023 - John 15:26-16:7
“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. And you also must…
Daily PauseMarch 17th, 2023 - John 15:18-27
John 15:18-27 18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do…
Daily PauseMarch 16th, 2023 - John 15:12-17
John 15:12-17 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14…
Daily PauseMarch 15th, 2023 - John 15:9-12
John 15:9-12 9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have…
Daily PauseMarch 14th, 2023 - John 15:5-8
John 15:5-8 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do…
Daily PauseMarch 13th, 2023 - John 15:1-4
John 15:1-4 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit…