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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 PauseDecember 20th - Praying Zechariah’s Song
Luke 1: 67-79 67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: Today’s prayer: 68 I praise you, Lord, the God of Israel, because you…
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December 19th - A Prayer of Praise
Luke 1: 59-66 59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, 60 but his mother spoke up…
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“December 16th A Prayer to Believe
Luke 1: 45 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!” Today’s prayer: Heavenly Father, throughout Scripture you made…
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December 15th A Prayer for a Humble Heart
Luke 1: 43-44 (CJB) 43 “But who am I, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in…
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December 14th A Prayer for the Holy Spirit
Luke 1: 41-42 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she…
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“December 13th A Prayer Against Hurry
Luke 1: 39-40 39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth…
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December 12th A Prayer for Surrender
Luke 1: 38 (GW) 38 Mary answered, “I am the Lord’s servant. Let everything you’ve said happen to me.” Then the angel left her. Today’s prayer: Lord, I want to…
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December 9th A Prayer Against Fear
Luke 1: 30 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. Today’s prayer: Heavenly Father, beneath the frenzy of the…
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December 8th A Prayer for Wonder
Luke 1: 29 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. Today’s prayer: Lord, once Mary heard the angel’s…
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December 7th A Prayer for God’s Presence
Luke 1: 26-28 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married…
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December 6th A Prayer of Gratitude
Luke 1: 23-25 23 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. 24 After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in…
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December 5th A Prayer of Confession
Luke 1:20-22 “And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their…
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December 2nd, 2022 - Luke 1:1-16
“A Prayer to Bring Back Many" Luke 1: 13-16 13 “… Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to…
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December 1st, 2022 - Luke 1:5-13
“Luke 1: 5-13 5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was…
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November 30th, 2022 -- Luke 4:14-21
14Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15He was teaching in their synagogues, and…
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November 29th, 2022 -- Isaiah 61:8-11
8“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them. 9Their…
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November 28th, 2022 -- Isaiah 61:1-4
The Year of the Lord’s Favor 1The 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…
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November 25th, 2022 -
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— 8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for…
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November 24th, 2022 - Psalm 100
1-2 On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence. 3 Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn’t…
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November 23rd, 2022 - 1 Thessalonians 5
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do…
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November 22nd, 2022 - Phillippians 4
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but…
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November 21st, 2022 - Luke 17
Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[b] met…
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November 18th, 2022 - Psalm 107
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe…
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November 17th, 2022 - 1 Peter 3
8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On…
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November 16th, 2022 - John 9
24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.” 25 He replied…
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November 15th, 2022 - John 9
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. 15…
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November 14th, 2022 - John 9
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither…
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November 11th, 2022 - Romans 12
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another…
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November 10th, 2022 - Luke 10:1-12
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 told them, “The…
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November 9th, 2022 - Mark 7
31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.[h] 32 There some people…
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November 8th, 2022 - Matthew 25
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him…
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November 7th, 2022 - Luke 10
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when…
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November 4th, 2022 - 1 Corinthians 11
17 In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as…
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November 3rd, 2022 - Romans 12
9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking…
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November 2nd, 2022 - Luke 14
One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. 2 There in front of him was a man suffering from…
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November 1st, 2022 - Luke 15
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes…
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October 31st, 2022 - Luke 5
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left…
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October 28th - Matthew 5:1-10
Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. He said: 3 “Blessed are the…
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October 27th, 2022 - 1 Corinthians 3:5-9
5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the…
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October 26th, 2022 - 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
"19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the…
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October 25th - Luke 19:1-10
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who…
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October 24th, 2022 - Matthew 11:27-30
27 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the…
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Octobter 21, 2022 - 1 Peter 2:9-12
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of…
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October 20th, 2022 - Galatians 5:22-25
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is…
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October 19th, 2022 - 1 John 5:13-15
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in…
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October 18th, 2022, 2 Corinthians 5:14 &16-21
14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. … 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly…
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October 17, 2022, Luke 18.35-42
35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36 When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37 They told…
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October 14, 2022 - Epheisans 6
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 devil’s schemes. 12 For…
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October 13, 2022 - Ephesians 4
29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those…
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October 12, 2022 - Exodus 16
2 In the desert the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in…
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October 11, 2022 - Matthew 13
31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all…
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October 10, 2022 - Luke 12
22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For…
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October 7th, 2022 - Colossians 4
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; 3 praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a…
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October 6th, 2022 - Ezekiel 37
So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a loud noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I…
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October 5th, 2022 - Matthew 5
13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how [d]can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be…
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October 4th, 2022 - Luke 11
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”…
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October 3, 2022 - John 17:1 & 17-23
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father ... Sanctify them (referring to His disciples) in the truth; your word is…
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September 30, 2022 - Luke 24
25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and…
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September 29, 2022 - Matthew 11
25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them…
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September 28, 2022 - Mark 6
30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. 31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not…