Quiet Time.
Is that even possible?
It is crucial in your walk with Christ.
Yet life is so loud, busy, full.
"I don’t
want to be legalistic about it so I’m just not going to do
it."
You don’t do that in any other area of your life.
If you have a job are there days that you don’t want to go to work but you do it anyway? Why?
Because you get a paycheck.
There is a tangible reminder that even though you don’t want to do it, you gain something from it at the end.
How much more valuable are the Scriptures?
The moment we stop looking at the scriptures as the key to figuring out your situation and start looking at them as the lifeline to the father, then we start to see them as valuable."- Matt Chandler
I am not a morning person. At all.
I use to try waking up early to have my quiet time.
I would yawn during the entire thing, due to the fact that I was not fully awake, nothing resonated in my heart.
I would end quickly in order to go back to sleep.
It did not work, to say the least.
I felt guilty.
Growing up, I had never heard of anyone having a quiet time unless it was in the morning hours.
Nights.
These are the hours I prefer to have my quiet time.
I get to reflect on the day, read Scripture, and see how God's promises showed out that day.
I get to thank Him for what He did and prepare for the next day.
I usually decide on a sermon series from a pastor that I like and listen to one each night.
I print the sermon out and read along while I listen.
When I was younger, I was always given 365 days of quiet times, and other books similar to those.
That would last for about ten days and then I would miss a few days, get so far behind that I would just quit.
Until recently...
I found a quiet time book that I absolutely love.
I don't ever want to put it down.
It is called Coffee With God by Sarah Arthur.
If you have a hard time getting into the habit of a quiet time..
I would encourage you to go buy this book, it is worth every penny.
Is that even possible?
It is crucial in your walk with Christ.
Yet life is so loud, busy, full.
"I don’t
want to be legalistic about it so I’m just not going to do
it."You don’t do that in any other area of your life.
If you have a job are there days that you don’t want to go to work but you do it anyway? Why?
Because you get a paycheck.
There is a tangible reminder that even though you don’t want to do it, you gain something from it at the end.
How much more valuable are the Scriptures?
The moment we stop looking at the scriptures as the key to figuring out your situation and start looking at them as the lifeline to the father, then we start to see them as valuable."- Matt Chandler
I am not a morning person. At all.
I use to try waking up early to have my quiet time.
I would yawn during the entire thing, due to the fact that I was not fully awake, nothing resonated in my heart.
I would end quickly in order to go back to sleep.
It did not work, to say the least.
I felt guilty.
Growing up, I had never heard of anyone having a quiet time unless it was in the morning hours.
Nights.
These are the hours I prefer to have my quiet time.
I get to reflect on the day, read Scripture, and see how God's promises showed out that day.
I get to thank Him for what He did and prepare for the next day.
I usually decide on a sermon series from a pastor that I like and listen to one each night.
I print the sermon out and read along while I listen.
When I was younger, I was always given 365 days of quiet times, and other books similar to those.
That would last for about ten days and then I would miss a few days, get so far behind that I would just quit.
Until recently...
I found a quiet time book that I absolutely love.
I don't ever want to put it down.
It is called Coffee With God by Sarah Arthur.
If you have a hard time getting into the habit of a quiet time..
I would encourage you to go buy this book, it is worth every penny.
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