Documents
Documents about different biblical subjects
Quiet Times
December 18th, 2006
Attention
Mark 14:37-42
Slept instead of praying
Consistent
- Do spend more time ready spiritually or physically?
- Do you eat consistently?
- Do feed of God’s word first or breakfast?
Journal
Reasons for Journals:
- We forget what we have learned so easily
- Can build a theme
- Helps not to be shallow
- You can see spiritual progress
- See victories
- See where God has blessed
- Help remember painful times
- Have goals and decisions in from of you
Quality
- Is there a promise claimed?
- Is there a command to obey?
- Is there sin to avoid?
- Is there a teaching about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit or other Bible subjects that I need to believe?
- Is there an example to follow or avoid?
- Is there a difficulty to explore?
- Is there something in the passage I need to pray about today?
Quite Place
John 18:1-2
If you do not have a quiet place without interruption your relationship with God will be shallow and limited.
Subjects
What do you need? God has provided all the answers in His word
Subjects to Study:
- Character (David, Moses, Abraham)
- Subject (Faith, Love, Hope)
- Book (Acts, Romans, 2 Timothy)
- One section (Philippians 2:1-11)
- One verse (John 14:6)
Time
Early in the Morning – Mark 1:35
How to get up?
- Alarm method
- Shower first thing
- Go to bed early
- Pray that God will give you the strength to
Why in the morning?
- Show our priority
- Waking thoughts determines the day
- Quietest time of the day
- Cast our burdens (more emotional in the morning)
- Draw on God’s power for what is ahead