How to have a personal quiet time
Rev. Samuel S Konjah
1 The LORD said to Moses, "Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
2 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
3 No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain."
4 So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone.
5 The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
8 And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.
9 And he said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
10 And he said, "Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. (Exodus 34:1-10, ESV)
2 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
3 No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain."
4 So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone.
5 The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
8 And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.
9 And he said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
10 And he said, "Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. (Exodus 34:1-10, ESV)
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. (Joshua 1:8, ESV)
To succeed in the Christian life let God speak to you each day. Quiet time is a daily personal time with God. Moses had a quiet time with the Lord. We can get a few quiet time from there(Exodus 34:1-10)
What you will need
* A Bible
* A note book
* A good time
* A note book
* A good time
The best time for quiet time morning. It must be regular - an integral part of your daily routine
*A good place
A place where you can be alone with God
* A daily Bible reading guide (optional)
*A good place
A place where you can be alone with God
* A daily Bible reading guide (optional)
Six steps to effective quiet time
1. Pray to begin
Praise and worship - pray thanking the Lord for another day, thank him for who he is, what he has done and what he can and will do.
Ask God to speak to you using
Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. (Psalm 119:18, ESV)
Praise and worship - pray thanking the Lord for another day, thank him for who he is, what he has done and what he can and will do.
Ask God to speak to you using
Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. (Psalm 119:18, ESV)
16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, (Ephesians 1:16-17, ESV)
2. Read
Read the passage for the day expecting God to speak to you from it
Read the passage for the day expecting God to speak to you from it
*Follow a systematic order going book by book beginning from the New Testament. Read a few verses at a time.
Or
* Take the passage suggested in your your daily reading guide
Or
* Take the passage suggested in your your daily reading guide
3. Meditate
* Think through, ponder over, soberly reflect on what you have read for awhile
How to do effective meditation
Look through the passage again for as many of the following as possible:
# What does the passage teach me about the nature of God: the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit?
# Is there a promise for you to believe, and so claim, taking careful note of any conditions attached.
# Is there a command for you to obey, or a good example for you to follow?
# Is there a warning to you to heed or bad example for you to avoid?
# Is there a prayer for you to pray or remember?
* Think through, ponder over, soberly reflect on what you have read for awhile
How to do effective meditation
Look through the passage again for as many of the following as possible:
# What does the passage teach me about the nature of God: the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit?
# Is there a promise for you to believe, and so claim, taking careful note of any conditions attached.
# Is there a command for you to obey, or a good example for you to follow?
# Is there a warning to you to heed or bad example for you to avoid?
# Is there a prayer for you to pray or remember?
4. Use your Bible reading guide (optional)
Now refer to your daily reading guide eg. Daily Guide, Daily Manna, Daily Power, Daily Bread and Light for our path. You will get further ideas about the passage
Now refer to your daily reading guide eg. Daily Guide, Daily Manna, Daily Power, Daily Bread and Light for our path. You will get further ideas about the passage
5. Write down lessons
Write down in your notebook any points or lessons you have learnt from the day's passage which you will like to remember as God's message to you that day
Write down in your notebook any points or lessons you have learnt from the day's passage which you will like to remember as God's message to you that day
6. Pray to end
Finish with prayer, turning sentences from the passage into your own prayers and thanking God for what he has taught you. Remember to pray for your family, church, your pastor and the general work of God
Finish with prayer, turning sentences from the passage into your own prayers and thanking God for what he has taught you. Remember to pray for your family, church, your pastor and the general work of God
7. Memory verse
Write out the verse that particularly brings out the lesson for the day and memorize it. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (Colossians 3:16, ESV)
Write out the verse that particularly brings out the lesson for the day and memorize it. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (Colossians 3:16, ESV)
8. Be a doer of the word
God has spoken to you. Now you need to do something about what he says. Let what you learnt during the daily quiet time become a guide for what you believe and how you will behave. It is most essential to practice what you read from the Bible. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1:22, ESV)
God has spoken to you. Now you need to do something about what he says. Let what you learnt during the daily quiet time become a guide for what you believe and how you will behave. It is most essential to practice what you read from the Bible. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1:22, ESV)
God bless us all. I pray for you and myself that the spirit of the Lord will make us read, meditate, and be doer of the word and also always stand to pray with the word.
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