Resource: This is a short, easy read by By Gregory Koukl that explains the value of reading more than one verse during quiet time. According to Greg, it is “the most important thing I could ever teach you.” He goes on: “If there was one bit of wisdom, one rule of thumb, one single skill [...]
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Weekend Resource: Never Read a Bible Verse
Posted in Bible Study, Biblical Solutions, Quiet time, Recommended Reading, Weekend Resource on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Quiet time: Reading my glorified newspaper
Posted in Bible Study, Biblical Solutions, Quiet time on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have I turned the Bible into a glorified newspaper, approaching it with a heart attitude that has sucked the life out of my quiet time? I was reading THIS last night, and it occurred to me that when I approach God’s word, often I am coming to read instead of commune. Psalm 119, as the [...]
Taste and See: Part 4 – The Word
Posted in Bible Study, Biblical Solutions, Taste and See on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” If out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks (Luke 6:45)…and we are feeding our heart poison, what comes from our mouth? We might be temped to say, “I don’t talk about inappropriate and vulgar things, I don’t cuss much,” but does [...]
Weekend Resource: 7 Minutes with God
Posted in Bible Study, Biblical Solutions, Quiet time, Weekend Resource on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Resource: 7 Minutes with God: How to plan a daily quiet time, by Robert D. Foster (Navigators) Take a moment and think of someone you know who only been told why to have a quiet time, not how. This pamphlet is concise and effective in explaining the why’s and how’s of a quiet time. In [...]
Deeper
Posted in Bible Study, Biblical Solutions, Complacency, Faith, Quiet time on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Father, in Your faithfulness, teach me Your statues. Expand my narrow horizons so that I can filled with the all the fullness of God. Please give me a faith that is deeper, stronger, and battle tested. I ask that you bless me with a mind that constantly has an unanswered question, causing me to seek [...]
