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 [...]
10 Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health
Posted in Biblical Solutions, Quiet time, Recommended Reading on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
10 questions to ask yourself Donald Whitney, in his book, Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health, poses 10 questions. 1. Do you thirst for God? 2. Are you governed increasingly by God’s Word? 3. Are you more loving? 4. Are you more sensitive to God’s presence? 5. Do you have a growing concern for [...]
Weekend Resource: Bible reading plans written with grace in mind
Posted in Quiet time, Weekend Resource on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Resource: The following 3 Bible reading plans, from the Navigators, are great tools to help the reader stay on track progressing through the Bible. The highlight of these plans, from my experience, is that the reader is NOT required to read every single day of the month. Writing a Bible reading plan with grace in [...]
Weekend Resource: 18 tricks to memorize more scripture
Posted in Bible Memory, Biblical Solutions, Quiet time, Weekend Resource on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Resource: 18 Tricks to Memorize More Scripture, by Demian Farnworth. Farnworth gives not only the reasoning behind the importance of Bible memory, but also goes further and gives 18 highly practical tricks for making Bible memory easier and more effective. Recently, I have spent time writing about the importance of the Word in our fight [...]
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 [...]
