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The Importance of the Secret Place

There was once a time when I thought my “Quiet Time” with the Lord had to fit into a prescribed method.  In fact, when I heard about people who avidly set aside time in their “prayer closet,” I always wondered how they did things.  What was the magic structure that made the time right before God?

Was it, like…:

  • 3 minutes – reading daily devotional
  • 14 minutes – reading the Bible
  • 8 minutes – praying, (using the ACTS method, of course!!)
  • ADORATION (15 seconds)
  • CONFESSION (30 seconds)
  • THANKSGIVING (15 seconds)
  • SUPPLICATION (7 minutes)

And, not only that, but I thought my quiet time was “supposed” to take place at a certain time of the day — namely before the crack of dawn — a time in which my body just simply doesn’t seem to want to function!!… Read the rest

Write His Word in Your Heart

I believe Spiritual living has its foundation in many elements, but perhaps the most absolutely fundamental and essential element I have found is in reading the Word of God.  Why would this be the foundation?  Well, because it is God’s very reference book to us that guides every other aspect of our living.
If I want to know how to pray, I can look in God’s Word, and see how Jesus taught us to pray.
If I want to know how to live, I see it as an instruction guide to godly living.
But perhaps the most supernatural and truly splendid “relevance” of the Bible, is that God speaks to us through his written Word.  And, not just when we’re reading it!
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