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