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First, accept that it will be a battle. Accept that you are living on a spiritual battlefield and that the enemy of your soul is determined to take you down. But also accept the fact that you are not in the battle alone. The Savior of your soul is fighting for you and with you. I often feel alone in my battles.
Nov 5, 2020 · Consider using First15 or Daily Audio Bible, two great tools to help get you started. Do your devotions for 21 days. By then it will become a habit. Ask God to give you the desire and discipline to spend time with him each day. Don’t give up. Eventually, you'll discover the blessings of your obedience.
Nov 23, 2022 · To be sure, not everyone has their devotional time first thing in the morning. Some Christians close the day with extended time in the Word and prayer. Some take a lunch hour for devotions. But nearly everyone has experienced missing a day (or more), daydreaming away a prayer time, or skimming Scripture while our mind is elsewhere.
Take baby steps. Begin with just a few minutes a day and increase over time. If you miss a day or days, don’t be discouraged. Just start up again. Your goal is not to achieve a great track record—it’s about trajectory. Pray that God will create in you a deeper desire for Him.
- Start Your Daily Devotional Time with Worship
- A Time to Study
- Christian Meditation Is Also A Part of Your Daily Devotional Time
- Now We Can Ask
- Christians Understand Gratitude
- How Should I Respond?
- Coming Soon – The Drawn to Joy Prayer Journal
God does not ask us to worship Him because he has a weak ego! We worship Him because it aligns our spirit with reality. The truth is that God is all-powerful, all-knowing, protecting, loving, creative and so much more. But we live life as if He were weak and disconnected, or angry and punishing. Our time of worship re-aligns us with the truth of Wh...
Now that your heart is in the right place, you can feed the mind. Bible study and reading are an essential piece of your daily devotional time. Your study time is a chance to expand your understanding. Who is God? What has he said? How have other people related to Him? What is your role? So many questions, so little time! What you learn here become...
One Christian devotional practice that is returning to us recently is Christian Meditation. The secular interest in meditation, for the purposes of relaxing and feeling good, has attracted attention to ancient teachings of Christian Meditation as well. However, we need to be very specific about the differences between Christian Meditation and the E...
James says that we do not have because we do not ask. And if we do ask, we ask wrongly, to spend it on ourselves. This is why we save our prayer of asking for later in our devotional time. We need to align our hearts with God’s heart; his priorities become ours. THEN we know better how to pray. We ask for what we need, and even what we want, becaus...
There has been a trend lately towards “gratitude”. I have been a bit perplexed by that, I have to admit. For someone who has no faith, no belief in a loving God who cares for them, who are they thanking? Who are they grateful to? Who provided the goods? In truth, for a non-believer, gratitude is really nothing more than “thinking positively”, which...
Choosing our response is the best way to end our quiet time with God. We end our daily devotional by agreeing with God about our next steps. I may already know, after everything that came before, what I need to do today. Do I need to ask for help on an attitude that keeps popping up? Do I need to call my Dad? Maybe I need to go for a walk and get s...
I have had a couple of people ask me for sample pages of my prayer journal. It takes a bit of time to create it as a PDF, but I am working now on making those journal pages available as a free download. If this is something you wold be interested in seeing, you can comment here on this page. Another way to connect with me is to go to my page on Fac...
Jan 18, 2019 · As you do this, things will fall into place. 10. You Do You. Not everyone is the same. Find what works for you. As long as you are having that special time with God, and it is helping you grow, you will stay on track. Recently, I have started listening to good Christian music at the end of my devotional time, normally after prayer.
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If events in your day interfere with your usual pattern, find another time to read and reflect, or turn your mind to God by singing a Christian song. Don't let a pattern control you and cause you discomfort. The point is to spend time with God, not to do this in a particular way. Be creative. Try something new from time to time.
