Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: God made me with shortcomings on purpose. My NOTES: When I try to do something I’m not hard wired to do, I short circuit. I feel inadequate and incompetent. I feel stupid. “We all have different gifts according to the grace given us.” Romans 12:6 “My worth doesn’t come come my accomplishments …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: You can’t neglect Christ and expect life after death. My NOTES: “No one means to die unsaved- they just didn’t get around to it. You can’t decide to live for Christ when you are unconscious and drugged to relieve pain. You can’t live dead and expect life after death.” C. Spurgeon- ‘Talks …
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Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Watch for God stories today so I have ‘real time’ examples to share tomorrow. My NOTES: “May I pay attention to what God is doing today; so that my “God story” is current – not just something that happed a long time ago.” Sylvia Gunter paraphrase “Praise the LORD, my soul, and …
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Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Disregarding God’s discipline brings disaster. My NOTES: “Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understand.” Proverbs 15:32 “TAKE CARE NOW. It’s easier to keep health than to rebuild it. Take care of my mind, body, spirit.” My thought from Prov. 15 “A fool despises a father’s …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Personalized prayer is powerful. My NOTES: “This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.” Psalm 34:6 “A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all.” Psalm 34:19 Try personalizing this Scripture. Put your name or the name …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: God will ‘cut the grass’ when we least expect it. My NOTES: “… people are like grass, … the grass withers… but the word of the Lord endures forever.” 1 Peter 1:24 cut up “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Matthew 24:35 & Luke 21:33 …
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Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Small acts of kindness reveal God’s greatest love. My NOTES: “May God make use of me today in my thoughts, words and actions.” John Baillie “God won’t make me like Jesus- I have to do it. He wants my attention all the time – not just when I have nothing else to …
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Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Remember: God wants me to think more about Him and others than I think about myself. My NOTES: “May I not forget God when I close my Bible and open my to do list.” John Baillie “The princess has to enter heaven the same way as the prostitute. Entry requires repentance & …
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Share God With Us Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: My trauma today can give hope to others tomorrow. My NOTES: “… the very depths were convulsed. … the earth trembled and quaked. Your path let through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.” Psalm 77:16b & 19 “I will remember …
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Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Jesus considers us family. My NOTES: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,…” Matthew 6:9 As Father’s Day approaches, consider that Jesus counts us together with him when he says OUR Father- we are all included! God you are not like a human father, You Are: Abba Father – Balm of …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Unexpectedly show kindness to your friend’s children. My NOTES: “Kindness is love in work clothes. Unexpected kindness is the most powerful.” N. Gumbel “I will show kindness to Hanun…just as his father showed kindness to me.” 2 Samual 10:2 cut up David asked, “Is there anyone still left in the house of …
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Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Honesty leads to wisdom. My NOTES: “You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part you will make me to know your wisdom.” Psalm 51:6 NKJV “Wisdom comes from being honest with yourself.” TWFYT My TAKEAWAY: Honesty leads to wisdom.
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Jesus prays for me to be faithful through my failures so I can encourage others. My NOTES: “I can’t be trusted with myself, yet God trusts me. I’m a simple shell full of dust created to bring Him glory.” Valley of Vision “God uses our mistakes to develop us, the devil uses …
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Share God With Us Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: No matter what I do each day – peace comes only when I live by His justice system. Peace comes through justice. My NOTES: “The LORD’S justice will dwell in the desert,… The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.” …
Quiet Time TAKEAWAY: Let God fill you up, so you go where he plans. My NOTES: “… dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! I will make breath enter you and you will come to life, ….I will put my Spirit in you and you will live … I have done it, …” Ezekiel …
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