Quite Time Thoughts….

Our 1 QT takeaway: 061320 • Listen to those loyal to the Lord if you want a lasting legacy. (Solomon and Jeroboam listened to the wrong people and lost all.) My notes: – Rest is not stagnation or inactivity (Streams in the🌵) ‘But Solomon … was not loyal to the Lord.’ … ‘But he (Jeroboam) […]

Our 1 QT takeaway: 061420 • Peace comes from a profound faith decision. My notes: – Faith is the only road between my soul and heaven. — Faith honors God, and God honors Faith. (Charles H. Spurgeon) – May I submit to thee in every trial and have peace in thee amidst life’s changes. (Valley […]

Our QT takeaway: 061520 • My actions reveal my attitude toward Almighty God. My notes: – May I pay attention to my motives … my character matters. (Valley of Vision) ‘You have made yourselves other gods … and cast me behind your back.’ 1 Kings 14:8-9 cut up ‘I heard the voice of the Lord […]

Our 1 QT takeaway: 061620 • To live in peace, do what is right in God’s sight. My notes: ‘Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.’ Psa. 133:1 “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who […]

Our 1 QT takeaway: 061720 • The clamor of our idols robs us of peace. My notes to distill: – Rest in Me before I get crowded out and your troubles take over. (God Calling) ‘Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise’. Psalm 100:4 ‘The idols of the nations are gold and […]

Our 1 QT Takeaway: 061820 • Accepting God’s love removes our self-rejection. My notes: ‘Though you have made me see troubles…you will restore my life again. Psalm 71:20 – Living in fear of rejection ultimately causes that very rejection you wanted to avoid. (Church Devotional) – You teach people how to value you by how […]

Our 1 QT takeaway: 062220• God sends his loving assurance…He is with us. My notes:‘Do not be afraid, for I am with you.’ Isa. 43:5 ‘All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.’ Psalm 139:16 ‘… my peace I give you. …Do not let your […]

Our 1 QT takeaway: 062320 • Our expectations of control distract us from God My notes: ‘Indeed’, … ‘He will surely come out to me, wave his hand over the place and heal the leprosy.’ 2 Kings 5:12 – BUT Elisha didn’t do what Naaman had expected and Naaman became furious because his expectations were […]

Our QT takeaway: 062420 • God will help us if we ask, he is waiting for us. My notes to distill: ‘Don’t be afraid,’ the prophet answered, ‘Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.’ 2 Kings 6:16 ‘Concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.’ Isa. 45:11 (Streams […]

Our 1 QT takeaway: 062620 • Following God’s guidance in the small things – changes the big things. My notes: – Your Spirit strives to warn me, but I ignore you to my own hurt. (Valley of Vision) ‘Show me the way I should go…’ Psalm 143:8b – Those around us are often antagonized or […]

Our 1 QT Takeaway: 062720 • Faithlessness stems from self-centeredness. My notes to distill: – You can’t be more like Jesus if you keep staring at yourself. (Bob Goff) – God’s faithfulness does not change with my mood. -God has made believing a condition of receiving. – Prayer without faith degenerates into aimless routine. (Streams […]

Our 1 QT Takeaway: 062820 • Be encouraged, God uses all our times for his glory. Do I do the same? My notes: – Woe to those so busy saving the world, they ignore the needs of those closest to them. (Church devotional paraphrased) – Refusing worthless activities sounds ruthless – but so is the […]

• Fear indifference to God – Faith requires courage. My notes: – It’s the law of the farm, you can’t fake a harvest. (Note from my journal) – When my only fear is that my faith may fail- that is genuine faith indeed. (Streams in the Desert) – Lord, sit at the furnace mouth to […]

Our QT Takeaway: 062820 • My peace cannot be stolen; my things can be. My notes: – Solomon tells us there’s a ‘time to gain and a time to lose.’ (Church devo.) (Next 3 notes – Crosswalk) – Happiness is not dependent on your circumstances, it’s dependent on you depending on Jesus in your circumstances. […]

Our QT 1-minute takeaway:070320 • A roadblock can crush you, or you can rely on God to crush it. My notes: – Daniel’s 3 friends would rather die for God, than live with the Devil. (Daniel 3:16) ‘The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear? Prov. 18:14 – Approach […]