Sandy’s quite time is enriched by several devotionals. The postings here are her thoughts and prayers, a “putting it all together’ part of her day. May it bless you too.
Quiet Time Takeaway Hope is what exposes our Faith. My Notes: “Remember Kodak film? Faith is like that, it’s developed in the dark. It’s the dark moments that expose what your faith looks like. ” TWFYT “We all hope for something.” “Hope has three parts: An assessment, (what is broken), An object, (who / what …
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAYS He makes us all so different! But His love stitches us all together, like a crazy quilt. MY NOTES: “God gives us gifts, ‘just as he wanted them to be.’ “ 1 Cor. 12:18 “Gifts are given so we can serve others.” Bible note 1 Cor. 12:13 “But to each one of …
He makes us all so different! But His love stitches us all together, like a crazy quilt. Read More »
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAYS Persevere. God’s adoption is forever, this world’s trials are not. MY NOTES: “It is utterly incomprehensible to grasp God’s love towards us! Yet the God of ALL creation offers us adoption! That’s incredible! Take a moment to try to Grasp His Amazing Grace! You are His.” Paul D. Trip “I have summoned …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAYS God wants us to know Him completely, no empty corners. MY NOTES: “It’s not possible to air condition just a few square feet of a room- it’s the whole room or nothing. I think the Holy Spirit is like that – He wants to fill us completely.” (My random thought) “I can’t …
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QUIET TIME WORD Steadfast My Notes: “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:1 Steadfast can mean: to cast as in molten metal, to stiffen, to settle down. To be of long continuance, permanent, stable. To be sure, immovable, … to sit. All this as I’m …
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAYS God loves me enough to participate in my life – Sometimes it doesn’t feel like love … MY NOTES: “Love is a choice that requires action.” TWFYT “Let us love … with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 “We can’t substitute prayer for participation.” Prayer The Real Battle “God’s love can …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAYS If I open my heart to God I can expect Him to make good on His promises. MY NOTES: “We can’t just add God to an already full life, He wants to stretch us. “ Experiencing God “… stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back;…” Isa. 54:2 “Pray Scripture specifically, …
If I open my heart to God I can expect Him to make good on His promises. Read More »
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAYS There is power in praise! MY NOTES: “Praise is the most powerful force God gives us to combat evil. Yet our fears block praise.” “Rejoice Evermore, Christ has won the war.” God Calling “As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men…who were invading…and they were defeated.” …
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAYS Courage takes love. MY NOTES: “Courage is what shows up at the testing point of every virtue. At that moment we show who we love most, self or others.” ” It takes an incredible ethos love to lay down your life for another. “ “Only great courage combats great evil.” “No one …
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAYS God gave us the rules. How I live today matters in eternity. MY NOTES: “The choices we make now determine the choices we will or won’t have in life to come.” Greg Laurie “A man reaps what he sows.” Gal 6:7 “It’s either eternal destruction or eternal life. God tells us the …
God gave us the rules. How I live today matters in eternity. Read More »
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Interceding is holding others up to God when they are crushed down. MY NOTES: “In light of this week’s tragedy- God gave me all this today … …crushing hard week.” “Intercession is not petition, it’s position.” “The classroom of prayer is in the school of suffering.” “You see things differently through eyes …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: My best decision is to trust God’s Spirit in me to make all my decisions. MY NOTES: “Enthusiasm in Greek is ‘en Theos’, meaning God within.” TWFYT “There is no limit to what God can do with me if I let Him choose .” “Sometimes my ‘good’ choices aren’t the best for …
My best decision is to trust God’s Spirit in me to make all my decisions. Read More »
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Faithfulness in love takes action. MY NOTES: “We must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” 2 Cor. 5:10 “In this Scripture, bad means worthless. So I ask, …
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: God continues to offer me Himself through His Word. He wants it in me. MY NOTES: “God didn’t give up on Adam and Eve, He won’t give up on me either. I can’t be what He intended if I live without His heart in me.” Paul David Tripp “Jesus won’t accept my …
God continues to offer me Himself through His Word. He wants it in me. Read More »
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Who controls my life’s pump? Do I drink earth’s or eternity’s water? MY NOTES: “An old surface pump requires us to prime it and then pump a lot to get the water to rise up. But in an artesian well it just springs up.” (Which water do I desire? The one with …
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