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: Prayer unleashes God’s promise of power to handle my problems. MY NOTES: I focus more on my problem than on God’s promise and power. (Experiencing God) “These people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me.” Isa. 29:13, Mat 15:8 “Jesus always prayed before he handled his problems. …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: God does all the work to soften my heart but he won’t force me to accept His love. TODAY’S NOTES ALL FROM: Charles Spurgeon’s book: ‘Talks to Farmers’ “Paying attention to your business without paying attention to God is a bit like trying to plough your field without a horse. “ “A …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Our comparison compromises the monumental things God is doing in us individually. MY NOTES: “Jesus had just told Peter of his martyrdom; yet immediately Peter wanted to compare himself with John asking, ‘Lord, what about him?” John 21:21 (Experiencing God) Take care not to care more about how God handles others than …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: God will wash the slime out of our dead hearts. MY NOTES: “A lake with only an inlet dies … it must have a flow to have life. (Think of the Sea of Galilee and Dead Sea.) We are similar in our need to be continually filled with the Holy Spirit or …
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: God doesn’t try to be politically correct, but He is always correct. MY NOTES: “Be aghast at Who I disregard in favor of my own opinion.” William Grunall “Political correctness says: ‘tickle my ears, but don’t step on my toes!” TWFYT “Preach God’s message. It may not popular but it’s still true.” …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: My conscience wants to obey Jesus more than I do…. MY NOTES: “Our conscience always knows best, don’t debate it.” O. Chambers “…there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. So I strive…to keep my conscience clear before God and men.” Acts 24:15-16 “Being ‘nice’ on the outside …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Life tends to harden us. But my heart can soften as I get older if I am tenacious in prayer. MY NOTES: We can live spiritually dehydrated. (Like an old scratchy sponge.) S. Gunter and my note “In prayer, there are no impossibilities. “ Brother Andrew “My strength lies solely in my …
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: My idol isn’t hidden from God’s sight. My obedience to it makes it obvious. MY NOTES: “God tells us not to have idols, yet our lack of obedience to Him reveals our lack of love for Him.” G. Laurie “You shall have no other gods before me.” Exo. 20:3 “Prepare to obey …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: God’s Favor can rest upon you! Hallelujah!! MY NOTES: Our family is on our ‘Trip of the year.’ … so my notes are short. When this happens I fall back on our ‘Family Blessing’ to start my day: “May God bless you and keep you, May His face shine upon you, May …
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Sometimes the truth is hard to accept. MY NOTES: “Jesus has incredible audacity… meaning he is confident, daring, shocking, or even seems rude, but it is only through his boldness in the Truth that we can claim the un-claimable.” God Calling – paraphrased “Come to me and I will give you rest.” …
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Don’t do good deeds just to prove you are good … do them to prove you know God is good. MY NOTES: “This is confusing: … We think if we do right, we will be all right in eternity. But it’s what Christ did, not what we do, that makes us righteous.” …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: Christ’s rising gives us His life; when I rise each morning I can give Him mine. MY NOTES: “The Bible doesn’t just contain the Word of God; It IS the Word of God! Joshua Nations – Core curriculum “My day would change if I woke up thinking: “The One who created EVERYTHING …
Christ’s rising gives us His life; when I rise each morning I can give Him mine. Read More »
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: If I pay attention during silent times I will see His faithfulness. MY NOTES: “When the LORD saw that he (Moses) had gone over for a look, God called to him…” Exo. 3:14 I know that when I’m absorbed in my work, not expecting God – He is there. “I will send …
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QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: I can be unmasked, completely intimate with God, and he never ignores me. God sees all of me and still loves me. … MY NOTES: “Prayer is being intimate with God…no walls to hide behind-no image management. – – – Prayer opens my heart naked in God’s presence.” Experiencing God-Paraphrased “Your Father …
QUIET TIME TAKEAWAY: “What if I looked for God as often as I look for my phone?” MY NOTES: “Sin covers itself with delicious bait; so God tells us to ‘Keep your heart will all vigilance…” Proverbs 4:23 “Consider the connection between what God’s Word convicts me of and what I need to confess.” Experiencing …
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