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.
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 …
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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 …
Our QT takeaway: 070420 • There are two sides for everything on earth – yet God’s Grace is offered to all. My notes: ‘For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection – and no angel or spirit; but Pharisees confess both.’ Acts 23:8 – May I not be an evangelical hypocrite, who sins more safely …
Our QT takeaway: 070620 • True Faith, not status, chisels our life’s hard corners. My notes: – I have believed the false god of self. May I be chiseled from the old rock where I’ve been embedded for so long. (Valley of Vision) – Faith often requires us to leave things alone- if we have …
Our QT Takeaway: 071520 • Fear indifference to God – Faith requires courage. My notes: – It is 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 …
Our QT Takeaway: 070720 • Confident courage learned through hard times … changes us – for the better. My notes: – We hope to find that reservoir of courage, determination, and nobility when life puts us to the test. – We long for authenticity, genuine humility, and quiet confidence.(Cowboy Ethics) ‘In quietness and confidence shall …
Our QT Takeaway: 071020 • God is in charge – I am not. My notes: – Thank you, Jesus, you enable me to abide with you in my valleys. (Valley of Vision) – May I hold my character higher than my circumstances. (Valley) ‘I called to him, but he did not answer.’ (Song of Songs …
Our 1 min QT Takeaway:070820 • A life molded by true worship of God – earnestly seeks to serve God. My notes: – You can know about God, and not know God. (J. Kane) – Worship is not the entertainment of man, but the exaltation of God. (Tweet: Steven Lawson) – … every task as …
Our QT 1-minute takeaway: 071420 • God is Timeless- my ‘lifequakes’ are not. My notes: – O God, the Eternal All, help me to know all things are shadows, but thou art substance. (Valley of Vision) – Stop struggling for salvation and simply trust. (Streams in the Desert) – God is without initial date or …
Our one-minute Takeaway: 100519 • Saving Hope is from Jesus My notes: – I read my pardon in the wounds of Jesus (Valley) – God promises never to disinherit us (God Calling) – “Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t heal.” (Thomas Moore) – Jesus came to deliver me from sin, yet I refuse him… …
Our 1 Minute Takeaway: 100919 • Guard my minutes to be useful to Gods concerns My notes: – Oh Jesus, guard the doors of my heart from Satan’s attacks, give me discernment of his deadly sins. (Valley of Vision) – Life’s experiences draw us to God: Joy-Sorrow, Difficulty-Success, Hardship-Ease, Danger-Safety. (God Calling) – ‘Learn to …
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