Four Reasons You Never Follow Through With ‘Quiet Time’

Four Reasons You Never Follow Through With ‘Quiet Time’ – “Here are four reasons you probably don’t follow through with quiet time, as well as what you should do instead.”

How to Interpret the Bible: The COMA Bible Study Method

How to Interpret the Bible: The COMA Bible Study Method – Here’s a idea for your Bible study. It might freshen up your method.

 

 

Spiritual Renewal Through Fasting

Spiritual Renewal Through Fasting – “Fasting, when practiced with sincerity and a humble heart, can lead to spiritual breakthroughs. It fosters intimacy with God, cleanses the soul, and heightens spiritual awareness.” Though written for pastors, there are relevant prompts and applications for us all.

Quiet Time and Evangelism: How Much Is Enough?

Quiet Time and Evangelism: How Much Is Enough? – He answers both questions well and with more grace than you probably expect.

 

Are You Experiencing Bible Poverty?

Are You Experiencing Bible Poverty? – “There are two kinds of Bible poverty in the world: first, the poverty of those who don’t have God’s Word in their own language; and second, the poverty of being surrounded by Bibles, but not reading them.”

Five Blessings of Marking Up Your Bible

Five Blessings of Marking Up Your Bible – There are helpful encouragements here.

3 Reasons to Read the Bible First Thing in the Morning

3 Reasons to Read the Bible First Thing in the Morning – “In a perfect world, then, we would all make the time first thing in the morning to spend time in God’s Word…Why is it worth it? Let me suggest three reasons.”

How Routine Awakens Devotion

How Routine Awakens Devotion – This is a helpful treatment of how the spiritual disciplines actually serve to awaken passion, rather than restrict it.

Attack at Dawn: The Spiritual War Against Ordinary Devotions

Attack at Dawn: The Spiritual War Against Ordinary Devotions – “Ordinary devotions are nothing less than war.”

Why We Are Tempted Not to Pray

Why We Are Tempted Not to Pray – “Prayer should stupefy us. ‘You mean, this all-powerful God who keeps galaxies spinning is interested in you telling him about your day and might alter the course of the entire cosmos because you asked him if you could have a parking space?’ Yes.”

 

We Need Every Word

We Need Every Word – “I want to feast on the Bible passages I love, the ones that make me feel some note of pleasure or comfort. I want the reminders that I’m loved, the encouragements to hold fast, and the songs of praise that remind me of God’s faithfulness. I don’t always want the lists or the history or the stories that don’t seem to affect me.”

‘Just Not Feeling It’: How Routine Awakens Devotion

‘Just Not Feeling It’: How Routine Awakens Devotion – “We will sit before an open Bible not wanting to read or pray, perhaps wanting to do anything else instead. And right there, in the midst of a difficult routine, God may revive our drooping feelings with a word.”

10 Reasons We Should Practice Solitude

10 Reasons We Should Practice Solitude – “If we are to live as true followers of Jesus, we will be intentional about the practice of solitude. Let’s look at 10 different times in Jesus’ life when he made solitude a priority.”

How to Walk With the Wise

How to Walk With the Wise – “From the book of Proverbs, the book of wise sayings, here are four characteristics to look for in people for the walk.”

 

When You Don’t Want to Read Your Bible

When You Don’t Want to Read Your Bible – “If you struggle with wanting to read your Bible and you don’t know why, make a change.”

On the Crushing Guilt of Failing at Quiet Time

On the Crushing Guilt of Failing at Quiet Time – “What does not serve God’s people well is the unstated (and sometimes stated) assumption—put upon us by others or by ourselves—that Christianity is only for super-disciplined neatniks who get up before dawn, redeem every minute of the day, and have very organized sock drawers.”

Are You Ever Quiet? Relearning a Lost and Holy Habit

Are You Ever Quiet? Relearning a Lost and Holy Habit – “How will we hear birdsong, that symphony of the Father’s care for creation, if we are never quiet? How can we attend to God’s still, small voice whispering wisdom in his word if our hearts never stop murmuring? We have a great need for silence.”

Resisting the Inner Skeptic in Our Bible Reading

Resisting the Inner Skeptic in Our Bible Reading – “Seek in all your reading and praying in the Bible not just to know truth, but to see the glory of Christ.”

The Simplest Way to Grow Your Love of the Bible

The Simplest Way to Grow Your Love of the Bible – “The way to grow in our love of God’s Word is through reading God’s Word.”

The Bible and Wallpaper

The Bible and Wallpaper – “Don’t let the Bible become like wallpaper! We should be excessively familiar with the Bible, but we should never be bored. We have to fight and lean into our time in God’s word.”