How to Develop a Quiet Time: A Forty Day Journey
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
How would you describe your personal devotional time? Is it in a dry spell of religious reading, or is it a refreshing encounter with the presence of God? How to Establish a Quiet Time: A Forty Day Journey isn't about religious ritual or duty. It is all about building a more intimate, enjoyable, and satisfying time with the Lord. It is a forty-day adventure in making your time with God more meaningful and satisfying. Experts tell us over and over that it takes about six weeks to establish a habit—or approximately forty days. On the other side of those days lies a radically different relationship with God. Quiet Time features forty daily devotional readings designed to challenge your thinking and prompt your meeting with God. Each day, you will see truths from Scripture to ponder, guided prayer to help you know what you want to talk to God about, and personal application to facilitate life-change. Each daily encounter is woven into six weekly themes including: • The Principle of Pursuit • The Principle of Adoration • The Principle of Conviction and Confession • The Principle of Thanksgiving • The Principle of Faith • The Principle of Supplication
Top Highlights
“Knowledge about Him sidetracked me from knowing Him. Information became an end in itself instead of a means to an end.” (Pages 1–2)
“For Jesus, time with God was a priority, but He was flexible enough to adjust to the changing schedule of a busy life.” (Page 15)
“We see in the lives of the saints as well as the Savior, the choice to carve out time to spend with God” (Page 14)
“ Following Christ always leads to ministry. If not, we are not fully following Him.” (Page 18)
“Our Father’ also reminds me that my prayer to God is affected by my relationship with His children (see Matthew 6:14). The phrase ‘who is in heaven’ reminds me that God is in heaven and I am not. He can see what I cannot see, and He thinks not temporally but eternally, whereas many of my requests are for temporal, short-term good that may not be best in an eternal sense.” (Pages 131–132)