Daily Devotional
Reading The Bible During Your Quiet Time
February 20, 2018
Ponder This
When you read the Bible, read for quality, not quantity. Many people have a goal to read the Bible through in a year or six months. That’s wonderful! Do that. But that should not be a substitute for your quiet time.
Sometimes you might spend your entire time alone with God on one verse. Stop and meditate as you read the Word of God, “What is God telling me?” Not “What does this say?” Of course it says something. But what is God saying to you? Not “What does God want me to tell somebody?” Not “What am I going to teach in Sunday school?” Your quiet time should be a precious time of personal growth and communion with God.
Be a Psalm 1 man or woman whose “delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night” (Psalm 1:2). I encourage you to be one who studies “to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY
Front Porch Moments by Gayle Foster
WITH KEY INSIGHTS FROM HER FATHER, ADRIAN ROGERS
I try to unplug each morning with Jesus with just my rocking chair, my Bible, and a pen.
Having a secret place is very important because I know that Jesus is always there waiting for me. I know where I can find Him! His presence is everywhere, but there are places where it is so thick you can cut it with a knife. You may not even have a front porch, but there is a secret place for you as well. God’s invitations are for anyone who will respond. There is no more important request than the one found in Psalm 27:8: “My heart has heard You say, ‘Come and talk with Me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’”
