September 12, 2023 … Quiet Time Daily …

September 12, 2023 …  Quiet Time Daily  …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Michael W Smith singing … This Is the Air I Breathe … poignantly singing of our personal time spent worshipping our Lord. 

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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 37:7a [NLT] … 

7a Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for Him to act.  …  

…King David sings of finding time to quietly trust in God.             

               

Highlight Passage (Context): … Psalms 37:5-7 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… King David sings of His quiet times daily, waiting in quiet for the Lord to act. .                           

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Reference Passage: … Joshua 1:8  [NLT] …  

8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.  

… God gives Joshua His prescription for being successful in carrying out God’s will and that is to meditate on and follow God’s word day and night.   

Reference Passage: … Psalms 139:23-24  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…King David sings of praying that God help him rid himself of any anxious or unGodly thoughts.        

Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:6 [NLT] …  

26 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you..  

… Jesus teaches that His disciples should find a quiet place to pray to God. 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus invites His disciples to gain His strength by coming to rest in Him.           

Reference Passage: … Mark 1:35  [NLT] …  

35 Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray  

… John Mark documents Jesus needing to spend time with His Heavenly Father alone in a quiet place … and if Jesus needed this, so do we!        

                                                                                                                                        

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kimya Loder  … AT THIS LINK …   wrote of how therapeutic it was to experience the absolute solitude of sensory deprivation for a short period of time.  

And God, in His word, is clear (see Scriptures above) that He, … the Lord, … calls on His disciples to find time to be alone and worship God.  It was Jesus’ habit to do that (see Mark 1:35); and if Jesus needed a quiet time with His Heavenly Father often, … so do I … So do we all !!    That’s why you find me here,… EVERY morning,…  launching my day in this quiet place, … seeking God’s wisdom and His peace thru HIs word.         

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being with me each morning in my quiet place.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to find some solitude each day to clear our minds and to rest in Your presence..  … Amen

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