Category: THE BENEFITS OF QUIET TIME

  • BECOMING A QUIET PERSON

    I wear several hats. I am a father, a husband, a pastor, a friend, a brother and a son. On some days, I change hats easily. Today I don’t feel like I have done a very good job of balancing the roles of pastor and father. As my two older boys move through high school,…

  • QUIET TIME DISCIPLESHIP

    Dave greeted me in the hall one Wednesday night and asked if I had a few minutes to talk. After a full evening of teaching, I thought about asking him to call me in the morning. But there are times when schedules must be changed. I sensed that this was one of them. His casual…

  • QUIET TIME TOOLS

    Yesterday I noticed several loose doorknobs in our house. I am not particularly handy, but I do have several screwdrivers and a small can of oil. In no time the doorknobs were fixed. In the same way, a few tools can keep our quiet time in good working order. We don’t need to be very…

  • QUIET TIME DYNAMICS

    I once went eight months without a quiet time. It was not a good time in my life, but it was a spiritually powerful time. During this period, I was spiritually nurtured by worship services and Christian friends. I struggled with feelings of guilt but just couldn’t bring myself around. For several months before this…

  • QUIET TIME COMPANIONS

    One of the best ways to enhance our spiritual growth is to share our quiet time with at least one friend—a quiet time companion. Spiritual growth requires that we spend time alone. But once we have spent time alone with God, we need to be able to spend time with other believers. A quiet time…

  • FOLLOWING A QUIET TIME PATTERN

    Now that you have created a quiet time and place, what do youdo during your quiet time? Prayer and Bible study are the mainstays of quiet times. In Bible study we seek to hear what God has to say to us. In prayer we speak back to him. In other words, Bible study and prayer…

  • GETTING ALONE WITH GOD

    If you are like me, getting up in the morning to have a quiet time is difficult. I found it easier to get up for a class when I was in college or, these days, an early-morning breakfast meeting than getting out of bed for a quiet time. We may tell ourselves that we struggle…

  • FINDING A QUIET PLACE

    Several years ago I spoke at a conference in a Beverly Hills church. While taking a walk between sessions, I noticed three churches on nicely landscaped grounds in the space of two blocks on one side of Santa Monica Boulevard. On the other side of Santa Monica Boulevard was Rodeo Drive and the business district.…

  • SETTLING IN GOD’S PRESENCE

    If we want to meet with God, we have to set aside time. This is not easy. Most of us feel that we have too much to do and not enough time. Moreover, our materialistic age teaches us that “time is money.” Unplanned time leads to failure, while controlled time, governed by our purposes and…

  • WHAT IS A QUIET TIME?

    A quiet time is a meeting with God. The presence of God is the birthright of every believer. This is important to fix in your mind. Otherwise quiet time can become merely a set of routines and techniques for Bible study and prayer. As we cultivate a quiet time, we take seriously the pervasive theme…