You can’t serve a God you don’t know! A Christian friend of mine once said, “Unless you spend time in the Word of God and prayer, you are defeated already.”
Set aside a time each day to spend with the Lord.
Some of you may feel like you don’t want to read the Bible and pray at all. Maybe you feel like you can’t. It’s okay. Start where you are. Ask Our Lord for His help. He knows where you are in your walk with Him and cares about your struggles.
Just spend a few moments in the morning and a few moments in the evening with Him. Begin with just 5 minutes with Him and build from there. Set the amount of time that works for you and build up more time from there.
It doesn’t take long to read and ponder a few verses. Try to see what the verse is saying. Then pray about your day. Just talk to God. Be very earnest. Tell Him how you truly feel and what your desires and needs are. Ask Him to reveal Himself.
Many dedicated, Spirit-filled Christians get up one to two hours prior to starting their day and have a quiet time with Him. Two hours may be too long for you and that’s okay. Whatever time you decide on, try to keep it daily.
Personally I find the morning works best for me. After my day begins, there are too many distractions for me to concentrate. I find it harder to think and ponder the things of the Lord later in the day. What is the best time for you? If evening or mid-day is better for you, make that your main time with the Lord.
Study the Bible. Always see what He is saying to you in every verse. Start a life journal and spiritual notebook; write down what the Lord says to you and what you learn and feel. I encourage you to underline verses that really are important to you and add notes in your Bible.
Pray and ask God to open your mind to the scriptures. Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. (Luke 24:45)
●If you don’t know where to begin; start reading the book of John in the New Testament.
●When you come across a verse that is speaking to you, write it down on a 3x5 index card and meditate on it throughout your day. See the section the One Minute Christian for more on this.
●After you have finished reading and studying, go back and ponder the verses you have underlined or written down for that day.
●Listen for Him to speak to you. Be open to His voice. Keep your journal ready to enter things that He tells you in the Spiritual Notes section. As He speaks, write it down.
●As you have your time with the Lord, something may come to mind that you have to do today or something you don’t want to forget. Write it down, so you remember and then get back to your time with Him. Remember, there will be distractions, but God will reward your quiet time you spend with Him.
Reading the Bible will renew your mind: Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. (Rm. 12:1)
Spend a consistent time with Our Lord each day reading His Word.
You will see that the more you read, the clearer it becomes. All the precious promises will be real; lessons will be learned.
Reading God’s Word and listening to Him will be a very important part of your time with Him.
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight. (Phil. 1:9)
We have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will…growing in the knowledge of Him. (Col. 1:9)
Put on the new self, which is being renewed in the knowledge in the image of its Creator. (Col. 3:10)
The Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. (Ps. 119:105)
Pray. God is near us whenever we pray to Him! (Deut. 4 7) Prayer is just talking with God.
On the pages that follow on prayer and the Prayer Journal there is a place to record prayer requests in many different categories.
Pray them every day.
Record the answers to prayers also. Then, every few weeks go over your past requests and see how the Lord has worked and answered. It is a great time to praise Him for all He has done in your life!
Communication gives you a chance to speak to God, and a chance for him to speak to you. Remember, prayer is just talking to and with the Lord. God spoke to Moses as a friend. The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to a friend. (Ex. 33:11) If you spend time each day reading His Word and praying to the King of Kings, He will speak to you and you will hear Him.
The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me. (John 10:27)
●Just be still, very still and just listen for God to speak to you…and He will. “Be still, and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)
●Try to have a time during the day when you just read the Word. Just absorb by reading. See the section in this book on “Reading Your Bible Through.” Some days one or two verses will really “speak to your heart.” Other days, you may want to read a chapter or more. Do what works for you.
●When you can, read a complete book of the Bible in one sitting. This will help you understand the context and continuity of the writing.
●If your main quiet time is in the morning, just before bed, pick any verse that has meaning to you and meditate on it. Ponder it. Go to sleep with it on your mind.
●Carry a New Testament with you. Carry this book with you also, it has the complete book of Ephesians toward the back. You never know when you will free time and can read a few verses or study one of the chapters in this book. When the Lord tells your something write it in the journal at the end of this book.
●Mark your Bible, underline and write in the margins. Put the date and your comments next to verses. A fine line ballpoint pen or a Bible highlighter works well.
●Use a concordance, word-study books, commentaries, a Bible dictionary and online Biblical helps. (Many are listed in this manual.)
…And most importantly, apply what you learn.
Set aside a time each day to spend with the Lord.
Some of you may feel like you don’t want to read the Bible and pray at all. Maybe you feel like you can’t. It’s okay. Start where you are. Ask Our Lord for His help. He knows where you are in your walk with Him and cares about your struggles.
Just spend a few moments in the morning and a few moments in the evening with Him. Begin with just 5 minutes with Him and build from there. Set the amount of time that works for you and build up more time from there.
It doesn’t take long to read and ponder a few verses. Try to see what the verse is saying. Then pray about your day. Just talk to God. Be very earnest. Tell Him how you truly feel and what your desires and needs are. Ask Him to reveal Himself.
Many dedicated, Spirit-filled Christians get up one to two hours prior to starting their day and have a quiet time with Him. Two hours may be too long for you and that’s okay. Whatever time you decide on, try to keep it daily.
Personally I find the morning works best for me. After my day begins, there are too many distractions for me to concentrate. I find it harder to think and ponder the things of the Lord later in the day. What is the best time for you? If evening or mid-day is better for you, make that your main time with the Lord.
Study the Bible. Always see what He is saying to you in every verse. Start a life journal and spiritual notebook; write down what the Lord says to you and what you learn and feel. I encourage you to underline verses that really are important to you and add notes in your Bible.
Pray and ask God to open your mind to the scriptures. Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. (Luke 24:45)
●If you don’t know where to begin; start reading the book of John in the New Testament.
●When you come across a verse that is speaking to you, write it down on a 3x5 index card and meditate on it throughout your day. See the section the One Minute Christian for more on this.
●After you have finished reading and studying, go back and ponder the verses you have underlined or written down for that day.
●Listen for Him to speak to you. Be open to His voice. Keep your journal ready to enter things that He tells you in the Spiritual Notes section. As He speaks, write it down.
●As you have your time with the Lord, something may come to mind that you have to do today or something you don’t want to forget. Write it down, so you remember and then get back to your time with Him. Remember, there will be distractions, but God will reward your quiet time you spend with Him.
Reading the Bible will renew your mind: Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. (Rm. 12:1)
Spend a consistent time with Our Lord each day reading His Word.
You will see that the more you read, the clearer it becomes. All the precious promises will be real; lessons will be learned.
Reading God’s Word and listening to Him will be a very important part of your time with Him.
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight. (Phil. 1:9)
We have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will…growing in the knowledge of Him. (Col. 1:9)
Put on the new self, which is being renewed in the knowledge in the image of its Creator. (Col. 3:10)
The Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. (Ps. 119:105)
Pray. God is near us whenever we pray to Him! (Deut. 4 7) Prayer is just talking with God.
On the pages that follow on prayer and the Prayer Journal there is a place to record prayer requests in many different categories.
Pray them every day.
Record the answers to prayers also. Then, every few weeks go over your past requests and see how the Lord has worked and answered. It is a great time to praise Him for all He has done in your life!
Communication gives you a chance to speak to God, and a chance for him to speak to you. Remember, prayer is just talking to and with the Lord. God spoke to Moses as a friend. The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to a friend. (Ex. 33:11) If you spend time each day reading His Word and praying to the King of Kings, He will speak to you and you will hear Him.
The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me. (John 10:27)
●Just be still, very still and just listen for God to speak to you…and He will. “Be still, and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)
●Try to have a time during the day when you just read the Word. Just absorb by reading. See the section in this book on “Reading Your Bible Through.” Some days one or two verses will really “speak to your heart.” Other days, you may want to read a chapter or more. Do what works for you.
●When you can, read a complete book of the Bible in one sitting. This will help you understand the context and continuity of the writing.
●If your main quiet time is in the morning, just before bed, pick any verse that has meaning to you and meditate on it. Ponder it. Go to sleep with it on your mind.
●Carry a New Testament with you. Carry this book with you also, it has the complete book of Ephesians toward the back. You never know when you will free time and can read a few verses or study one of the chapters in this book. When the Lord tells your something write it in the journal at the end of this book.
●Mark your Bible, underline and write in the margins. Put the date and your comments next to verses. A fine line ballpoint pen or a Bible highlighter works well.
●Use a concordance, word-study books, commentaries, a Bible dictionary and online Biblical helps. (Many are listed in this manual.)
…And most importantly, apply what you learn.
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