3 Tips for a Quality Quiet Time

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I have a question for you.

How are your quiet times with the Lord?

Do you walk away each day with a verse of Scripture that challenges you? Are your quiet times leading you to seek God more passionately?

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If the answer to the last two questions is no, then your quiet times with the Lord need to be refreshed.

In my post 6 Tips for Studying the Bible, I gave you some ways to refresh your daily Bible study, but sometimes we what we do during our quiet times distracts us and keeps us from really hearing God’s voice.

Sometimes we place expectations on ourselves that are unreasonable and the weight of our personal expectations discourages us and we give up before we even really get started.

Here are 3 simple tips for a quality quiet time

1. Don’t check your notifications

When you wake up, what is the first thing you do before your get out of bed?

If the answer to that is check your phone, your emails, social media, you are already setting your quiet time up for failure.

We all know that our devices tend to suck us in and what started out to be “just second” ends up being much longer than we realize.

Start your day the right way. Before you even look at your phone, spend some quality time with Jesus and center your heart and mind on Him.

Make Jesus a greater priority than your phone.

2. Do your quiet time old-school

How long has it been since you sat down with a pen and old-school notebook to take notes for your Bible study?

Some, perhaps, have never done this. There is great value in slowing down and taking the time to hand-write our thoughts about what we’ve read in the Bible.

That’s why in my Bible Reading Challenges I include pages for you to journal your thoughts about what you’ve read.

3. Start small and slowly increase your expectations

Don’t set out to read a whole book of the Bible, or even a whole chapter. Simply read until three things stand out to you, and then stop.

Write those three things down and meditate on them all day long.

Even if it means that it takes you longer than 365 days to read the whole Bible, reading the Bible isn’t a race to see how fast you can get done.

We read the Bible to get to know Jesus and if your expectations are standing in the way, it’s time to lower them a bit.

Are you ready to get started?

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F. Dean Hackett has served in full time Christian ministry since October 1971. He has ministered throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, serving as pastor, conference speaker and mentor.

He has planted four churches, assisted in planting fifteen others, and currently serves as Lead Pastor of Living Faith Church in Hermiston, Oregon.

Dean has been married forty-five years to his wife, Wanda. They have three children serving in full time Christian ministry. Their two daughters are missionaries in Croatia and their son is planting a church in Portland, Oregon. They have nine grandchildren.

Dr. Dean is known for training many leaders who are presently in full time ministry around the world. He has completed a Masters in Ministry, a Masters of Theology and a Ph.D. in practical theological with an emphasis in marriage and family counseling. His enthusiastic and challenging ministry has made him a popular teacher and conference speaker. He has written eight books and is presently writing the third book in a trilogy Freedom Series.

Dr. Hackett founded Spirit Life Ministries International in 2001 to facilitate ministries in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina and to open a training center for workers in those nations.

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