{"id":512,"date":"2019-02-27T17:30:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T00:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=512"},"modified":"2019-02-25T15:43:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T22:43:12","slug":"basic-disciplines-daily-quiet-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=512","title":{"rendered":"Basic Disciplines: Daily Quiet Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">[To follow <strong><em>The Ewellogy<\/em><\/strong>, please click on <strong><em>Leave a Comment<\/em><\/strong> above, fill in your name and email, and check the box: <strong><em>Notify me of new posts by email<\/em><\/strong>. If your comment is, &#8220;Notify me,&#8221; it won&#8217;t post publicly. If you don&#8217;t start to receive the blog by email right away, please write to me at bob@ewell.com, and I will see that you get on the list.] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A highlight of the Key Men&#8217;s Invitational (KMI) men&#8217;s conference that I just attended was listening to Max Barnett, 82 years old, talking about quiet time and scripture memory. He said, &#8220;<strong>I wish I could convince all Christians to practice these two disciplines<\/strong>.&#8221; Here are some highlights about the daily quiet t<g class=\"gr_ gr_14 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"14\" data-gr-id=\"14\">ime<\/g>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> When you believed, Jesus came in. That\u2019s a fact. You are qualified to make disciples because Jesus is in you. You should feel inadequate. But Jesus is adequate (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+15%3A5&amp;version=NIV\">John 15.5<\/a>). If you took a branch off a peach tree because you wanted peaches every year, the next year all you would have is a stick!\u00a0 <\/li><li>God lives in me. The disciplines are tools. Even if there are periods that I can\u2019t do the disciplines (e.g., Marine boot camp!), I still have Jesus. I don\u2019t trust my quiet time. I don\u2019t earn favor with God by the quiet time. I already have favor with God.<\/li><li> God is the power. Every one of us can be fruitful if we will learn to trust him (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+cor+12%3A9&amp;version=NIV\">2 Corinthians 12.9<\/a>).<\/li><li> I want time with God every day. I need God.\u00a0 <\/li><li> The principle is to have fellowship with God. Quiet time is a method.<\/li><li> God desires our fellowship before service: (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Mark+3%3A14&amp;version=NIV\">Mark 3.14<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+4%3A13&amp;version=NIV\">Acts 4.13<\/a>\u00a0(&#8220;with Jesus&#8221;))<\/li><li>Sometimes we don&#8217;t have much hunger for God. Some are always on their phone! Feed what little hunger you have with the Word. <\/li><li>Don\u2019t expect an outstanding experience every day. But &#8220;keep your head in the trough.&#8221; Find the time every day. First thing in the morning is best, but if not, find another time.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are good words, and Max encouraged me to renew my commitment to spend quality, intentional time with God. You can download my quiet time template <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1aZ7669yISjPerZoXtIyXbP_mspdQcsp7\/view?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>&#8211;it&#8217;s similar to what Max taught when he came to sharing his method. Max also recommended following a daily reading plan similar to these: The <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B7UQTkAaMVJ-d2E3OWQ0a2RLNXM\/view?usp=sharing\">Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan<\/a> gets you through the whole Bible in a year and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1cBM1O9I6R5XSQ-hu6LdkG3vOOJVvu71I\/view?usp=sharing\">5x5x5<\/a>, just the New Testament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by  Your name, O LORD God of hosts. 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