Making Time for God. Do you ever feel weary of spending time with God? Oh, you might not say it that way and you might not say it out loud but if were honest, wed all admit to experiencing seasons when time spent in prayer or Scripture reading feels more like a boring chore than an intimate connection with the living God. Maybe we still have our quiet time or devotional time or whatever we call it perhaps out of guilt or because were afraid not to. Or maybe we dont because it feels like wasted time. Still, deep down we desperately desire to connect with our Creator. And He wants to connect with us. Figuring out how to do that seems difficult, though. After all, God is God. Hes huge and mysterious and greater than us. Hes everywhere, yet Hes invisible. So we dont connect with God in quite the same way we would with a friend at a coffee shop. Yet He asks us to come and spend time with Him. So how do we, The answer is simple enough: We make it a habit. The trick seems to be keeping our intentional efforts from becoming empty rituals that contain our spiritual efforts rather than enliven them. Focus Verses: There you will look for the Lord your God, and if you search for him with all your heart, you will find him. Deuteronomy 4:29 (GNT) When we make God our first priority in life, we will find a difference in other areas of our lives as well. Our time will be more productive and we will accomplish more in less time. With God in His rightful place in our lives, we will find that our stress level is less. We will feel peace and joy, even when our daily schedule seems daunting. Matthew 6:33 (TLB) “ and he will give them to you if you give him first place in your life and live as he wants you to.” Matthew 11:28-30 (GNT) “Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest. For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light.” Philippians 3:7-8 (TLB) But all these things that I once thought very worthwhile—now I’ve thrown them all away so that I can put my trust and hope in Christ alone. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have put aside all else, counting it worth less than nothing, in order that I can have Christ, How and when do you take time for God? What things do you carefully do each day to make sure that you do not neglect your spiritual life? If you don’t take daily time, what is hindering you? We have time to make time for God. Our present joy and our eternal destiny depends on it. My Prayer: Dear Lord, help me to make the priority choices I need to make to keep my life balanced. Help me to take time each day to read Your Word, spend time in prayer, and most of all time to listen. Amen. Bible Verses Psalm 63 (GNT) Longing for God. O God, you are my God, and I long for you. My whole being desires you; like a dry, worn-out, and waterless land, my soul is thirsty for you. Let me see you in the sanctuary; let me see how mighty and glorious you are.Your constant love is better than life itself, and so I will praise you. I will give you thanks as long as I live; I will raise my hands to you in prayer. My soul will feast and be satisfied, and I will sing glad songs of praise to you. As I lie in bed, I remember you; all night long I think of you, because you have always been my help. In the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. I cling to you, and your hand keeps me safe. Those who are trying to kill me will go down into the world of the dead. They will be killed in battle, and their bodies eaten by wolves. Because God gives him victory, the king will rejoice.Those who make promises in Gods name will praise him, but the mouths of liars will be shut. Hosea 10:12 (TLB) “Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will reap a crop of my love; plow the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and shower salvation upon you. Acts 17:27 (ERV) that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, Acts 24:24-27 (GNT) Paul before Felix and Drusilla After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he talked about faith in Christ Jesus. But as Paul went on discussing about goodness, self-control, and the coming Day of Judgment, Felix was afraid and said, “You may leave now. I will call you again when I get the chance.” At the same time he was hoping that Paul would give him some money; and for this reason he would call for him often and talk with him. After two years had passed, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix as governor. Felix wanted to gain favor with the Jews so he left Paul in prison.
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