It’s not that hard.

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No podcasts for the next 11 days… or January 4th… thats a Monday. Going to read up, study, and get prepped for a better than ever year. 

 

Its not that hard.

 

QUIET TIME

So much time to read the bible

How much time does it take to read from Genesis to Revelation?  If you would read the Bible at standard pulpit sped (slow enough to be heard and understood), the reading time would be seventy-one hours.  If you would break that down into minutes and divdide it into 365 days you could read the entire Bible, cover to cover in only 12 minutes a day.  Is this really to much time to spend reading about God?  The almanac of the Christian World, 1991-1992 p. 225

 

 

When starting a quiet time with God its not the length of time nor how much you read or memorize or pray… it’s all bout the habit.

Better to have 3 minutes reading the OT, 3 minutes reading the NT and 4 minutes praying everyday than hit and miss. once the habit is built, it is much easier to grow it. 

 

The truth is that if satan can’t trap us in sin or disbelief he will trap us in the bondage of living a life separated from God. You know the routine… get up, focused on the morning ritual, pack lunch, look at phone, check calendar, get coffee, get gas etc…. come home, eat and crash in front of the TV or some other hobby. Never really instituting the habit of communion with God. Sin doesn’t always keep us from God… many times it is just an undisciplined life. 

 

Habits are so easily built and so hard to break. Have you ever been driving in the car and slowly realized you shifted, signaled, and even drove a few miles without even thinking of it. How can this be? Habit. You never got in the car and said to that 15 year old boy hoping to get his license… “ok Garth, you know you have arrived at being a great driver when you don’t even have to think about it”. The truth is, i have driven for years and now it is just habit.

 

In the same way I have read my bible for years and it has become a Godly habit, a spiritual discipline… but even the word discipline is overly used… when discipline becomes habit life can become incredibly rewarding. 

 

Have you ever seen someone do something and you remark to another person… well that is there second nature. They are just giving, loving, forgiving etc… it’s their second nature. Well our second nature is actually just the habits we have allowed to manifest beyond thought and into mannerism. 

 

They will know we are his disciples by our fruit…

Well let’s get to the point.. fruit is only as good as the habits that produce it. So maybe, just maybe the world will truly recognize us by our habits. Let’s make sure they stand out for God.