Skip to main content

POTTERS TOUCH DEVOTIONAL. SUNDAY, 15TH OCTOBER 2017. TODAY'S DEVOTION.QUALITY READING OF GOD'S WORD.

POTTERS TOUCH DEVOTIONAL.

SUNDAY, 15TH OCTOBER 2017.

TODAY'S DEVOTION.QUALITY READING OF GOD'S WORD.

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE. “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” (Psalm 139:23-24 NIV)

Yesterday we learnt the three basic steps for quality quiet time which are relax,request and read. Today, I will outline some basic ways that can lead to an effective daily quiet time with God's word.

1. Read the word slowly. Don’t be in a hurry; don’t try to read too large an amount; don’t race through it. 

2. Read the word repeatedly. Read a passage over and over until you start to picture it in your mind. 

3. Read without stopping. Don’t stop in the middle of a sentence to go off on a tangent and do a doctrinal study. Read that section for the pure joy of it, allowing God to speak to you. 

4. Read it out quietly. Reading it aloud will improve your concentration. It will also help you understand what you are reading better because you will both see and hear what you are reading. Read softly so that you don’t disturb anyone. 

5.Read it systematically. Don’t use the “random dip” method  a passage here, a chapter there, what you like here, an interesting portion there. Read through the Bible as it was written  choose a book or letter at a time in an orderly method.

Your quality of life depends on the quality of the word you are able to access by reading and internalising same. This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth but you shall mediate on it day and night(Joshua 1:8).

TODAY'S QUESTION.
Why do believers not give quality time to the reading of God's word these days?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

POTTER'S TOUCH DEVOTIONAL TUESDAY 10TH APRIL, 2018. TODAY’S DEVOTION: BLOOD OF RESTORATION. PT 2.

POTTER'S TOUCH DEVOTIONAL TUESDAY 10TH APRIL, 2018. TODAY’S DEVOTION: BLOOD OF RESTORATION. PT 2. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?" (1 Corinthians 10:16 KJV). Every communion table is a kind of renewing the covenant of restoration. Nothing can be more exciting to know that like a meal I can eat and drink blessing of restoration. Look at how Jesus put it Himself," Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him." (John 6:53-56 KJV).  So except you keep eating the body and drink...
Post a Comment
Read more

POTTERS TOUCH DEVOTIONAL. SATURDAY, 21ST OCTOBER 2017. TODAY'S DEVOTION.TO LIVE A QUALITY LIFE, STOP WORRYING PART 2.

POTTERS TOUCH DEVOTIONAL. SATURDAY, 21ST OCTOBER 2017. TODAY'S DEVOTION.TO LIVE A QUALITY LIFE, STOP WORRYING PART 2. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE. "Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” (1 Peter 5:7 NLT, second edition) We established in yesterday's devotion that it takes more than willpower to stop worrying and that it takes four things to stop worrying. Firstly , get to know God first and secondly put God first in every area of your life.We will be looking at the other two today. 3.Live one day at a time. The Bible says, “So don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34 NCV). If you’re worrying about tomorrow, you can’t enjoy today. You will miss today’s blessings. It’s okay to plan for tomorrow, but you have to live for today. When you’re always worried about tomorrow, the future gets overwhelming. But God will give you the grace...
Post a Comment
Read more

MONDAY, 11TH SEPTEMBER 2017. TODAY'S DEVOTION.CRITICISM AND PROSPERITY.

MONDAY, 11TH SEPTEMBER 2017. TODAY'S DEVOTION.CRITICISM AND PROSPERITY. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE."Start with God. The first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning” (Proverbs 1:7 MSG). Have you noticed that once you establish a goal in your life, you start hearing people say, “Who do you think you are, you think you have money?” or “It can’t be done just like that, how can one just prosper in these hard times?” or “Forget about it, they are all thieves! Etc The antidote to the voices of doubt is listening to the voice of God. Just imagine all the critics that were in Noah’s life. “That guy Noah thinks God speaks to him, but he’s just messing up the master plan of our city by building that ark in his front yard.” The Bible tells us that Noah listened to God. What did he hear? He heard God’s warning that the world was going to be destroyed. He belie...
Post a Comment
Read more