The Call To Discipleship - My Quiet Time With The Lord
Week 3
Pastor Will Faulkenberry
March 23, 2025

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TEXT: Luke 5:15-16

15 Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

A daily quiet time with God is the one practice that has the power to positively

every area of your life.

My personal quiet time allows for regular

and of my Lord.

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. —1 Peter 2:5 & 9

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before His God, as was his custom since early days. —Daniel 6:10

My personal quiet time allows me to

from my Lord.

Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. —Psalm 119:105

Show me your way, Lord, teach me your path. —Psalm 25:4

My personal quiet time

my fears and helps me my storms.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to the God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4:6-7

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. —Hebrews 4:16

My personal quiet time renews my

.

29He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
30Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
31but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. —Isaiah 40:29-31

Tips In Having My Personal Quiet Time:

1. Select a time and place that will be quiet and with the least distractions.

2. Spend time in prayer and follow the P.R.A.Y. method:

  • Praise
  • Repent
  • Ask
  • Yield

3. Read from God’s Word.
https://www.bible.com/reading-plans

4. Journal & Mediate on God’s Word.

H.E.A.R. Journal Method:

  • Highlight
  • Explain
  • Apply
  • Respond

https://replicate.org/resources/hear-journal