Quiet Time
Thursday, October 29, 2009
I've been doing my quiet time but I felt spiritually stagnant and dry. After going out with Darren on tuesday, I realized that there was something really wrong in how I had been doing my quiet time...
I used to just read a bible verse and a small part of a Christian book sometimes but most of the times my quiet time would only be maybe about 5-10 minutes? Just doing it for the sake of doing it before I sleep. Until one night I felt God say, "is this how much I mean to you after all I've done for you?". I knew I wasn't honoring God in how I did my quiet time.
So, I decided to change the way I do quiet time! I don't wanna offer God a cheap offering. I wanna give Him more of my time!
Instead of doing quiet time at night, ad far as possible, I do it in the day. And instead of just a short prayer and then read the word, pray and get my heart right with God. Speaking in tongues really helps me focus on God whenever I can't focus on Him... though reading Christian books helps build up our spiritual life, reading the Bible is very very important. So i'm now reading at least one chapter a day =]
Really good stuff! I feel so different after giving God something that costs me something! =]
Complaining
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
What is one that you always complain to God about?
For me it's really the whole thing about whose better... Sometimes I complain to God about why I can't play the guitar as well as other, why can't I be as good as others.
But rather than always complaining to God, why not we thank Him instead? =]
We really shouldn't take what God has given to us for granted.
Complaining to God is like saying that God had made a mistake. Just like a child complaining to his dad why all his friends at school has a toy when he doesn't. It's like saying his dad made a mistake! How would the dad feel? He love his son so much, care so much for him and the son says that the dad had made a mistake? How would God feel when we complain?
There's some book that writes, "complaining to God is like giving God a slap in the face".
When I heard this from Darren, it made me realize how ungrateful we can be!
So, before complaining to God in future, let's give it a second thought =]
God Bless
