Tranquility is the time to fellowship with God personally through the Word and the regularly organized Prayer
- Devotion time is a time to fellowship with God
Communion with God in Bible metaphors:
- God with His Temple - 1 Cor. 6:19
- The vine and its branch - John 15: 5
- The bridegroom with the bride - Isa 62: 5, Rev 21: 2
- Father and Son - Gal. 4: 6, John 1:12

The conclusion of God's statement in the Bible concerning fellowship with Him, namely: An intimate and beautiful relationship

- The quiet time is the time to fellowship with God in private: can not be through others, or represented.
Taste and see how good God is - Ps 34: 9
Shared worship can not be used to ignore private worship
-Matthew Henry

-The time of Devotion is the time to fellowship with the Lord privately through the Word and the Prayer
2 Tim 3: 16-17: All scripture that is inspired by God is beneficial to teach, to declare mistakes, to correct behavior and to educate people in righteousness. Thus every man belonging to God is equipped for every good deed.
Philippians 4: 6-7: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything you wish for God in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. The peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will care for your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

-The Devotion time is the time to fellowship with God personally through regularly organized Word and Prayer. Time of shade is a discipline devoted; intense on a regular basis - regular.

1 Tim 4: 8: The exercise of the body is of little use, but worship is useful in all things, because it has promise, both for this life and for the life to come.

People who live together for a long time finally start to sound the same, talk the same, even think the same. When we live with God, we will take His mind, His principles, His attitudes. We absorb His heart - Max Lucado, Just Like Jesus.

WHY DOING A SHORT TIME

Tranquility is a suggestion of God's grace to:
- GROWTH
John 15: 4-5: "Abide in me and I in you .....
Ps. 1: 1-3: "Blessed is the man who ... His passion is the law of the Lord, and who meditates on the law day and night ... He is like a tree ....

- RECOVERY
Mat 11:28: "Come unto me, all that is weary and burdensome and burdensome I will give you rest ... Take my yoke upon me ...
Ps. 23: 1-3: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall be nothing short of ...

- INFORMATION - INSIGHT
Mark 1: 35-38: "Early in the morning, when it was still dark, he got up and went out, and went into a solitary place, and prayed in the same.
Ps. 119: 105: "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path ...

HOW TO DO TIME?

Step 1: God favors

• Preparation of hearts - Ps. 130: 5-6, Ps. 57: 8-9
• Please Lead the Holy Spirit - John 16:13, James 1: 5
• Pour out the heart to God, praise and worship God
• Reading, listening, waiting for God and

Step 2: Llisten to God

• Reading the Word of God - Mt 5: 6, 2 Tim 3: 16-17. Ask God to give understanding - Ps. 119: 18. Preferred Bible passages, peruse step by step and repeatedly.
  Read the Bible material (pericope) first and repeatedly.
• Meditate on the Word of God - James 1: 22-25, Ps. 1: 1-3

Use help with questions:

1. What I read about:
   - Outline content: observe section by section 'section of book / passage'
   - Topics presented
   - Words, special sentences
   - Figures raised: God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, man
   - About: sin, church, salvation, God's promise, special lesson
2. What I learned
   - Teaching / lesson: The Truth of God's Word can be learned for the foundation of life
   - Commands: Hints, advice, reprimands, to be obeyed and done \
   - Promise: Consolation, strengthening God's Word that can be believed and held
   - Example: attitude, behavior, speech, action that can be followed
   - Warning: attitudes, behavior, actions, statements made or not violated
3. What I did
   - Be thankful: what caused me to be grateful?
   - Confessing sins and transgressions, mistakes, weaknesses, shortcomings, self-problems through readable passages, exemplary characters, warnings expressed, less / unregenerate organs - Jer 5:25, Isa 59: 1-2
   - Hold the promise of God's Word that provides comfort, reinforcement, affirmation
   -Doing something: to make a determination to carry out what has been learned in practical action today.

Step 3: Respond to God

• Prayer Response - Ps. 62: 9, Phil 4: 6-7
  Use the Word of God to be the basis of prayer in Worship, Praise, Thanksgiving, intercession and prayer for yourself.
• Application Response - Mt 7: 24-27

TIME AND PLACE

Personal time with God begins by providing time and place to God and God alone. If we truly believe that God is not only there, but He is also present actively and dynamically in your life: healing, teaching, guiding, then we need to provide time and place where we can give our attention to God unbroken - Henry J.M. Nouwen

When? Time: .......... Until .......... Place: ..........