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Taking time for God can be so uplifting, refreshing and strengthening.
But sometimes it can be hard making time for God.
Sometimes we make it harder for ourselves by following patterns of prayer and quiet times that just cannot fit in with our current lifestyles, even though once they would have.
Sometimes it's just good to try something different.
So here are a selection of methods
to spend time with God which may be new to you. They are divided (very
roughly) into several sections with quite a lot of overlaps between
them:
At Home
Out and About
Special Times
Time to Pray
Bible Study and Teaching
Worship
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At Home
Take a moment.....
Listen to sermon tapes. You can be ironing, cleaning, cooking, colouring with children or anything really!
Say "Hello God" for a couple of minutes whenever you sit down with a hot drink.
Keep a Bible or devotional notes in the bathroom!
Make a special place
Make a corner in the house your
special place where you can draw nearer to God. You can create corner
for quiet pray and arrange pictures, symbols, a prayer and go to that
place as "your" prayer corner. Or you could take the more mundane
place, such as the fridge door - and use its notes and stickies to
inspire you to pray and remember God promises each time you pass by.
Keep a prayer journal. Write down
in a book your prayers and when I have seen God at work in my life.
Looking back on His blessings is a real encouragement.
Fill a photograph frame with snaps
of the special people you want to regularly pray for and put it in a
place you pass by regularly. It acts as both a reminder and a focus
when you pray.
Use the Web!
Join an online home group!
Find a website that does a daily
bible study or thought for the day that suits you, and make the page
your home page, ie. the one that comes up first whenever you open your
browser and connect to the internet.
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