Personal Worship – In Your Quiet Place

Those that worship best corporately are those that worship best privately. Again, some simple suggestions to aid in your Quiet Place of Worship.

ARRIVE – If you think getting to church on Sunday morning is tough … wait until you commit to a regular, daily quiet place of worship. Here’s the challenge: separate yourself from the business of the day, from the business of home, from the business of work, and yes, even from the business of play.

PREPARE – We simply cannot ever expect to benefit from any spiritual endeavor without the engagement of our heart. It is oppressively hot in our neck of the woods this week. Imagine going to a 4:00 tennis match wearing your dress shoes from work, a wool suit and scarf. You have brought no change of clothes … in fact you haven’t even brought your racquet. I think you will agree that any observer might rightly conclude you were not prepared to play tennis.

Now, while you might well arrive at your quiet place unprepared (one of the primary reasons for going in the first place), make it your first order to seek God’s grace for an open heart and an open ear to His dealing in your life.

LISTEN – I believe every Christian should listen to the events of his life. God will not “speak” to you directly through your circumstances, but He will use your circumstances to prepare your spirit to hear from Him.

OPEN – Simply stated … without equivocation … you must open your Bible in your quiet place - - if you are to HEAR from Him you will HEAR from HERE! (Or is that you will HEAR from THERE?) You get the point.

LISTEN – Your circumstances have positioned you to hear. God’s Word is available for your attention. Now listen to the truth of His words. Let them become His words to you.

RESPOND – Be faithful to respond with obedience to the directions, principles, and precepts that He shows you in His truth.