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Is your quiet time with God either missing, miserable or mysterious? Today I want to give you 6 tips on how to maximize your time with God.

Hey everyone, Allen here and today I want to show you six things you can do to hopefully get the most out of your quiet time with God and they all start with the letter T.

1. Talk – Ps. 119:18 – Before you open up the Bible to read it, ask God to show you what He wants you to see in the passage you’re reading.

2. Time – Pick a time that you are unhurried (meaning you can’t rush in and out of God’s presence and expect to have some grand connection) and uninterrupted (meaning you are completely and totally free from distraction – NO PHONES).

3. Type – THIS IS HUGE! If you don’t do this what happens is you’ll spend half of your time trying to figure out WHAT to read instead of actually reading. So let me give you a few suggestions.
a. Topical (faith, fear, courage, spiritual gifts, etc.)
b. Character (David, Joseph, Esther, Hannah, Paul, etc.)
c. Book (Romans, Genesis) – “Hey for the next week or so I’m going to read and re-read the book of James.” (great book actually)
d. It doesn’t matter which one you do. Just PICK ONE!

4. Tools – 2 Tim. 2:15 says, “STUDY to show yourself approved…” – If you’re going to graduate from reading the Bible to studying the Bible you need some tools to enhance your study.
a. Study Bible – Life Application – filled with character profiles, lessons learned, concordance, etc.
b. Bible Dictionary – Pharisee – “What in the world is a Pharisee?” You grab your Bible dictionary and look up the word Pharisee and it will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the Pharisees. Another tool that’s quite helpful is a concordance…
c. Concordance – Let’s say you come across a Greek or Hebrew word that you want to know more about. You look that word up and it tells you how that word was used in that day.
d. Commentary
e. Most of these you can access online for free. I’ll put links in the description box below.

5. Translation
a. Choose a translation that is EASY for you to understand. I’m always amazed at new Christians who start reading the King James Bible. Although that’s a great translation, it’s the most difficult to read because it was written in the 17th century and we don’t talk that way anymore.
b. So I recommend the NLT or the NIV.

6. Transform – The ultimate goal of Bible study is not information but transformation. So to help you apply the Bible I want to suggest
a. 4 Questions (Command, Attitude, Sin, Example)
b. 4 Spheres (relationships, work, ministry, personal

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