Do you do your quiet time in the morning or at night?

Hi Gospel! Hmm... I hadn't thought about that before. But I do my quiet times at night before bed aswell. I think its mostly because I'm most likely to achieve a consistency that way. Plus, I can't wake up early too and I like to read something before I sleep (so it might aswell be the bible huh? ).

In the mornings when you first wake up, just say a BIG HELLO to God... I'm sure he'd be glad that you remembered Him .

How about both? If you read Mark 1v35, we can see Jesus praying in the morning, and Mark 6v46, He is praying at the end of the day!
Daniel 6v10, he prayed three times a day!

I also think that if you just have a quiet time at a specified time of day, it becomes religious. You should try not to do things just out of habit, but rather because you want to spend time with God.

Is that any help?

It does not matter when you read the Holy Bible, it matters if you read it each day.

Child the "Word of God" has no limit when it can be read for if I had it my way, I would read it all day each day and preach and spread the word.

I do it by night so that i wont be hampered by time and things that i must do.

I can't concentrate on the mornings coz my first thought is how to get more sleep.

Pray for me as I try to make my quiet time a regular thing.

I really need to have consistency :o

Hi Stevie...

Yeah, I get what you mean about it being religious... but for me, I try to make it a discipline so I will do it... after awhile, it doesn't feel that way anymore... but I when I stop, its bad, because I will stop for a long time... its just like jogging for me... when I discipline myself its good... but then once I stop, I stop for a long time too... :o

Oops, yeah... I also wanted to welcome you Stevie to the Christian Forums... how do you like it so far? I hope you love your stay!!

WELCOME STEVIE!!!

I hope you have a grand time.

Take care Bro!!!

I like to do my devotional times at night. It helps give me understanding and thru the trials I go thru during the day.

i read and pray in the morning.
it is giving him the first fruits, whether people think that is important or not.
though i dont think that is anything to be dogmatic about.
plus i simply will not get it done if i dont doit first and formost.
plus its good to get that in your mind first before anything else.
i think it gets you ready for the day, preperation!
i dont see a need to prepare for your sleep. haha whos sin in their sleep?

also
paul said we are RENEWED DAY BY DAY.
you renew yourself as preperation for your day, not your time of sleep.

though, lately, i feel god is calling me to a place of living in his presence more than out of it. i mean, being in prayer and study all the time, and making trips out to the world.

but i have a lot of free time, this isnt for everyone.

Hello Joyfulone... Welcome... I hope you like the forums... please continue to bless us with your presence!! hee hee ...

I like to sit at my computer at night after everyones gone to bed and I listen to worship and praise music and come to the boards to pray for others ( I belong to another also). I leave the worship music on to go to sleep by and it is the most soothing thing, my husband loves waking up to it and he sets the alarm 1/2 hour earlier just so he can get up and shut it off and then get snuggly back in bed and listen. I always pray before going to bed for safety thru the night , my favorite verse is printed out and where I can see it before sleep and is PSALMS 4:8 "I will both lay me down in peace and sleep : for thou, LORD ,only makest me to dwell in safety."


psalms 22.3 said

i dont see a need to prepare for your sleep. haha whos sin in their sleep?

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psalms 22.3 I know that sounds funny but you may not sin in your sleep but that doesn't mean that you are not vunerable in your sleep to the author of sin. The reason I listen to the worship music and pray and read that verse above is because I have been attacked in my sleep, not physically but spiritually. I lost many nights of sleep because of it. That is why I do these things, I emerse myself under his wings so that I can rest in peace and safety. Upon rising I give the Lord praise for the peaceful sleep he has given me and I ask him "where are we going today?" and I let him lead the way. I ask for special prayers for the day as these things come foremost to my mind upon waking. And sometimes he answers me before I've even gotten my first cup of coffee!!