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EP 15: Prioritizing God’s Word When Life is Busy

by Marci Ferrell
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Spiritual growth doesn’t happen by osmosis – you have to be disciplined in putting God’s truth in your mind. @mferrell

As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ not one of us would desire to remain a babe in the faith.  We all desire to grow more in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Spiritual growth doesn’t happen by osmosis – you have to be disciplined in putting God’s truth in your mind.  Spending time with the Lord in His Word will transform our hearts and compel us to obey God’s Word.

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As we grow in our understanding of God’s Word, we will develop convictions that will determine how we will live or how we hope to live.  God’s Word helps us to develop principles that we desire to live our lives by – this is the process of sanctification.

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“Sanctification is a process – the process of becoming more like Christ, of growing in holiness. This process begins the instant you are converted and will not end until you meet Jesus face-to-face. Sanctification is about our own choices and behavior. It involves work.  Empowered by God’s Spirit, we strive. We fight sin. We study Scripture and pray, even when we don’t feel like it. We flee temptation. We press on; we run hard in the pursuit of holiness. And as we become more and more sanctified, the power of the gospel conforms us more and more closely, with ever-increasing clarity, to the image of Jesus Christ.”
~C.J. Mahaney

Growing spiritually is the most important step in our role as Christian wives and mothers.  I do not have true wisdom to offer my family because true wisdom comes from the Lord and knowledge of Him.

I know what you’re going to say – I barely have time to breath how am I going to fit in time with the Lord.

Stick with me here today because I’m hoping I have some tips that will motivate you or at least seem doable that you can work into your current season of life.

 

Show Notes:

“Do you realize that tape-recorded readings of the Bible have proven that you can read through the entire Book in seventy-one hours? The average person in the United States watches that much television in less than two weeks. In no more than fifteen minutes a day, you can read through the Bible in less than a year’s time.”
~ Donald Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

Some Tips for Mama's with Littles: (more in the podcast episode)

-It doesn't have to be early morning.

-Maybe you have quiet moments in the afternoon when everyone is playing or napping and you can get some time in the Word.

-Do your time with the Lord out loud with littles listening. Give them a notebook to draw or write about what they've learned from the passage.

-Just pick a book of the Bible and camp in it. Read it through over and over. Use a dictionary to get a better understanding of the text. Ask yourself the who, what, why, when and how questions. As you just read for comprehension you are preparing your mind for a deeper study of this book when the season allows it to be.

-Listen to an audio version of the Bible throughout the day, when you're getting dressed, washing dishes, running errands, folding laundry, etc.

“God is the author of the Bible, and only the truth it contains will lead people to true happiness. A Christian should read this precious Book every day with earnest prayer and meditation. But like many believers, I preferred to read the works of uninspired men rather than the oracles of the living God. Consequently, I remained a spiritual baby both in knowledge and grace.”
~George Muller

Some Other Options:

The Three Minute Rule from Hello Mornings

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10 Minute Devotional Time:

  • Read the Word for 5 Minutes
  • Meditate on the Passage for 3 minutes
  • Pray for 2 minutes

Meditate – to think deeply about what we've just read

Pray the Word – Pray through the Psalms.

Study the Word – Devote one day a week to deeper time in the Word

“Here then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion.  Our problem is that we are lazy.”
~R.C. Sproul

“I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was, to have my soul happy in the Lord.  The first thing to be concerned about was not, how much I might serve the Lord, how I might glorify the Lord; but how I might get my soul into a happy state, and how my inner man may be nourished . . . I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God and to meditation on it.”
~George Mueller

Scripture & Resources:

Psalm 5:3

Psalm 139:17-18

Psalm 143:8

Psalm 23

Psalm 19:10

Psalm 119:72

Joshua 1:8

12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You – Free Download for January at Chrisitan Audio

Don't Waste Your Mornings

Hello Mornings: How to Build a Grace-Filled, Life-Giving Morning Routine by Kat Lee

The Quiet Place: Daily Devotional Readings by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional by Paul David Tripp

Meditation Methods Summary from Biblical Spirituality (Free PDF)

Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney

Bible Study Helps for Busy Moms

My Favorite Bible Study Tools

Jen Wilkin's Online Studies

Thankful Homemaker Facebook Group

Doorposts Blog

Mamasrefill.com – Bible Study Membership site

 

Open the Word and just begin. May we be women who meet with Jesus every day.

 

 

Related posts:

  1. Podcast EP 55: How to Study the Bible (Spiritual Disciplines Series)
  2. Podcast EP 53: Daily Bible Reading (Spiritual Disciplines Series)
  3. Podcast EP 54: Meditating on God’s Word & Scripture Memory (Spiritual Discipline Series)
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Dear friends, I recorded this episode last year af Dear friends, I recorded this episode last year after sharing my testimony with my church family. It was one of the hardest podcast episodes to work through. ⁣
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My testimony comes from one who remembers what it was like to be unsaved and seeking an abortion and now coming from the other side of being born again, a new creation in Christ and understanding the beauty of forgiveness and redemption in Christ. ⁣
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No sin is beyond the grace and forgiveness of God, even the sin of abortion. True forgiveness, hope, and healing can only be found, but it is only found in Jesus Christ. ⁣
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The gospel is the one great permanent circumstance The gospel is the one great permanent circumstance in which I live and move; and every hardship in my life is allowed by God only because it serves His gospel purposes in me. 
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“The Christian's primary need is for wisdom and “The Christian's primary need is for wisdom and obedience to appropriate the abundance of blessings the Lord has already given. Our problem is not lack of blessings, but lack of insight and wisdom to understand and use them properly and faithfully.”⁣
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Come listen in to the new BITESIZE Podcast Episode this week - 4 Truths to Pray for One Another - at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image).
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Wisdom in God's ways is something we should all desire to seek as believers and to pray for others that are in Christ.⁣
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"Much of my learning to follow Jesus is unlearning "Much of my learning to follow Jesus is unlearning to follow myself."⁣
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Charles Spurgeon on gentleness and respect:⁣ Ha Charles Spurgeon on  gentleness and respect:⁣
Have your doctrinal views, and all your knowledge of Christ, packed away in a handy form so that, when people want to know what you believe, you can tell them. If they wish to know why you believe that you are saved, have your answer all ready in a few plain, simple sentences; and in the gentlest and most modest spirit make your confession of faith to the praise and glory of God. Who knows but what such good seed will bring forth an abundant harvest?⁣
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We have a generation of people who think they can We have a generation of people who think they can stand before the judgment seat of God despite their sins. ⁣
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When we start our mornings with purpose, it seems When we start our mornings with purpose, it seems to help in the productivity of our day.  I always say if I get nothing else done the rest of the day because it didn't go as I planned, but I got to my morning routine, I already accomplished quite a bit.⁣
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