7-Step Quiet Time Devotional 🙏

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you a heart that trusts His Word and obeys fully. 2. 📅 December 1, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: True success comes from complete obedience to God’s commands. 3. ✝️ Joshua 11:1-15 Several kings unite to fight against Israel, but God reassures Joshua not to fear because He will deliver them into Israel’s hands. Joshua attacks suddenly, defeats them, and destroys their horses and chariots as God commanded. He captures cities and executes judgment as instructed. Joshua leaves nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses—complete obedience marks his leadership. 4. 📖 Key Verse Just as the LORD had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses (v. 15). 5. 📝 Reflection If someone asked Joshua, “How did you conquer Canaan so successfully?” his answer would be simple: “I did everything God comman...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you a heart that trusts His promises and obeys His Word. 2. 📅 November 30, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: When we obey God’s Word, we experience His power and promises. 3. ✝️ Joshua 10:29-43 Joshua and Israel conquer the southern cities of Canaan in quick succession. Despite the sudden campaign, they capture all the kings and lands because the LORD fought for Israel. Their victory came through God’s power and their obedience to His commands. 4. 📖 Key Verse And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel (v. 42). 5. 📝 Reflection Israel’s rapid conquest wasn’t about military strength—it was about God’s faithfulness and their obedience. The previous generation doubted God and died in the wilderness. But this new generation trusted His promise and followed His commands, and they saw incredible victories. What about us? ...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to remind you that Jesus has already won the ultimate victory for you. 2. 📅 November 29, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: Do not fear—Jesus has conquered every enemy, even death itself. 3. ✝️ Joshua 10:15-28 After defeating five Amorite kings, Joshua calls Israel’s leaders to put their feet on the kings’ necks as a sign of victory. Joshua encourages them: “Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. For the LORD will do this to all your enemies.” 4. 📖 Key Verse “Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. For thus the LORD will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.” (v. 25b) 5. 📝 Reflection At first glance, this scene feels harsh—five kings humiliated under Israel’s feet. But it points to something far greater: God’s ultimate victory over evil. Psalm 110:1 says, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.” This prophecy was fulfilled in Jesu...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to open your eyes to His power and help you trust Him in impossible situations. 2. 📅 November 28, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God can do the impossible—trust His power and praise Him for His wonders. 3. ✝️ Joshua 10:1-14 Five Amorite kings unite to attack Gibeon. Joshua marches all night with his army, and God gives Israel victory. As the battle rages, Joshua prays, and God makes the sun stand still until Israel defeats its enemies. The Lord fights for His people. 4. 📖 Key Verse “And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.” (v. 13) 5. 📝 Reflection What would happen if the earth, rotating at about 1,670 km/h at the equator, suddenly stopped? Everything on its surface would collapse due to inertia, massive tsunamis and violent winds would sweep across the globe, and ecosystems would plunge into chaos. It could be a catastrophe like Noah’s...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you see life through His perspective, not just what looks right in front of you. 2. 📅 November 27, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: Don’t judge by appearances—seek God’s will and trust His grace. 3. ✝️ Joshua 9:16-27 Three days after making peace with the Gibeonites, Israel discovers they were neighbors, not distant travelers. Though they had been deceived, Israel honors the covenant and makes the Gibeonites servants. The Gibeonites admit they acted out of fear because they knew God had commanded Israel to destroy the land’s inhabitants. 4. 📖 Key Verse “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you—so we feared greatly for our lives because of you and did this thing.” (v. 24) 5. 📝 Reflection Israel judged by what they saw—moldy bread, wor...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you wisdom to seek His guidance before making decisions. 2. 📅 November 26, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: Don’t rush decisions—seek God’s counsel first. 3. ✝️ Joshua 9:1-15 After Israel’s victories, nearby kings unite to fight against them. But the Gibeonites use deception, pretending to be from a distant land, and ask for a peace treaty. Israel samples their provisions but fails to seek God’s counsel. Joshua makes a covenant with them without asking the Lord. 4. 📖 Key Verse “So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the LORD.” (v. 14) 5. 📝 Reflection Joshua was a strong leader, but even he made a critical mistake—he didn’t ask God before making a big decision. The Gibeonites’ story reminds us that appearances can be deceiving. Israel trusted what they saw instead of seeking God’s wisdom. We often do the same. When faced with choices—career moves, relati...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you a heart that worships Him after every victory and treasures His Word above all. 2. 📅 November 25, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: True victory leads us back to worship and God’s Word. 3. ✝️ Joshua 8:24-35 After Israel defeats Ai, Joshua builds an altar to the Lord, offers burnt and peace offerings, and writes the Law of Moses on stones. Then he reads every word of the Law—blessings and curses—to the entire assembly, including men, women, children, and foreigners. Nothing Moses commanded was left unread. 4. 📖 Key Verse And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who lived among them. (vv. 34-35) 5. 📝 Reflection Joshua and Israel ...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you a heart that trusts His faithfulness and obeys His Word. 2. 📅 November 24, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God is faithful—trust His promises and follow His lead. 3. ✝️ Joshua 8:10-23 Joshua rises early, gathers the people, and positions the army for battle against Ai. He sets the main force in front and an ambush behind the city. When Ai’s men pursue Israel, Joshua stretches out his javelin toward Ai as the LORD commanded, signaling the ambush. Israel captures the city, kills its warriors, and fulfills God’s promise of victory. 4. 📖 Key Verse “Then the LORD said to Joshua, ‘Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.’ And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.” (v. 18) 5. 📝 Reflection In a world that changes constantly, people crave something unchanging—something trustworthy. God is the ultimate example o...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you a heart that trusts His timing and obeys His Word. 2. 📅 November 23, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s timing is perfect—trust and obey even when you don’t understand. 3. ✝️ Joshua 8:1-9 The LORD tells Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed.” He commands Joshua to take all the fighting men and go up to Ai, promising victory and allowing them to keep the spoil. Joshua obeys God’s instructions, choosing thirty thousand mighty men and sending them by night to set an ambush behind the city. Joshua and the leaders stay with the main camp, ready to follow God’s strategy for success. 4. 📖 Key Verse “And the LORD said to Joshua, ‘Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land.’” (v. 1) 5. 📝 Reflection After Israel removed sin and consecrated themselves,...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you a heart that chooses obedience over compromise. 2. 📅 November 22, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: Obedience leads to life—disobedience brings destruction. 3. ✝️ Joshua 7:16–26 Joshua identifies Achan as the one who sinned by taking devoted things. Achan confesses, and the stolen items are brought out. Joshua and Israel execute judgment by stoning Achan and his family, then burning them and raising a heap of stones as a warning. This passage contrasts Rahab’s salvation through faith with Achan’s destruction through disobedience, showing the seriousness of sin and the call to obedience. 4. 📖 Key Verse “Why did you bring trouble on us? The LORD brings trouble on you today.” (v. 25b) 5. 📝 Reflection Rahab’s story was beautiful—an outsider saved by faith. But today’s passage is sobering: Achan, a member of God’s people, is destroyed because of disobedience. This contrast is striking: f...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you a heart that takes sin seriously and seeks His forgiveness. 2. 📅 November 21, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: Sin separates us from God—repent fully and return to Him. 3. ✝️ Joshua 7:1-15 Israel breaks faith when Achan secretly takes devoted items from Jericho, causing God’s anger to burn against them. Joshua sends men to attack Ai, but Israel is defeated, and their hearts melt in fear. Joshua cries out to God, who reveals that Israel has sinned by stealing and hiding devoted things. God declares He will not be with them unless they remove the devoted items and consecrate themselves. The guilty person will be identified and destroyed to restore the covenant. 4. 📖 Key Verse “Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the dev...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you faith to trust Him above all else. 2. 📅 November 20, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: True security comes from trusting God, not walls or strength. 3. ✝️ Joshua 6:15-27 On the seventh day, Israel marched around Jericho seven times. At Joshua’s command, the people shouted, and the walls collapsed. The city was destroyed as devoted to the Lord, except Rahab and her family, who were spared because of her faith and protection of the spies. The city was burned, its treasures given to the Lord, and Joshua pronounced a curse on anyone who would rebuild Jericho. The Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land. 4. 📖 Key Verse “But Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.” (v. 25) 5. 📝 Reflection It’s easy to focus o...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you trust His plan and obey even when it seems unusual. 2. 📅 November 19, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s ways may look strange, but His promises never fail. 3. ✝️ Joshua 6:1-14 Jericho was tightly shut, but God told Joshua, “I have given Jericho into your hand.” Israel’s army marched around the city once a day for six days, led by priests carrying the ark and blowing trumpets, while the people remained silent. This unusual strategy showed that victory depends on God’s power, not human strength. 4. 📖 Key Verse “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.” (v. 2b) 5. 📝 Reflection Imagine the scene: armed soldiers, priests with trumpets, and silent crowds circling Jericho. No swords raised, no battle cries—just obedience. To outsiders, it looked foolish. But to God’s people, it was faith in action. God had already promised victory. Their job w...

  7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you trust His protection and follow His lead. 2. 📅 November 18, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God fights for His people—keep your eyes on Him. 3. ✝️ Joshua 5:2-15 After crossing the Jordan, Israel renews their covenant through circumcision and celebrates Passover. As Joshua prepares for the battle of Jericho, he encounters a mysterious figure—the commander of the LORD’s army. This divine messenger reminds Joshua that victory does not depend on human strength or alliances but on God’s presence and leadership. 4. 📖 Key Verse “No; but I am the commander of the army of the LORD. Now I have come.” (v. 14) 5. 📝 Reflection Joshua had done everything right—crossed the Jordan, renewed the covenant, and kept the Passover. Yet before the biggest battle, God sends a clear message: It’s not about whose side you’re on—it’s about God’s side. We often ask, “Is God on my side?” But the real question is, ...