7-Step Quiet Time Devotional

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you see that worship is not about personal preference, but about building up His church in peace, love, and order. 2. 📅 June 11, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s church is not built around our personal preferences, but through worship that builds up the body of Christ and reflects the peace of God. 3. ✝️ 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 Paul instructs the Corinthian church to use every gift—hymns, teaching, revelation, tongues, and interpretation—for building up the church. Tongues and prophecy must be practiced in order, with interpretation and discernment. Because God is not a God of confusion but of peace, worship must follow the Lord’s command and be done decently and in order. 4. 📖 Key Verse What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up (v. 26). 5. 📝 Reflection When I first...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you use your words, gifts, and spiritual passion not for yourself, but to build up His church and help others see Him more clearly. 2. 📅 June 10, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: Spiritual gifts are not given for self-expression alone, but for building up the church in love, wisdom, and clarity. 3. ✝️ 1 Corinthians 14:13-25 Paul teaches that those who speak in tongues should pray for interpretation. Prayer and praise in the Spirit are valuable, but in the church, understandable words are more helpful for building others up. Uninterpreted tongues may confuse outsiders, but clear prophecy can convict hearts, reveal truth, and lead people to worship God and confess that He is truly among His people. 4. 📖 Key Verse What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also (v. 15). 5. 📝 Reflection At the beginn...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you see how the gifts of the Holy Spirit are not given for self-promotion, but for building up the church in love. 2. 📅 June 9, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: Spiritual gifts are not for personal pride, but for strengthening, encouraging, and building up the church. 3. ✝️ 1 Corinthians 14:1-12 Paul urges believers to pursue love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, especially prophecy. Tongues speak to God and build up the speaker, but prophecy strengthens, encourages, and comforts the church through understandable words. Therefore, spiritual gifts should be sought not for personal benefit, but for building up the church. 4. 📖 Key Verse So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church (v. 12). 5. 📝 Reflection The company where I worked for many years was very committed to employee training, and it was also excellent in that ar...