7-Step Quiet Time Devotional

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to remind you of His love and help you live as His child today. 2. 📅 January 4, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s love makes us His children—so let’s live like it. 3. ✝️ 1 John 2:28-3:12 John urges believers to remain in Christ so they can stand confident when He returns. God’s incredible love calls us His children, and though our future glory isn’t fully revealed, we will be like Him when He appears. Those who hope in Christ pursue purity. Sin is lawlessness, but Jesus came to take away sin and destroy the devil’s works. True children of God practice righteousness and love one another—not like Cain, whose evil led him to murder his brother. 4. 📖 Key Verse See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are (v. 1a). 5. 📝 Reflection When I was a kid, I remember wishing my neighbor’s dad was mine. He bought his son every toy and gave him lots of ...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you stand firm in His truth today. 2. 📅 January 3, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s truth never changes—even when the world says everything is relative. 3. ✝️ 1 John 2:12–27 John encourages believers at every stage—children, young men, fathers—affirming forgiveness, strength, and knowledge of God. He warns against loving the world, whose desires are temporary, and urges abiding in God’s will for eternal life. False teachers and antichrists deny Christ, but believers have the Holy Spirit’s anointing and truth. Hold fast to what you heard from the beginning and remain in Christ. 4. 📖 Key Verse I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth (v. 21). 5. 📝 Reflection Our culture celebrates diversity—even in areas where God’s Word draws clear lines. It says gender is fluid, morality is subjective, and truth is whatever you make...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to show you what it means to truly walk in His light and love. 2. 📅 January 2, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: Walking in the light means loving others—even when it’s hard. 3. ✝️ 1 John 2:1-11 John urges believers not to sin, but reassures us that Jesus Christ is our advocate and the atoning sacrifice for all. Knowing God is proven by obeying His commands and walking as Jesus walked. The command to love is both old and new: true light shines when we love others. Hatred reveals darkness, while love shows we abide in the light without stumbling. 4. 📖 Key Verse Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected (vv. 4-5a). 5. 📝 Reflection Church life can be messy. People come and go. Sometimes, someone leaves because they’ve been deeply hurt—and that breaks our hearts. It’s easy to blam...