7-Step Quiet Time Devotional

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you see where He has placed you in the body of Christ, and ask Him for grace to serve faithfully in the role He has given you. 2. 📅 June 5, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: God has placed each believer in the body of Christ according to His will, so we do not need to compare ourselves with others but faithfully serve where He has placed us. 3. ✝️ 1 Corinthians 12:12-20 Paul teaches that just as one body has many members, believers have been baptized by one Spirit into one body in Christ. Though each member has a different role, none is less a part of the body. God has arranged each member as He chose, so the church becomes whole as many members live together as one body. 4. 📖 Key Verse But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose (v. 18). 5. 📝 Reflection Among Aesop’s fables, there is a story called “The Belly and the Members of the Body.” One day, the hands...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you see that the gifts He gives are not for self-promotion, but for serving His people and building up the church. 2. 📅 June 4, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: Spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit, not for personal pride, but for the common good of God’s people. 3. ✝️ 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Paul wants the Corinthians to understand spiritual gifts rightly. By the Holy Spirit, believers confess that “Jesus is Lord,” and although there are varieties of gifts, services, and activities, the same triune God works through them all. The Spirit gives different gifts to each person as He wills for the common good of the church. 4. 📖 Key Verse To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good (v. 7). 5. 📝 Reflection In general, people with outstanding talents often have more opportunities for success, and many of them do, in fact, succeed. This is because talent itself can become...