7-Step Quiet Time Devotional

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you see His compassion even in the middle of human failure, guilt, and blame. 2. 📅 June 21, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s compassion is greater than our failure, and His mercy still shines even when the storm is “because of me.” 3. ✝️ Jonah 1:11-16 As the storm grew stronger, the sailors asked Jonah how to calm the sea. Jonah admitted the storm came because of him and told them to throw him into the sea. They tried to row back to land, but failed. After crying out to the LORD not to hold them guilty for innocent blood, they threw Jonah into the sea. The sea became calm, and they feared the LORD, offered sacrifice, and made vows. 4. 📖 Key Verse He said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.” (v. 12) 5. 📝 Reflection Imagine that there is an employee on your workplace tea...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you examine whether your life truly reflects the God you confess with your mouth. 2. 📅 June 20, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: Running from God does not only damage our own lives; it can also bring shame before others and dishonor the name of the Lord. 3. ✝️ Jonah 1:1-10 The LORD commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh, but Jonah fled to Tarshish. The LORD sent a great storm, terrifying the sailors while Jonah slept below deck. When the lot fell on Jonah, he confessed he was fleeing from the LORD, the Creator of the sea and dry land. 4. 📖 Key Verse Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, “What is this that you have done!” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them (v. 10). 5. 📝 Reflection I once read a news article about a senior pastor of a large church who had committed sexual crimes against members of his congregation over a long peri...