7-Step Quiet Time Devotional

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you love Him fully and live faithfully to His covenant. 2. 📅 December 28, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s promises include both blessings and curses. 3. ✝️ Joshua 23:11-16 Joshua warns Israel to love the Lord wholeheartedly. If they turn back, intermarry, and cling to the remaining nations, those nations will become traps and thorns, leading to ruin. Joshua reminds them that every good promise from God has been fulfilled. But just as God kept His good promises, He will also bring judgment if they break His covenant and worship other gods. Then His anger will burn against them, and they will quickly perish from the good land He gave them. 4. 📖 Key Verse If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you cling to Him—not just in words, but in action. 2. 📅 December 27, 2025 Today’s passage reminds us: Clinging to God means obeying His Word daily. 3. ✝️ Joshua 23:1-10 After years of peace, Joshua—now old—gathers Israel’s leaders. He reminds them that God fought for them and gave victory over powerful nations. Joshua urges them to stay strong, obey the Law of Moses, avoid mixing with other nations or worshiping their gods, and cling to the Lord. He assures them that God will keep His promises and fight for them. 4. 📖 Key Verse But you shall cling to the LORD your God just as you have done to this day (v. 8). 5. 📝 Reflection Think about retreats or conferences where worship is intense and commitments are loud. People cry out, promise to hold on to God, and feel deeply moved. But when the event ends, life often goes back to normal. Why? Because clinging to God isn’t about a moment—it’s about a l...