7-Step Quiet Time Devotional

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you be honest about what you truly need—and to believe Jesus is both able and willing to show mercy. 2. 📅 March 6, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: Faith keeps calling out to Jesus with honest, specific requests—and it follows Him when He answers. 3. ✝️ Matthew 20:29-34 As Jesus left Jericho, two blind men by the roadside cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David,” even as the crowd tried to silence them. Jesus stopped and asked what they wanted, and they replied, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.” Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, they immediately regained sight, and they followed him. 4. 📖 Key Verse And stopping, Jesus called them and said, “What do you want me to do for you?” (v. 32) 5. 📝 Reflection If Jesus asked me, “What do you want me to do for you?” I wonder what I would say. Of course, I might ask to see again—but honestly, I could also be tempted to say, “Pl...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to reshape your definition of greatness—so you want what Jesus wants. 2. 📅 March 5, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: True greatness in God’s kingdom looks like serving, not securing a seat. 3. ✝️ Matthew 20:17-28 Jesus tells the disciples that He is going to Jerusalem to be condemned, mocked, flogged, and crucified—and that He will rise on the third day. Right after that, the mother of Zebedee’s sons asks Jesus for her two sons to sit at His right and left in His kingdom, and the other disciples become angry. Jesus teaches that His followers must not lead like the world does; whoever wants to be great must become a servant, because the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many. 4. 📖 Key Verse ”Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (v. 28) 5. 📝 Reflection Jesus was sentenced to death in...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to reveal where comparison has shaped your heart—and to teach you how to receive His grace with gratitude. 2. 📅 March 4, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s kingdom runs on grace, not comparison—and His generosity is never injustice. 3. ✝️ Matthew 20:1-16 A master hires laborers for his vineyard at different hours of the day, yet at evening he pays them beginning with the last, giving each the same wage. Those hired first grumble when they receive the same as the latecomers, but the master insists he has done no wrong, kept the agreement, and is free to be generous with what is his. Jesus concludes that in the kingdom, “the last will be first, and the first last.” 4. 📖 Key Verse ” ‘Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ ” (v. 15) 5. 📝 Reflection As we read today’s passage, many people will find the vineyard owner’s decision unsettling...