7-Step Quiet Time Devotional

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to teach you what faithful discipleship looks like when following Jesus costs something. 2. 📅 April 4, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: True discipleship stays with Jesus not only in glory, but also in shame. 3. ✝️ Matthew 27:57-66 Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus, wrapped it in a clean linen shroud, and laid it in his own new tomb. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. The next day, the chief priests and Pharisees secured the tomb by sealing the stone and setting a guard because they remembered Jesus’ words about rising after three days. 4. 📖 Key Verse And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away (v. 60). 5. 📝 Reflection Joseph of Arimathea was a rich man, yet he was also a good and righteous man who lived in expectation of the kingdom of God. Although he was a...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Bring your honest questions and emotions before God—especially the moments when He feels silent. 2. 📅 April 3, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s saving love was revealed through holy silence and costly grace. 3. ✝️ Matthew 27:45-56 From noon to three in the afternoon, darkness covered the land, and Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” before yielding up His spirit. At His death, the temple curtain was torn, the earth shook, tombs were opened, and a centurion confessed that Jesus truly was the Son of God. Women who had followed and served Jesus from Galilee watched these events from a distance. 4. 📖 Key Verse And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit (v. 50). 5. 📝 Reflection Crucifixion was an extremely cruel form of execution designed to cause a slow and agonizing death while hanging on a cross. Scholars explain that the primary causes of death were respir...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you see Jesus clearly and trust His faithfulness today. 2. 📅 April 2, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: The cross was not an accident—it was the fulfillment of God’s faithful plan of salvation. 3. ✝️ Matthew 27:27-44 The governor’s soldiers mocked Jesus, led Him to Golgotha, crucified Him, and divided His garments by casting lots. Jesus was crucified between two robbers, and over His head they placed the charge, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.” Those who passed by, the chief priests and religious leaders, and even the robbers crucified with Him all mocked and reviled Him. 4. 📖 Key Verse And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots. (v. 35) 5. 📝 Reflection To the Roman soldiers, crucifying Jesus was nothing more and nothing less than executing a condemned criminal who deserved death. For them, casting lots to take the clothes of a man who was about to ...

7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you recognize His truth over the noise of the crowd. 2. 📅 April 1, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: The crowd may be loud, but only Jesus is truly right and worthy to be followed. 3. ✝️ Matthew 27:1-26 The religious leaders handed Jesus over to Pilate to be put to death, while Judas, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver, and the money was used to buy the potter’s field in fulfillment of prophecy. Standing before Pilate, Jesus remained silent, revealing both His innocence and His willing submission to the will of God. In the end, the crowd chose Barabbas and demanded Jesus’ crucifixion, and Pilate delivered over the innocent Jesus despite knowing He had done no wrong. 4. 📖 Key Verse And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” (v. 25) 5. 📝 Reflection Have you ever heard the expression “collective intelligence” ? At first glance, it may seem like a ver...