MAKE TIME FOR JESUS

You will never regret time spent with the Lord. How do you make it happen? Start with your current schedule. What is your best time of day? For me, it is in the morning when I have coffee. In years past I have attempted other times. For example, at night after my children were in bed, I tend to zone out and drift off. 

Put guilt aside. Take the negative away and just make it happen. If it happens, it is a success. Five minutes is better than not at all. There are days I only have five minutes, other days I can sit for an hour.

What does time with Jesus look like? Time focused on your relationship with Christ. Bible reading for one will grow your relationship with Christ. A scripture a day can change your life. Do what you will stick with. Open the Bible and read. A daily devotion is a good tool. Phone apps allow you to read wherever you are. My husband has a devotion in his car and reads before he walks into work.

Prayer is essential to your relationship with Jesus. He wants to hear from you as much and as often as you can. I prefer a more natural approach instead of regimented. I pray many times a day. They are short, sometimes just a few words. If someone asks for prayer, I pray with them on the spot or as I walk away. I pray a lot in the shower or the car. At night when I am drifting off, I am usually praying. The point being just make it happen when it works.

Quiet time. It might surprise you that being quiet can accomplish so much. The world is noisy. Taking time to shut out the noise and concentrate on Jesus. “Be still and know I am God,” Psalms 46:10. Cutting out the noise you can hear from the Lord. 

Meditation is a good tool. I caution you to focus on scripture on music connected to Christian work. Meditation is used by other religious practices. Each person may have a different idea of what meditation is. Find a scripture that you want to focus on. Recite it and repeat as you concentrate on the words and their meaning.