DEP 242 Pack 2 - Quiet Time

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God wants to fellowship with us

1 Corinthians 1:9

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God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:9

Isaiah 30:18

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Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

Isaiah 30:18

God's command

Isaiah 55:6

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Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

Isaiah 55:6

Psalm 27:8

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My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.

Psalm 27:8

Promise of blessings

John 15:5

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“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:5

Psalm 34:10

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The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Psalm 34:10

To discern and obey God's will

Habakkuk 2:1

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I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.

Habakkuk 2:1

Psalm 143:8, 10

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Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Psalm 143:8, 10

Looking on the Lord

Hebrews 12:2

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fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:2

Psalm 42:11

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Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

Psalm 42:11

Coming to the Lord with thirst

Psalm 42:1

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As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.

Psalm 42:1

Psalm 130:5-6

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I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.

Psalm 130:5-6

Casting our burdens on the Lord

Psalm 55:22

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Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

Psalm 55:22

Psalm 68:19

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Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.

Psalm 68:19

Taking refuge and rest in the Lord

Psalm 91:9-10

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If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.

Psalm 91:9-10

Matthew 11:28-29

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“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 11:28-29

Meeting the Lord in the Word and prayer

Psalm 119:147-148

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I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.

Psalm 119:147-148

Psalm 5:3

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In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.

Psalm 5:3

Worshiping the Lord

Psalm 95:6

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Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;

Psalm 95:6

Hebrews 13:15

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Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.

Hebrews 13:15

Getting daily satisfaction

Psalm 90:14

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Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Psalm 90:14

Psalm 107:9

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for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

Psalm 107:9

Jesus - praying very early in the morning

Mark 1:35

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Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Mark 1:35

Moses - personal fellowship wtih the Lord

Exodus 33:11

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The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

Exodus 33:11

Daniel - giving top priority to the fellowship

Daniel 6:10

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Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

Daniel 6:10

Disciples - understanding the Word when alone with Jesus

Mark 4:34

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He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

Mark 4:34