Beginning Time Alone with
God (Youth)
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Here again comes to light that principle of inwardness,
which Matthew Arnold rightly judged one of the clearest and surest marks of the
teaching of Jesus. He was not unmindful of the value of outward acts of worship,
of form and ritual. But He always saw and taught the immeasurably higher value
of what lay within. Defilement of the worse sort comes not from the outside,
but from the inside. Clean hands mean something, but a pure heart means more.
There is no lesson we need more than the
great truth that what makes the main difference is what we are inwardly, down
below all form and manners and dress and custom. He only is safe who is ever
conscious of the divine presence deep within, so that he lives his life, in
that hidden, secret part, by the strength and under the eyes of God.
He knew that He desired only the truth, and
that the truth would have the future with it.
He whose soul is clear from prejudice, free
from bias, and ready to take the truth as his own whatever it be, need not
worry about the opinions and judgements of men. He knows that ultimately the
truth will prevail: and he is on the side of the truth.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and
renew a right spirit within me. Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me,
and know my thoughts. And see if there be any wicked way in me. And lead me in
the way everlasting. For Thy names sake. AMEN
William
Pierson Merrill, The Way p. 203f (1933)
Quiet yourself before God (2-4 minutes).
Prayer
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Confession Confess your sins to God. Ask Him to forgive you
and take
away all sin from you.
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Intercession Pray for other peoples needs and lives.
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Focus on those who need salvation.
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Petition Talk with God about your life and needs.
Your
Purity before God.
Worship and give thanks to God for everything (be specific).
Bible Adventure
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Read and think and imagine Mark 13:
1-11
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Meditate on this passage in the Bible.
Write
Journal what God taught you today.
Close
with prayer. Go with God into your day today.
Quiet yourself before God (2-4 minutes).
Prayer
●
Confession Confess your sins to God. Ask Him to forgive you
and take
away all sin from you.
●
Intercession Pray for other peoples needs and lives.
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Focus on the need to grow and become like Jesus.
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Petition Talk with God about your life and needs.
The Presence of God in your life.
Worship
and give thanks to God for everything (be specific).
Bible Adventure
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Read and think and imagine
Mark 13: 12,13
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Meditate on this passage in the Bible.
Write
Journal what God taught you today.
Close
with prayer. Go with God into your day today.
Quiet yourself before God (2-4 minutes).
Prayer
●
Confession Confess your sins to God. Ask Him to forgive you
and take
away all sin from you.
●
Intercession Pray for other peoples needs and lives.
●
Focus on those who need healing.
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Petition Talk with God about your life and needs.
The
Passion of God in your life.
Worship
and give thanks to God for everything (be specific).
Bible Adventure
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Read and think and imagine
Mark 13: 14-23
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Meditate on this passage in the Bible.
Write
Journal what God taught you today.
Close
with prayer. Go with God into your day today.
THURSDAY
Quiet yourself before God (2-4 minutes).
Prayer
●
Confession Confess your sins to God. Ask Him to forgive you
and take
away all sin from you.
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Intercession Pray for other peoples needs and lives.
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Focus on the missionaries all over the world Monica Padilla
Trueman, Colorado Christian Services
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Petition Talk with God about your life and needs.
The Power of God in your life.
Worship
and give thanks to God for everything (be specific).
Bible Adventure
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Read and think and imagine
Mark 13:24-26
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Meditate on this passage in the Bible.
Write
Journal what God taught you today.
Close
with prayer. Go with God into your day today.
FRIDAY
Quiet yourself before God (2-4 minutes).
Prayer
●
Confession Confess your sins to God. Ask Him to forgive you
and take
away all sin from you.
●
Intercession Pray for other peoples needs and lives.
●
Focus on giving thanks for Creation.
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Petition Talk with God about your life and needs.
Gods Freedom in your life.
Worship
and give thanks to God for everything (be specific).
Bible Adventure
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Read and think and imagine
Mark 13: 27-31
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Meditate on this passage in the Bible.
Write
Journal what God taught you today.
Close
with prayer. Go with God into your day today.
Quiet yourself before God (2-4 minutes).
Prayer
●
Confession Confess your sins to God. Ask Him to forgive you
and take
away all sin from you.
●
Intercession Pray for other peoples needs and lives.
●
Focus on life all around you.
●
Petition Talk with God about your life and needs.
Gods Hope in your
life.
Worship
and give thanks to God for everything (be specific).
Bible Adventure
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Read and think and imagine Mark 11:
1-11
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Meditate on this passage in the Bible.
Write
Journal what God taught you today.
Close
with prayer. Go with God into your day today.
SUNDAY
Quiet yourself before God (2-4 minutes).
Prayer
●
Confession Confess your sins to God. Ask Him to forgive you
and take
away all sin from you.
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Intercession Pray for other peoples needs and lives.
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Focus Talk with God about church and worship today at WLCF.
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Petition Ask God to help you worship Him today.
Bible Adventure
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Read and think and imagine
Mark 13: 14-31
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Meditate on this passage in the Bible.
Write
Journal what God taught you today.
Close
with prayer. Go with God into your day today.