This year I did not make a list of New Year Resolutions. I have a word for the year. This year is confidence. I got my word from a quiz I took at dayspring.com As a way to grow my confidence, I want to grow my relationship with God. To help grow my relationship with God, I have created a daily devotion time. I have actually scheduled two times each day, most days. This post is about how and when I spend time with God.
I try to spend time with God every morning and every evening. In the morning I read that Day out of a daily Devotion book. This year I am reading “A Woman after God’s Own Heart” by Elizabeth George. Then I follow it up with doing a day out of Candace Cameron Bure’s “Radical Kindness” or a book similar to this (I’m not sure what I will do next). I try to do my morning devotion between getting my two older kids to school and dropping my third off at school. Sometimes, I have to push it till all kids at school.
In the evenings I read from my Bible. I am currently reading the book of Proverbs. After reading, I write a prayer in my prayer journal. I end my evening time with God by reading and writing in “Promises and Blessings From God’s Heart to Yours”. I ordered it online at dayspring.com. When I write in it, I either write a prayer or something related to the reading. My evening devotion usually happens when everyone is in bed sleeping. That way I am more likely to get that time uninterrupted. It can just be God and I.
There is another way that I some time do that helps grow my relationship with God, I read. I am currently reading “Get Out of Your Head” by Jennie Allen. Look for my review on this book soon. How do you spend time with God to help grow your relationship with God? I hope some of the books I am reading and doing inspire you to add to your daily devotion or add to your read list.