*DAILY DEW 22/DECEMBER/2022* *REDISCOVERING THE HABIT OF DAILY PERSONAL QUIET TIME* (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *"And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed."* (Mark 1:35 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ Prayerlessness and not reading your Bible daily (The Twin Discipline For Spiritual Progress) should be treated with the same importance and urgency. Jesus said people err (get it wrong) because; 1. They DONT KNOW the scriptures. 2. They DONT KNOW the power of God. (AMPC) Matthew 22:29: "²⁹ But Jesus replied to them, You are wrong because you know neither the Scriptures nor God’s power." You need to become thoroughly acquainted with the will of God, which is the word of God as captured in scriptures, and the Holy Spirit who is the power of God. Knowing the scriptures will help you pray better, and praying better will help you work God's power, and understand scriptures better. Many people excuse their neglect with being too busy as in work and family demands, and traffic stress for those that live in congested urban places like Lagos. *Spiritual disciplines are not for lazy and idle people.* Looking back, I actually read much more and prayed much more when I had a 16 hours a day job. The lack of time made me consecrate to pray without fail, deleted entertainment and things not so important. I never prayed less than two hours and read for a minimum of one hour. *The key for busy believers maintaining and developing their prayer lives and reading habit is to redeem the time!* Do not allow anything bring about neglect of your daily spiritual disciplines, or else you become used to not praying and reading at all, dig in and set apart time away from your work time to pray and read, as in read, not that reading of one, two, three or four chapters daily, and thinking God understands, the issue is the ignorance and lack that prayerlessness generates, not God understanding! Daniel was a Prime Minister that prayed three times daily! *Your spiritual disciplines must be built around purpose, commitment and consecration, not idleness, and zero demand for your time.* Even if you are not as busy, and have all the time, you must build your disciplines like someone who has no time, and have very stringent demand on your time. _MEDITATION:_ *"Prosecute your praying and reading like a person that has to leave for work 6am and return late owing to traffic, don't allow your downtime become what you use for these strategic disciplines, otherwise when you get that job, get married, get admitted to study and life take it's normal toll, you will find it impossible to pray and read completely."* *#Austine_Oviawe* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_DECEMBER* ❤ *#GuestMessage* Links To Visit: *Register4HTP2022:* https://bit.ly/HTP2022_ACTIVATED *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.