May 12th
"When we first begin to form a habit, we are fully aware of it. There are times when we are aware of becoming virtuous and godly, but this awareness should only be a stage we quickly pass through as we grow spiritually. If we stop at this stage, we will develop a sense of spiritual pride. The right thing to do with godly habits is to immerse them in the life of the Lord until they become such a spontaneous expression of our lives that we are no longer aware of them. Our spiritual life continually causes us to focus our attention inwardly for the determined purpose of self-examination, because each of us has some qualities we have not yet added to our lives.

Your god may be your little Christian habit— the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes. We say, “I can’t do that right now; this is my time alone with God.” No, this is your time alone with your habit. There is a quality that is still lacking in you. Identify your shortcoming and then look for opportunities to work into your life that missing quality.

Love means that there are no visible habits— that your habits are so immersed in the Lord that you practice them without realizing it. If you are consciously aware of your own holiness, you place limitations on yourself from doing certain things— things God is not restricting you from at all. This means there is a missing quality that needs to be added to your life. The only supernatural life is the life the Lord Jesus lived, and He was at home with God anywhere. Is there someplace where you are not at home with God? Then allow God to work through whatever that particular circumstance may be until you increase in Him, adding His qualities. Your life will then become the simple life of a child."

I'm a little confused right now because I was told my whole life to develop the habit of having quiet time at a certain time of the day everyday so that for the rest of your life you keep having that quiet time at that time everyday. And then I read this... People kept saying to "force myself to have a quiet time at a certain time each day" and I believed them but I found something was lacking in this... I even had an order in which I did this "habit" Devotional, Christian Book, Prayer map, Prayer, Word For The Day, and a specific worship list... And I was thinking that this was the right thing to do. I made sure i got in my hour and then went on with my day. But this was only a habit! If I didn't do it once I woke up I wouldn't do it at all because I just had the habit of doing these things when I woke up in the morning, if I woke up between 6:30 and 7:30 and could force myself to do it. It was just a part of my daily routine and I got sick of it! Even though I had my "Quiet Time" it was "time alone with my habit" not with God!

I think that YES, we should have quiet time. And it's important. But I think I've been doing it wrong! I should be having it when I feel led to in the day, or all day at that! Instead of it just being this habit I do because people say I should. I want to have a real and spontaneous quiet time! I have so many habit that I am trying to break right now and I have moved "christian habit" to the top of that list~ I am determined to, and with Gods help I know I can, break this habit along with all the others!


-Keeping The Faith,

C.A.M