The Secret Place: How to Spend Time With God

Joshua Knudsen

Day 1- Change My Mind

God isn't some far-away dude in space just watching your life happen. He loves you and He wants you to know Him.

Read Matthew 6:5,6 to see what Jesus says about knowing the Father.

Look at some things God tells us we get when we seek Him:

Jeremiah 29:13; Jeremiah 33:3; Psalm 16:11; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Matthew 10:27

Dive in deeper:

Has it ever been hard for you to talk to God because you didn’t think you knew the right way to pray?
Has God ever seemed more like a distant force than your Heavenly Father or close friend?
What do you think it looks like when we spend personal time with God? What happens during that time?
What can you talk to God about when you pray? (The answer is EVERYTHING!)
Let’s really think. Why would Jesus put such an emphasis on them having personal time with God?
If Jesus thought it was important, how should we think about it?
Let’s pray and commit to spending time with God every day.

See you tomorrow!

Day 2- Win the War In Secret

Read: 1 Samuel 17: 32-50 (or the whole chapter!)

1. What are some things that keep you from being in the secret place and spending time with God?

2. In the Bible, it says that God is our refuge and a fortress. Does a refuge or fortress build itself? Does it magically appear around you? What would you have to do?

3. Do you think it’s the same with spending time with God? What are some ways that we can take responsibility for our time with God?

Day 3- What Do I Do While I'm There????

The 3 things mentioned when spending time with God were Worship, Prayer, and reading the Word. Which one of these is the easiest for you?

Which one is the hardest?

Let’s look at why those 3 things should be a part of our time with God.

Read Psalm 115:4-9 What does David show us about worship?

Read Psalm 119:9-11;105 What does reading, knowing and obeying God’s word do according to these verses?

Read Philippians 4:6,7 What does Paul say we should pray about? What should be included in prayer?

Challenge: Figure out where your Secret Place with God will happen and when. Set an alarm or put it in your calendar so you can remember.

Day 4- Having the Right Foundation

Why is it important that we build our foundation on the Word of God?

Read Matthew 7:24-27

What is Jesus saying in this verse?

How will you apply that to your life?

Day 5- The Power of Consistency

Read Galatians 6:7-9

How can you stay consistent with your commitments?

There is power in creating a habit! It becomes easier to keep doing it than to stop. How can we make committing to God’s Word a habit?

Ask the Lord to help you be consistent in your commitment to spend time with Him.

We are so glad that you did this devotional! We hope you got a lot of out of it, but most of all, we hope you got closer to Jesus! Keep going to the secret place and watch yourself grow spiritually.

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Aubrey

on 06/23/2024 at 03:09 AM

I havent read it but I am about to start and then tell you What I have been thinking about it 😁😁😁

Julie Julie

on 08/25/2022 at 03:44 AM

I finished the devotional today 😋😞 I’m sad and happy at the same time it was amazing! But I read Galatians and what I got from it was that just because God doesn’t directly mention something doesn’t mean it’s okay to do! The point of the Word is to learn what to do and not to to do make the spirit happy!! You want to be LIKE Jesus and of Jesus wouldn’t do it you shouldn’t either! I loved thy is devotional ☺️.

on 08/24/2022 at 04:22 AM

On Day 4 🥰 I’m going to be honest about what I think ! I think it’s scary also how I can just read it and not apply it! But the hard part is actually being able to figure out how to apply it to my life !! But I am starting to understand things better like I think day 1 or day 2 talked about how some have eyes but cannot see but Jesus is allowing me to use my eyes and ears to hear and see what he is saying! Before the stories of David and Samuel just seemed like stories and couldn’t understand how they could be applied to my life but now I see that David’s story may be a story but also IT CAN BE APPLIED !! Meaning that David’s strength and trust in God was incredible and I can apply that to my life by trusting in God more! Knowing that he is their for me !! If he could help David defeat Goliath with a pebble he can help all of us with our issues !! I mean he rose people from the dead ! He rose himself from the dead!!! He suffered so much just to pay the price for things that WE CHOOSE TO DO!!! He gave his life FOR ME !!! FOR YOU AND FOR EVERYONE !! Their is NOTHING !!! My God Cannot do!!! He went through heaven and hell !!! He’s incredible !!! Amazing !! But that’s what I got out of say 4 🤪

on 08/23/2022 at 04:29 AM

What I thought about psalm 115:4-9 was that it’s scary on how easy it is to lose track of Jesus and it’s true people who don’t know Jesus have eyes but they can’t see what’s right in front of them !! They have feet but they can’t walk for Jesus they can’t live for Jesus !! They have all these things but can’t use them spiritually ! I think it’s crazy how easy it is for flesh to win over spirit if you let it but also it’s crazy how powerful Jesus is and that he won’t always stop the storm but will help you through it and help you win the battles between your flesh and spiritual life! All I can say is Jehovah Jireh is not my provider and I’m never turning back !

on 08/20/2022 at 07:34 AM

I think it’s cool how I can talk to Jesus about anything no matter how small or how big .

The Secret Place: How to Spend Time With God

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