Personal Time with God 3
Author: Discovery Ministry
Date: 2026-04-13 19:32:59+00:00
Keywords: Spiritual Growth
Description: A Daily Guide for Your Personal Time with God is designed to help followers of Christ establish consistency in relating to Jesus by regular or daily use. The Personal Time with God comes from spiritual truths discussed in the Essentials for Spiritual Growth.

A Daily Guide for Your

Personal Time With God™

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• This is important and needed personal time with God. It is not a formula or just an activity to do; it is a one-to-one experience with him. Life is about your relationship with Jesus. This time is not an obligation; it is an invitation to relate to Jesus, not to rigidly follow or complete a guide.

• God loves you and desires time with you (Psalm 27:8). Take this time with him seriously. Don’t just go through the motions. Listen to God and enjoy this personal time with him. Relax, put other things aside, and let God love you and bless you.

• Remember that God takes great pleasure in you as his child (Zeph. 3:17).

• Think about who Jesus is (Heb. 3:1, Col. 1:15-23).

• Come before Jesus by faith in him not by your feelings, goodness, or performance (Heb. 11:6).

Lamentations 3:22-23. Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for his mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!

Psalm 118:24. This is the day the Lord has made; let’s rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 46:10a. Stop fighting [cease striving], and know that I am God!

Thank God

(Psalm 92:1-2, 4)

“Lord, by faith, I thank you that

• you have forgiven all my sins—past, present, and future. I am now free from the penalty, power, and guilt of sin so that I can know you and live a new life;

• you have made me your child and you will never reject me. I am accepted and I belong to the family of God;

• you live in me right now and you will never leave or abandon me—I will never be alone;

• you have given me a new life in Christ and a purpose for living. I now have a reason to live and meaningful work to do every day;

• you have given me eternal life with you now and forever. My relationship with you is safe and secure forever; and

• you meet all my needs. You meet my physical needs and my need for peace, purpose, and power.”

Thank God for anything else that comes to mind.

Worship And Praise God

(Psalm 95:6-7, Psalm 147:1)

Psalm 33:8. Let the whole world fear the Lord, and … stand in awe of him.

Humble yourself before God and worship him for who he is.

Praise God for his greatness (Psalm 48:1a); for his goodness (Psalm 31:19); and for his kindness (Eph. 1:6-8).

Reaffirm Your Faith in and Commitment to God

“Lord, I acknowledge you and your kingdom, your purpose for my life, and your commitment to me. Therefore, I reaffirm my belief in and dependence on you, my Creator, Master, and Savior.”

Bring Needs And Concerns to God

2 Chronicles 7:14-15. … if my people … will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, … My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.

Be open and honest with God and pray for his will and not yours.

Philippians 4:6. Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Trusting in God, pray for

• Yourself and any needs or issues

• Your family

• Other needs or issues

• Requests for others

• Your work and activities today

• An close relationship with Jesus throughout the day

Essentials for Spiritual Growth Memory Verses

Topic #1 Understanding What it Means to Believe In Christ

1 John 5:11-13

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. The one who has the Son has life. The one who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Topic #2 Knowing God as Your Loving Father

John 17:3

This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent — Jesus Christ.

Topic #3 Understanding the Necessity of the Bible

2 Timothy 3:16-17

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

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©2026 by Discovery Ministry®
www.discoveryministry.org

All Scriptures are from the CSB

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Verse References

Psalm 27:8

(8) My heart says this about you:
“Seek his face.”
Lord, I will seek your face.

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Zephaniah 3:17

(17) The Lord your God is among you,
a warrior who saves.
He will rejoice over you with gladness.
He will be quiet in his love.
He will delight in you with singing.”

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Hebrews 3:1

(1) Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

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Colossians 1:15-23

(15) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. (16) For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him.

(17) He is before all things, and by him all things hold together. (18) He is also the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.

(19) For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, (20) and through him to reconcile everything to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

(21) Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds as expressed in your evil actions. (22) But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through his death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before him — (23) if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

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Hebrews 11:6

(6) Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

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Psalm 92:1-2, 4

(1) It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praise to your name, Most High,
(2) to declare your faithful love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night,
(4) For you have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what you have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of your hands.

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Psalm 95:6-7

(6) Come, let’s worship and bow down;
let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.
(7) For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
the sheep under his care.
Today, if you hear his voice:

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Psalm 147:1

(1) Hallelujah!
How good it is to sing to our God,
for praise is pleasant and lovely.

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Psalm 48:1a

(1a) The Lord is great and highly praised …

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Psalm 31:19

(19) How great is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you.
In the presence of everyone you have acted
for those who take refuge in you.

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Ephesians 1:6-8

(6) to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.
(7) In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace (8) that he richly poured out on us with all wisdom and understanding.

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PTG–3 r260401

©2026 by Discovery Ministry®
www.discoveryministry.org

All Scriptures are from the CSB

(260415)

Table of Contents

- Personal Time With God™
- Thank God
- Worship And Praise God

- Reaffirm Your Faith in and Commitment to God

- Bring Needs And Concerns to God

- Essentials for Spiritual Growth Memory Verses

- Verse References