Personal Time with God 9
Author: Discovery Ministry
Date: 2026-04-15 21:54:42+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.

An Outline for Your

Personal Time With God™

• 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 (Psalm 16:11). Life is about your relationship with Jesus (John 17:3). This time is not an obligation; it is an invitation to relate to Jesus, not to rigidly follow or complete a guide.

• Take this time with him seriously. Don’t just go through the motions. Relax, put other things aside, and let God love you and bless you.

• Remember that God, your creator and heavenly Father, takes great pleasure in you as his child (Zeph. 3:17).

• Expect temptations, distractions, and attacks; you are in a constant spiritual war for the control of what you think, say, and do. Satan is out to defeat you by influencing you to sin and distracting you from focusing on Jesus and following his way. The battle is in your mind; you win or lose by what you choose to think about or let control you (Rom. 8:5-6).

• Think about who Jesus is (Heb. 3:1, Heb. 1:1-3, Col. 1:15-23, Jn. 1:1-5).

• Come before Jesus by faith in him—trusting in who he is and what he has done for you—not by your feelings, goodness, or performance (Heb. 11:6, Eph. 3:12). Continue by the strength that he gives (Phil. 4:13).

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!

“Lord Jesus, thank you for this time with you. I ask you to speak to me, reveal more of yourself, and lead and guide our time. Thank you for your presence and for answering my prayer.”

Thank God

Psalm 92:1-2, 4. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, Most High, to declare your faithful love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, For you have made me rejoice, Lord, by what you have done; I will shout for joy because of the works of your hands.

Confess, Repent, and be Cleansed of Any Sin

1 John 1:9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Let the Holy Spirit Fill and Control You

Galatians 5:16. I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh [the sin living in you].

Galatians 5:25. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Worship And Praise God

Psalm 100:2, 3a. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are his—his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Reaffirm Your Faith in and Commitment to God

Galatians 2:20. I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Bring Needs And Concerns to God

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

1 Peter 5:7. Casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.

Live by the Power of God’s Spirit Within You

1 Corinthians 4:20: For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

Remember, you are in a constant spiritual war for the control of what you think, say, and do. Therefore, focus on Jesus, your Lord and Savior, and apply these four biblical truths.

• Be sure that the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Jesus) is controlling and empowering you—practice spiritual breathing.

• Expect continual conflict from the world, the sin living in you, and the devil—temptations, distractions, and attacks.

• Remember, as a child of God you have every resource you need—prayer, biblical truths, and other believers.

• Choose to live by faith in Christ and to follow his way in all that you think, say, and do—continually make that choice.

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.

Topic #4 Experiencing God’s Love and Forgiveness

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Topic #5 Being Sure That You Are Filled with God’s Spirit

Ephesians 5:18

And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit.

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©2026 by Discovery Ministry®
www.discoveryministry.org

All Scriptures are from the CSB

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Verse References

Psalm 16:11

(11) You reveal the path of life to me;
in your presence is abundant joy;
at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

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John 17:3

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

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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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Romans 8:5-6

(5) For those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on the things of the Spirit. (6) Now the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.

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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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Hebrews 1:1-3

(1) Long ago God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets at different times and in different ways. (2) In these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son. God has appointed him heir of all things and made the universe through him. (3) The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

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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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John 1:1-5

(1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (2) He was with God in the beginning. (3) All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. (4) In him was life, and that life was the light of men. (5) That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome 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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Ephesians 3:12

(12) In him we have boldness and confident access through faith in him.

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Philippians 4:13

(13) I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me.

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PTG–9 r260401

©2026 by Discovery Ministry®
www.discoveryministry.org

All Scriptures are from the CSB

(260401)

Table of Contents

- Personal Time With God™
- Thank God
- Confess, Repent, and be Cleansed of Any Sin
- Let the Holy Spirit Fill and Control You
- Worship And Praise God

- Reaffirm Your Faith in and Commitment to God

- Bring Needs And Concerns to God

- Live by the Power of God’s Spirit Within You

- Essentials for Spiritual Growth Memory Verses

- Verse References