A plan to spend first morning hours

of the day with God through:

Early morning
preferably.
 Private place
away from
disturbance.
 Specific area for
consistency.
 To make God so real in our life
by:
a. Praying – talking to
Him.
b. Reading His words –
He talking to us.
c. Meditation – Pondering
upon His message.
In order for us
to know God,
it is necessary
to spend a
consistent
time with
Him.
“In the morning O
Lord, You hear my
voice; in the morning
I lay my requests
before You and wait
in expectations.”
Time alone with
God – is the core
of our priorities.
King David’s
prayer (Psalm
5:3)
Mrs. EG White’s
admonition in
the Desire of
Ages, 83 says…
“It would be
well for us to
spend a
thoughtful
hour each day
in
contemplatio
 To some, 5 minutes of
personal devotion is too short, to
others 10 minutes is too long, so
let us settle for 7 minutes then.
1. Have your Bible ready the
night before.
2. Decide for place and time.
3. Have alarm clock.
4. Start after meeting your
personal needs.
1. First ½ minute: Prepare
your heart, thank Him for
the good night’s rest and
opportunities for the new
day. Ask for the Holy
Spirit’s guidance for
wisdom.
2. Next 4 minutes: Read the Bible.
Your greatest need is to hear some
words from God. Don’t race.
Read for pure joy of reading
allowing God to speak to you.
Perhaps, just 5 to 20 verses or a
short chapter. Meditate on what
you’ve read.
3. Last 2 ½ minutes:
Prayer. After allowing
God to talk to us through
the reading of His words
and meditation, then we
should speak to Him.
 Summary for the 7-Minute Personal Devotion:

 ½ minute – Prayer of Guidance. (Psalm 143:8)

“Cause me to hear Thy

loving- kindness in the
morning…”
Summary for the 7-Minute Personal Devotion:

 4 minutes – Bible Reading. (Psalm 119:18)

“Open Thou mine eyes

that I may see wondrous
things out of Thy law…”
Summary for the 7-Minute Personal Devotion:

 2 ½ minutes – Prayer (A-C-T-S)

- 1 Chronicles 29:11

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and

just to forgive us our…”

“Giving thanks always for all things unto

God.”

“Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye

shall find, knock and it shall be...”
 This is a simple guide. Very
soon you will discover that it is
impossible to spend only 7
minutes with the Lord.
 Covenant with Him now to
guard, nourish and maintain your
morning devotional time of 7
minutes.
 “Lord, I want to meet
You first thing in the
morning for at least 7
minutes, tomorrow, when
my alarm clock goes off at
____, I have an