Quiet Time

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility as exhibited by a servant. In God’s Kingdom, one who serves is positioned at the highest position and is called the greatest (Mathew 20: 27).     Scripture : Luke 22: 26 “But ye shall not be so: but HE THAT IS GREATEST among you, LET THEM BE AS THE YOUNGER; and he that is chief. AS HE THAT DOTH SERVE” Luke 22: 26   Humility is to make yourself a servant. Jesus linked humility to being a child or being a servant. The art of being a child and the art of being a servant must be studied and meditated upon as long as we live on this earth. Pride is the invisible and dangerous enemy of all of us. The more successful you are, the more invisible and the more dangerous your pride is. Pride is a specialist at bringing people down. The higher you go, the more attractive you are to the spirit of pride.   It is easy to say to someone, “Be humble” but what exactly should he do to mak...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Hebrews 11: 40    “God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect” Hebrews 11: 40   15.  When you are humble as a child, you express your need for others. When you lose this humility, you think you do not need anyone.   Scripture : Hebrews 11: 40   “God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect” Hebrews 11: 40   Children are dependent on their parents. Sheep are dependent on their shepherds. Humble pastors are dependent on other pastors . I have found out that we need one another. Everybody needs a little ...

In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Genesis 3: 10-11  “And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And He said, who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?” Genesis 3: 10-11    14.  When you are humble as a child, you are soft and bendable. When you lose this humility, you become hard, unyielding, and stubborn. “And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And He said, who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shou...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : 1 Samuel 15: 23   “For rebellion is as sin on witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king” 1 Samuel 15: 23  13.  When you are humble as a child, you are soft and bendable. When you lose this humility, you become hard, unyielding, and stubborn. “For rebellion is as sin on witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king” 1 Samuel 15: 23   A young tree can be bent easily. An old tree is hard, stubborn, and unbendab...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10  12.  When you are humble as a child, you allow yourself to be cared for. When you lose this humility, you want to help yourself. “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10   Children are cared for by their parents, uncles and guardians. They receive care and provision without thinking twice. They somehow feel that the parent, or guardian owns the whole world. They do not know where he gets his money from and does not occur to them to ask. A child allows himself to be provided for. That is humility.   You may ask, “What does this have t...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 11. When you are humble as a child, you embrace adventure, excitement and new things. When you lose this humility, you are no longer exciting, adventurous and fearless “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10   Children love running around and climbing into things to find out what is there. Grown-ups sit back and see everything as risky and dangerous. I remember when we built a bell tower in our church. Before we could fix a trap door, we found children climbing the stairs to the very top. It is quite a scary journey to the top but the children found ...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren. Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10  10.   When you are humble as a child, you do not answer back, you do not challenge or argue. When you lose this humility, you answer back and challenge “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 When a little child is spoken to in his classroom, he does not answer back the teacher. When the teacher asks him why he is late, he does not say to the teacher “But you were late yesterday and why are you asking so much about lateness!?” it will be completely unheard of for this child to answer back at his teacher. Indeed, when you are humble as a child, you ...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 1.       10.  When you are humble as a child, you are not conscious of your living circumstances. When you lose this humility you become conscious of your circumstances.     “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 When you are a child, you are not conscious of your living circumstances. You are not even aware of which country you live in. .. pride leads people to live in certain places even though it is not good for them. Many people would have been happier living in a developing country but they choose to live as third-gra...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10   “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 1.       8.  When you are humble as a child, you are trusting and believing. “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10   Little Children believe fantastic stories such as the story of Santa Claus. I have enjoyed telling my children stories. Many times I sought an searched for stories so I could tell my children interesting stories. I have found myself enjoying the stories just as much as they have. One day, my grown-up sons heard my little daughter rehearsing the story that I had told them and they asked, “Is daddy still tell...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 1.      7.   When you are humble as a child, you do not cover your natural weakness. When you lose this humility, you always do your best to make a good impression. “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10   A humble person does care about what people think about him. A humble person does not care whether you are impressed or not. The proud people of the world need to keep up appearances and impress the world. Children can bathe and stand naked by the side of the road without thinking much about it. When you lose your innocenc...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility as exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be as “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 6.  When you are humble as a child, you are not conscious of people’s nationalities. When you lose this humility, you become conscious of people's nationalities.                                                                                  Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 Little children are not conscious ...

In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility as exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be as “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10  5.  When you are humble as a child, you are not conscious of the wealth of others. When you lose this humility, you relate to people based on their wealth. Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10   “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 Little children are not conscious of wealth or riches. The son of a millionaire will play games with the child from the slums without thinking about who they are. It is when this humility of childlikeness departs from you, that you become conscious of what people have. It is pride that makes you find out where peop...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility as exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be as “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10  4.  When you are humble as a child, you copy things easily. When you lose this humility, you do not want to copy, even if it is a good thing.     Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10   “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10   There are many methods of learning. Copying is the divine method given to children to make them surge forward and catch up with adults. Children copy easily and that is why they can learn languages easily. Grown-ups are filled with pride and are unable to copy something successful from their neighbor....

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility as exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be as “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren. Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10   “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10  3.  When you are humble as a child, you easily learn new things. When you lose this humility, you do not easily learn anything new.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10   “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10   Learning new things is another sign that you still have some humility around you. When you become proud, you are unable to read books and learn the new things God wants to bring us into.   ..the real problem is not that you cannot learn new things, but that pride has taken away your childlikeness and is preve...

  In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility as exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be as “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 1.       2.  When you are humble as a child, you sit quietly and listen to instructions and teachings. When you lose this humility, you no longer sit quietly and listen to instructions, teachings, and guidance.                                             “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10   When you are humble like a child , you allow yourself to be led. You are guidable, malleable, and “leadable”. When you lose...

In this Quiet-time series, we shall study the various characteristics of humility as exhibited by children. The Word of God encourages us to be as “little ones” to inherit the kingdom of God; denoting humility and sincere obedience in our pursuit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and our relationship with our brethren.   Scripture : Proverbs 13: 10 “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10 1.       1.  When you are humble as a child, you quickly forgive and forget. When you lose this humility, you no longer forgive and forget. “Only by PRIDE cometh contention…..” Proverbs 13: 10   Most adults do not forgive easily. Children have a short attention span and short memory. It takes humility to let go of issues. As you get older and prouder, you know what is right and you know when people are behaving wrongly. As you get older, you are conscious of when you are being cheated and when you are getting the bad end of the stick. Because of ...