Now that NT90 is complete, I am forced out of my comfort box of a planned, restrictive reading plan to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Isn't it funny how I am more comfortable following an arbitrary, man-made reading plan vs. allowing the Holy Spirit to guide my Bible study and quiet time? ("Quiet time"- hmmm. Wonder why I did not designate it as "prayer time". Maybe that is because prayer is not the center piece of my morning time with God. Interesting topic to explore at a later date.)
I am not being critical of NT90. It has been the most intentional 90 days of Bible reading/study of my entire life. Not only are the scriptural insights invaluable, but it has helped to established the habit of a daily time alone with God. However, as I neared the end of the NT90, I found myself in a wee bit 'o panic because I did not have another devotional book or reading plan picked out.
Then as I was walking Roxie this morning, the Holy Spirit gave me a spiritual dope slap and reminded me that the Bible was the only devotional book I need at the current time. So, for the foreseeable future, I will be spending my morning times in the book of Psalms. One or two or three chapters a day and allowing the Holy Spirit to speak to me through the writings of the "man after God's own heart"- King David.
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