DEP 2. Quiet Time

Question 1

1 Corinthians 1:9

Answer 1

God wants to fellowship with us

God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Question 2

Isaiah 30:18

Answer 2

God wants to fellowship with us

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

Question 3

Isaiah 55:6

Answer 3

God’s command

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

Question 4

Psalm 27:8

Answer 4

God’s command

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Question 5

John 15:5

Answer 5

Promise of blessings

I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Question 6

Psalm 34:10

Answer 6

Promise of blessings

The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Question 7

Habakkuk 2:1

Answer 7

To discern and obey God’s will

I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.

Question 8

Psalm 143:8, 10

Answer 8

To discern and obey God’s will

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Question 9

Hebrews 12:2

Answer 9

Looking on the Lord

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Question 10

Psalm 42:11

Answer 10

Looking on the Lord

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God.

Question 11

Psalm 42:1

Answer 11

Coming to the Lord with thirst

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.

Question 12

Psalm 130:5-6

Answer 12

Coming to the Lord with thirst

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.

Question 13

Psalm 55:22

Answer 13

Casting our burdens on the Lord

Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.

Question 14

Psalm 68:19

Answer 14

Casting our burdens on the Lord

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Saviour, who daily bears our burdens. Selah

Question 15

Psalm 91:9-10

Answer 15

Taking refuge and rest in the Lord

If you make the Most High your dwelling - even the LORD, who is my refuge - then no harm will befall yo, no disaster will come near your tent.

Question 16

Matthew 11:28-29

Answer 16

Taking refuge and rest in the Lord

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Question 17

Psalm 119:147-148

Answer 17

Meeting the Lord in the Word and prayer

I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.

Question 18

Psalm 5:3

Answer 18

Meeting the Lord in the Word and prayer

In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.

Question 19

Psalm 95:6

Answer 19

Worshipping the Lord

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

Question 20

Hebrews 13:15

Answer 20

Worshipping the Lord

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise - the fruit of lips that confess his name.

Question 21

Psalm 90:14

Answer 21

Getting daily satisfaction

Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Question 22

Psalm 107:9

Answer 22

Getting daily satisfaction

For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

Question 23

Mark 1:35

Answer 23

Jesus - praying very early in the morning

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Question 24

Exodus 33:11

Answer 24

Moses - personal fellowship with the Lord

The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

Question 25

Daniel 6:10

Answer 25

Daniel - giving top priority to the fellowship

Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

Question 26

Mark 4:34

Answer 26

Disciples - understanding the Word when alone with Jesus

He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.