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Thank you for sharing. This is a very good topic. I spend my God time as not so much a strict ritual, but as a firm need to seek the word, and seek Gods face. I rise in the morning and thank God for all I have. I pray throughout the day. I sit in my comfy chair with my journal and write letters to God. It is my Dear God journal. I write out my prayers, I write out my thanks for what had happened, good or bad and then I read the bible (one I have had, and read many times since 1974) I write, in my 'Dear God' journal different scriptures that are relevant to the day, and at times I write my own sermon for my purposes only. At times I share them the next day with a friend. At night I lay in bed and watch Joel Osteen or another minister on TV until I fall asleep. (I sometimes can't fall asleep because I am too busy writing passages from the sermon I am watching on TV) With all that has gone on in my life recently, I have really drawn very close to God as I have realized that I have no control over anything and divine intervention is where it is at. I don't stay stagnate, I do step out in faith.
I had been stumbling a bit a while back until I received a phone call that left me feeling out of control, emotionally, AGAIN, and I dislike that feeling more then anything. That night, after I hung up the phone, crying uncontrollably, I picked up my bible and gave everything entirely up to God. It is working for me, I am more at peace (most days). When my inner peace starts to feel like it is coming unraveled I remind myself that a peaceful Christian needs prayer, sleep, and quiet time. I never aloud myself that before, until I gave it all up to God.
When I am hurting, I sing Amazing Grace. When I am traveling I listen to a worship music station.
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