Daily Quiet Time

"I started a new routine in my daily quiet time a few years ago: I pray through the Concentric Circles of Leader Care from a book that I wrote with my friend Michael Lewis."

Daily Quiet Time

This week's devotions are written by Andy Spencer, a DFEA board member, entrepreneur, business coach, cattle rancher, founder of Engedi Group, and most of all, my dear friend!

- Pastor Danny

What a privilege it is to write these devotionals for my friend Danny Forshee this week. Danny is truly a man called by God to be a pastor, evangelist, discipler, and friend. I am honored to count him as a friend.

I started a new routine in my daily quiet time a few years ago: I pray through the Concentric Circles of Leader Care from a book that I wrote with my friend Michael Lewis. We learned about these circles from David Fergusen at Great Commandment Ministries:

I have a card that I pray over each day with the elements of this circle: Love for the Lord, Love for Your Spouse, Love for Your Children, Love for Your Church Family, and Love for Those Outside Your Church. I type in the items that do not change (Spouse, Children, Family, Ministry Friends, Friends) and use the bottom of the page for more current prayer requests. I then pray over this list daily. I have a copy of the list at liftyourpastor.com that you can download if you would like to have a place to start.

Today, I will start with Love the Lord:

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength."

(Deuteronomy 6:5)

This Scripture implores us to love God first; love Him with all we have. My prayer this year has been to find God's "will" for my life. I use Romans 12:2 to help me focus on this. I look at all the "things" I do and ask God to show me which I should winnow away and which I should focus on. I ask God to help me prioritize my days, weeks, and months so that I am seeking to be in His "will" for my life. I am not saying that I always get this right; in fact, I do not many times. Keeping God at the top of my list is always the best way to live.

Over the next week, I will be writing these devotionals to help you with your daily quiet time and prayer time to God.

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Podcast of the Week

We Have Seen Miracles, with Roger Breland

Pastor Danny welcomes to the show Roger Breland, a gifted and very influential man who has done so much in the areas of worship and contemporary Christian music, working with artists like Truth, For Him, Natalie Grant, and many others.

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