The Jake White

Time for Quiet Time

This last week at camp was amazing. God spoke to me in many ways (ha ha the way.. get it?) Three things really stuck out.

• Quiet Time
• Thankfulness
• Leadership

Right now I am going to focus on quite time. I have always said, “I want to have a quite time.” I even remember lying once about having one so I could sound like “the perfect Christian.” I got over pretending to be perfect awhile ago thankfully. I know that I am not perfect and I don’t deserve what has been given to me.

So, back to the quite time. I am going to commit myself to a quiet time every morning. Complete silence, just me and God. Listening, Learning, and then Living it out.

To hold myself accountable to this, I have decided to make a rule for myself: No computer (or iPhone) before Bible study PERIOD

This is radical for me, because I am addicted to the Internet, and if you are reading this, chances are, so are you. It is amazing how I never go one day without making time to check my email, Facebook, Myspace, and 103 blogs that I read every day. But I often go days without making time for the one who created me and gave me everything I have. It is for no other reason that I have been put on this earth other than to glorify Him.

I will probably need to ask myself over and over again: What is more important to me than spending time with God? What do I need to do to fix those priorities?

So… I am going to need your help. I need everyone out there to help keep me accountable. Please? Just a casual “how’s your quiet time goin,” can go a whole long way.

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What Is Worship?

This is a question that has come to my mind latley, are we actually spending time with God, or just singing a bunch of songs?

What does worship mean to you?

Here are some things I’ve come up with, what do you think?

(by I, I mean things I have heard from those who I have been around ex. worship leader, friends, and pastors)

• Worship is recognizing who God is, and thanking him for what he has done
• It is an attempt to give Him the honor he deserves.
• Corporate worship is joining together with other believers and acknowledging the Lord and what he has done.
• Worship takes on many different forms. It is not limited to singing or lifting up of our hands. It can be sharing what God has been doing to encourage another believer etc.
• Worship is not a feeling. It is an attitude, but it is a learned attitude. There will be times that we should worship in which we don’t feel like doing so.
• It is not a time to bring attention to ourselves.
• John 4 - “God is spirit and his worshipers must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
• It is not enough to worship God on the outside. Our attitude must be right.
• Worshiping in truth is being honest when we worship. We are not just acting or doing things to please people.
• Our actions should be an accurate reflection of our heart.

If you don’t truly believe what you are singing or saying when you worship, it’s basically the same as closing you eyes and lying to God with all your heart!