Devotional/Quiet time help?

[Henoch]

My mornings have become really hectic and that has led me to shift my main bible study time to the evening(I get up by around 7 and my classes start by around 8 so it's a hassle
And a full time bible study is quite hard to do at that time)
Could y'all suggest some devotionals that are theologically rich and reformed/calvinist which would have daily devotions maybe based on a few verses that would take comparatively lesser time(maybe 10 minutes or so)? Ive heard of Spurgeons morning and evening are there similar books in that style?

 

[TheInquirer]

How about just a short passage of Scripture to meditate on? I personally have never used devotionals and don’t understand their appeal.

Devotionals are like middle men in a business transaction - cut them out and go directly to the source for greater personal profit .

 

[Ploutos]

My mornings have become really hectic and that has led me to shift my main bible study time to the evening(I get up by around 7 and my classes start by around 8 so it's a hassle
And a full time bible study is quite hard to do at that time)
Could y'all suggest some devotionals that are theologically rich and reformed/calvinist which would have daily devotions maybe based on a few verses that would take comparatively lesser time(maybe 10 minutes or so)? Ive heard of Spurgeons morning and evening are there similar books in that style?

I'm a morning person, so I will probably never fully be able to relate to people who aren't. In theory, the important thing is to find time in the word each day, or as close to every day as is possible - whether that's at the beginning, middle, or end of the day.

If you can, try waking 10 or 15 minutes earlier to start your day with prayer and just a couple moments in the word. You could read a Psalm, a chapter from Proverbs, something from one of the epistles, or something else similarly bite-sized. That will help get your day off on the right foot, and then you could do your main Bible reading time later on. Even if you're not a morning person, you ought to start your day by at least checking in with God, just as morning people should end theirs in the same way.

 

[MyCrows]

Go through the Psalms on a regular rotation. There's 150, so you'll go through them twice a year. Let the prayer of the Psalmist guide your prayers.

The Psalms cover the whole gambit of Christian experience. Joy, pain, sorrow, suffering, God's justice. Share in these things though your union with Christ.

You can also sing through them, paying close attention to whichever you are reading that day. You might discover that the words echo within your heart long after you are done reading!

 

[Ed Walsh]

Greetings, Enoch,

If you think short (20-25± minutes) devotionals from Union Seminary's President and Professor of Theology, Dr. Michael Reeves, on one aspect or another of the love and surprising goodness of the Living God towards His Friends. That's us, man.

– Delighting in the Trinity –​

 

[Sam Jer]

My mornings have become really hectic and that has led me to shift my main bible study time to the evening(I get up by around 7 and my classes start by around 8 so it's a hassle
And a full time bible study is quite hard to do at that time)
Could y'all suggest some devotionals that are theologically rich and reformed/calvinist which would have daily devotions maybe based on a few verses that would take comparatively lesser time(maybe 10 minutes or so)? Ive heard of Spurgeons morning and evening are there similar books in that style?

The martyr Caspar Ten Boom would start and end each day in his family - at a very specific time - with prayer and reading one chapter aloud. While we can do more (I read two chapters from diffrent books and when alone I sing psalms), it is better to have something at both morning and evening than nothing at all at either point.

 

[Ed Walsh]

I'm a morning person, so I will probably never fully be able to relate to people who aren't. In theory, the important thing is to find time in the word each day, or as close to every day as is possible - whether that's at the beginning, middle, or end of the day.

A word or Two in Favor of Morning Devotions

If my memory serves me right it was Spurgeon who said, "You don't tune the violin after the concerts is over."

I believe it was also Spurgeon who said that God rained down manna--the bread from Heaven--early every morning. But when the sun rose up it melted.

Exodus 16:21 KJV
[21] And they gathered it [manna] every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

 

[SavedSinner]

My mornings have become really hectic and that has led me to shift my main bible study time to the evening(I get up by around 7 and my classes start by around 8 so it's a hassle
And a full time bible study is quite hard to do at that time)
Could y'all suggest some devotionals that are theologically rich and reformed/calvinist which would have daily devotions maybe based on a few verses that would take comparatively lesser time(maybe 10 minutes or so)? Ive heard of Spurgeons morning and evening are there similar books in that style?

Sing one of the 7 Psalms of Repentance followed by another Psalm each day: (6/32/38/51/102/130/143 + one of the others)

The European or Scottish methods of singing (Scottish metrical or Geneva Psalter) are a lot better than the American/English hymn tunes, which are often not suitable for worship. Only half and quarter notes with one whole note at the end. Of course, the old Dutch method is very slow, deep inhaling and singing, but all the Genevan Psalm singing in every language is at a deliberate pace in contrast to the hymn-tune singing that is often ridiculously fast and careless. Funny (not) to hear Americans try to zip through a Genevan tune in the OP/URC Psalter-Hymnal, then abruptly give-up in the middle of the psalm and laugh about it. The Psalter is better than any devotional commentary.

 

[JesseC]

Daily Light by Samuel Bagster. It is only scripture that is more or less topically arranged to form morning and evening devotions and is often very encouraging.

 

[Ed Walsh]

Devotional/Quiet time help?​

About your title. Why did Devotional time become known as Quiet Time?

My wife would laugh if she heard somebody call my time "Quiet." Mine is anything but Quiet. My poor wife worries that our neighbors are going to hear me. ＼(^^)／
Ed

 

[davejonescue]

Spurgeons book is good. The Devotionals are, I think only 1-2 pages each. You can easily find a used copy online.

 

[Cornelius Van Halen]

If it's a month with 31 days, read a chapter of Proverbs every morning and dwell on one or two verses. Maybe write it down on a piece of paper and ask for the wisdom of that particular flavor.

My wife has told me that she knows when I read Proverbs for the month.

 

[Henoch]

Daily Light by Samuel Bagster. It is only scripture that is more or less topically arranged to form morning and evening devotions and is often very encouraging.

Whoa never knew this existed! Thank you soo much!!
Seems very doable! Praise God!!

 

[alexanderjames]

How about just a short passage of Scripture to meditate on? I personally have never used devotionals and don’t understand their appeal.

Devotionals are like middle men in a business transaction - cut them out and go directly to the source for greater personal profit .

I think this is very fair, but that they can definitely be profitable for those of us struggling or new to the faith. Spurgeon's morning and evening was helpful bringing me into the habit of setting aside time for focused meditation earlier in my Christian walk. And I find spiritual writings (especially the puritans) very useful as rich material to aid meditation.
The other devotional I've been interested in but don't have is Robert Hawker's (called morning and evening portions). I think I also dipped a toe in J.C. Philpot's 'Through Baca's Vale' once upon a time. edit- oh there is William Jay as well.

 

[CaffeinatedCalvinist]

Go through the Psalms on a regular rotation. There's 150, so you'll go through them twice a year. Let the prayer of the Psalmist guide your prayers.

The Psalms cover the whole gambit of Christian experience. Joy, pain, sorrow, suffering, God's justice. Share in these things though your union with Christ.

You can also sing through them, paying close attention to whichever you are reading that day. You might discover that the words echo within your heart long after you are done reading!

I second this. The psalms are so enriching and enlightening and deeply satisfying to the soul!