Quiet Time Connect

Our family began a new series of devotion books for our personal quiet time each morning. They were recommending by our former associate pastor, Kevin Boaz.

The absolute beauty of this system is that Word of Life offers Quiet Times for all ages:

• Early Learners (ages 4- 6)
• Children (grades 1-6)
– Challengers (grades 1-2)
– Conquerors (grades 3-4)
– Champions (grades 5-6)
• Students (grades 7-12)
• Adults (includes brief commentary of the passage)


All the Quiet Times CONNECT because they are based on the same passages.

• Adult and Student versions contain the entire passage.
• Grades 3-6 cover a few less verses in the same passage.
• Early Learner and grades 1-2 cover one key thought and use identical verses.

Age-specific goals define the progression of purpose for each Quiet Time age group:

• Early learners—Establishing Biblical Thoughts
• Children—Establishing Biblical Habits
• Teens—Establishing Biblical Principles
• Adults—Establishing Biblical Lifestyles


Phil and I and each of the 3 girls are anxious EVERY morning to get up and read the passage and do the activity/journal for the day. Phil or I go through Timothy's with him.

One great thing is to bring it all together as part of our family devotions in the evening. We ask each other, “What did you learn from your Quiet Time today?” Because we are all studying the same passage, we supplement our own devotion time by listening to insights that each other have shared.



A sample page from the adult book (Phil and I each have our own.)

A page from the same passage from Tim's book.

And from Lindsay's book.

Throughout this year we will cover the following:

Psalms 77-103 for 5 weeks.
Ephesians - 3 weeks
Joshua - 3 weeks
Titus & Philemon - 1 week
Revelation - 7 weeks
Judges - 2 weeks
Amos & Obadiah - 1 week
John - 10 weeks
Proverbs 16-20 - 2 weeks
Zechariah - 3 weeks
Hebrews - 6 weeks
1 Corinthians - 6 weeks
2 Timothy - 2 weeks
Jonah & Micah - 1 week

Here is a picture of Allie up very early one morning working on her devotion for the day.

The suggested template for Quiet Time Connect is:

1. Passage: Read the passage out loud before you discuss it. You may have one family member read it or all participate by taking turns reading a verse.

2. Participation: Although you may have certain family members take a lead role, strive for participation from everyone.

3. Principle: Discuss the key thought of the passage, realizing that family members may have focused on different aspects of the passage. As a parent, you can get help with this in your commentary each day.

4. Practical Truth: Discuss some ways to apply the key thought in everyday life.

5. Practice: (Application) Have each person decide an action step to apply in their personal life. This may come from your discussion of the practical truth. Your goal is to help your family learn how to go from the principle (truth) to practice (lifestyle).

6. Preview: Take time to mention the next day’s Quiet Time and create some excitement and anticipation.

7. Prayer: Don’t just begin/end in prayer, but use a variety of ideas for your prayer time.

This devotion series has been amazing tool in our family and we are so excited that there are 5 more years worth of books so that we will cover the entire Bible in our devotion time. As one of the pages in my book points out, "Rather than using the Word to illustrate a point, the Word of God is the point."

You can download the PDF brochure here. Feel free to ask questions by commenting below.