Devotionals by Stuart and Jill Briscoe
Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly. - Psalm 5:3
The young mother asked me how she could keep sane when she lacked adult company all week long. “Does anyone else feel the way I do?” she wondered aloud.
I told her about the time my husband and I lived in a very tiny house in England, and I was shut in with three preschoolers. By the end of each rainy day, I felt like an unraveled ball of yarn!
Prayer winds up the unraveled ball of yarn. But I had to find a place and a time for that to happen. I looked around my tiny house and found the place—then I had to find the time.
My packed calendar showed me that a regular time for prayer was impossible since each day’s schedule was so different. But I found twenty minutes here and ten minutes there and blocked them off. Writing on my calendar helped me to keep the divine appointment. God and I needed to be alone long enough for him to wind the ball of yarn up again. It was good advice to seek more “adult” time, but I needed, above all else, to find more “God time.” And that, in the end, was what kept me sane!
Are you feeling unraveled and hungry for time alone with God? Make a cup of tea, take your calendar, and mark those divine appointments along the way. Then, having found the time, why not pray about the place? After that, you can look forward to God winding you up again.
For Further Study: Psalm 5:1-12
Excerpted from The One Year Devotions for Women, Copyright ©2000 by Jill Briscoe. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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Telling the Truth is an international broadcast and internet ministry that brings God's Word into the lives of people all over the world. Stuart and Jill Briscoe are the featured Bible teachers, encouraging and challenging listeners to study the Word of God and be drawn closer to Christ. Gifted with wisdom, discernment, and a bit of English humor, the Briscoe's bring God's Word to life. With distinctly different teaching styles, you'll be moved by the emotional appeal of Jill and the compelling logic of Stuart, as they boldly proclaim God's sovereignty, grace, and love.
About Stuart and Jill Briscoe
Jill Briscoe was born in England and found Christ when she was 18 years old. She never looked back. Upon graduating from Cambridge University, she began working as a teacher by day and had a vigorous street ministry to the youths of Liverpool by night.
She met Stuart at a youth conference and they married in 1958. In the 50 years since, Jill has become a highly sought-after Bible teacher and author who travels around the world ministering to under-resourced churches and speaking at international seminars and conferences. Since 2000, she and Stuart, who was formerly senior pastor of Elmbrook Church for 30 years, have had the joy of equipping and encouraging believers across the globe in their roles as ministers-at-large for Elmbrook.
Jill has authored more than 40 books including devotionals, study guides, poetry and children's books. Her vivid, relational teaching style touches the emotions and stirs the heart. She serves as Executive Editor of Just Between Us, a magazine of encouragement for ministry wives and women in leadership, and served on the board of World Relief and Christianity Today, Inc., for over 20 years.
Jill and Stuart call suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin their home. When they are not traveling, they spend time with their three children, David, Judy and Peter, and thirteen grandchildren.
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