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How to Start a Quiet Time (and Keep It Going)
Christ Methodist Church Memphis
Chapters
0:25
Quiet Time Discussion
2:26
Importance of Abiding Fellowship
4:11
Understanding Quiet Time
4:37
Intentionality in Quiet Time
6:28
Getting Started with a Quiet Time
9:18
Overcoming Busyness
10:58
Bible Reading Plans
15:01
Benefits of the Five-Day Plan
16:26
Encouragement for Setbacks
19:36
Navigating Difficult Readings
22:27
The Power of Community
Christ Methodist Church Memphis
How to Start a Quiet Time (and Keep It Going)
Dec 18, 2025
Christ Church Memphis
Having a daily quiet time sounds simple—until you try to actually do it. In this conversation, Discipleship Pastor Grant Caldwell breaks down why Bible reading and prayer can feel so hard to start (and even harder to sustain), and reframes the goal: not perfection, but abiding fellowship with God.
Grant offers a practical starting point—Place, Plan, and People—and walks through the 5-Day Bible Reading Plan (Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, or all three) and why its built-in margin makes it sustainable. He also introduces the MAPS method (Meditate & Memorize, Apply, Pray, Share) as a simple way to engage Scripture in a living, relational rhythm.
