Quiet Times

I've always been one to love worship songs, to love just relaxing during the day to just think about God and what His word is teaching me. Yet, I never thought it was necessary for me to set apart time to do these things, for setting apart time was always meaning for reading my bible. But I am coming to realize that there is much more than reading God's word, for if I don't connect with Him everything loses it's meaning. I have not picked up my guitar in a long time, and I feel today that I need to just set apart some time to worship God and not just set apart time to read. I am also realizing that I do not set apart time to pray. When I pray it is about five minutes, and when I actually do that it feels like I am devoting a meaningful prayer to God. But what about prayer for a whole hour? What about calling friends up to pray with them for an hour? I remember me and my friend Sage took a night to just pray, and I have been thinking about how the only times I get together with other believers to pray is at church. What if we all did it during the week? How much more would God show up? I challenge myself and us all to pray this week with someone else, for fifteen minutes, an hour, or a whole Friday night get together! Why is it always church oriented, what about small groups getting together to pray..why is it always a small group get together to read your bible? I guess I am beginning to understand that there is more to my quiet time than God's word.