Personal Devotion

Purpose of Personal Devotion

          = To spend quality time with God - morning and evening

          = To nurture your relationship with God

          = To converse with God

1. Praise

• Sing a Song
• Read a Psalms / Bible Verse
• Poem / other Text
• Prayer / Converse with God as to a friend

2. Get to know God

= use at least 2 different set books for your devotional time. 

One for morning devotion and another for evening devotion. 

• A devotional book (I.e The Chosen by Dwight Nelson)                       
• Read a bible story or text                                      
• Sabbath school lesson
• EG White books or something else uplifting / inspiring

                                                                                                            

3.  Personal Devotional Journal / Notebook

= Use a notebook or journal to record your time with God. 

   Here are some ideas of things to jot down:-

• Create a mindmap on the text that you read or studied that morning
• Jot down your favourite verse or phase from the text
• Write down your personal thoughts and ideas from the text
• Write any associated bible verses or stories relating your text  
• What have learnt or take away from todays devotion
• Practise learning by heart your chosen bible verse for this week

4. Prayer

= Try to use bible verses as models for personal prayer 

= Try using the following structure:-

• Thanks - what are you thankful for today, be specific - i.e use Psalms 34 as Model
• Confession -  think of specific issues/ problems in your life - i.e use Psalms 51 as Model
• Intercessory prayer - prayer everyday for one specific person
• Personal prayer- ask for specific things relating to your day