Defining a Devotional


What most people talk about when they talk about devotionals is a book that helps you grow in your relationship with God. It is usually broken down into daily chapters that you can read and pray about.

The key to understanding the devotional is to actually break down the work. “Devotion” is a big clue to a devotional’s use. You show your devotion to God by reading the passage and praying on it every day. So the collection of readings is then known as a devotional.

Using a Devotional

So why would you want to use a devotional? What will it actually do? Well, Christians use their devotionals as a way to grow closer to God and learn more about the Christian life. Devotionals are meant to be read in one sitting, they are designed for you to read a bit every day and pray on the passages. By praying every day, Christians develop a stronger relationship with God.

Daily Devotional March 16, 2012

March 19, 2012
"And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly." 1 Corinthians 15:49

The point that Paul seems to be making in this passage is that the resurrection body completes the work of redemption and transforms us into the image of our Savior (46-48). It was the natural which came first; it was the spiritual which came afterward. We are made in the image of God, as far as personality is concerned. We are made in the image of Adam, as far as the body is concerned. One day we will bear the image of our Savior, when we are in heaven (v. 49). Our first birth gave us that which is natural, but our second birth gives us that which is spiritual. The certainty of the resurrection is verified by the reality of human earthly existence. God rejects the first birth and says, “Ye must be born again!” If we depend on our first birth, we will be condemned forever; but if we experience the new birth, we shall live with Christ forever.
 

Daily Devotional March 15, 2011

March 19, 2012
"And there shall be no night there...for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign forever and ever". Revelations 22:5

In other words:
God will own them, as having his seal and name on their foreheads. They shall reign with him for ever; their service shall be not only freedom but honor and dominion. All this shall be with perfect knowledge and joy. They shall be full of wisdom and comfort, continually walking in the light of the Lord; and this not for a time, but for ever and ever....
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Daily Devotional March 14, 2012

March 19, 2012
"Then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 
2 Chronicles 7:14

God Appears to Solomon a Second Time (2 Chron. 7:12–22)

The passage.—Some time later after Solomon had finished his palace, God appeared to him again. This time God reaffirmed his promises made earlier. However, he revealed to Solomon that the promises were conditional. They were contingent on Israel’s faithfulness. He also said that, if Israel proved faithless, they would be exiled and...
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Daily Devotional March 13, 2011

March 19, 2012
“Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.” Deuteronomy 7:9 NIV
Daily Devotional

“Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.” Deuteronomy 7:9 NIV

God is faithful and his covenant is a covenant of love. He will not forsake us but ...

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Daily Devotional March 12, 2012

March 19, 2012
"Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed." 1 Corinthians 15:51

Q: What will become of those who shall be alive when the Lord Jesus shall return to raise the dead?

A: They shall be changed instantly, and fitted for heaven, and made like the glorified saints that shall be raised from the dead.
Paul reveals a wonderful secret that not all people will die but everyone will be changed.

The thrust of verses 50 and 53 is that we simply cannot go to Heaven like w...

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