Last Thoughts on Personal Devotions

This is the final post of a series on personal devotional time. Before ending, I wanted to post a couple final thoughts on special challenges for personal bible reading, and one very rough sample schedule for how you might divide up your time. Keeping your interest...

Thinking about Praying

This is part 4 of a series on personal devotion time. Today we’ll consider our personal prayer time. First, I should say right away that I do not consider myself an authority on prayer. I am constantly seeking growth in this area. In fact, I regularly pray for...

Practical Strategies for Bible Reading

This is part 3 of a series on personal devotional time. On Monday we looked at planning your time. Yesterday we discussed finding the right place and plan for reading. Today we continue with some practical strategies to help your bible reading. If you struggle to stay...

The Right Place, the Right Plan

This is part 2 of a series on personal devotional time. Yesterday we looked at planning your time. Today we’ll think about the next two crucial elements of planning: place and plan. Finding Your Place This part can be shorter than the others, because there are...

Planning your Personal Devotions

This week it seemed like a good idea to spend some time thinking about something we may all want to grow in next year: our personal time alone with God. The next few posts on this subject may be things you already have down. But for anyone who feels like they want...

Let’s Memorize.

Consider these four verses: “Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.” (Psalm 119:97) “When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.” (Psalm 63:6) “My eyes are awake through the [night] watches,...