Slides to accompany a sermon preached by Pastor Bob Brown at Plymouth Meeting E.C. Church on 5/15/16 on personal daily devotions.

1. Deeper
Devotions

2. What are personal
devotions?
•More than our outward
ACTIONS
•A time for intimacy &
communication with God
•A way God works in us
to make us more like
JESUS. (Phil. 1:6)

3. Why have devotions
regularly?
•To understand GOD
and His WILL.
•To DEEPEN our
relationship with God.
•To maintain
FELLOWSHIP with
God.

4. Why have devotions
regularly?
•To be MOTIVATED to
do His will.
•To deepen our
devotion to GOD.
•To revolutionize our
weekly WORSHIP
experience.

5. General
principles:

6. Don’t have
devotions out of
DUTY; See it as
a privilege!
(John 17:3)

8. Choose an
OPTIMAL time
for
a daily routine.
(1 Tim. 4:7b-8)

9. Choose a quiet
place, free from
DISTRACTIONS.
(Luke 5:16)

11. Ask God to
SPEAK to
you through
your
devotions.

13. MEDITATE
on
what you
read.

16. Always include
THANKSGIVING
to God.
(Phil. 4:6)

17. REFLECT on what
you have read with
a view toward
personal
APPLICATION.
(James 1:22)

19. Keep a
devotiona
l
journal.

20. in your
devotions!