Devotional Prompts 1
Discover the simple joy of keeping a record of your reflections about God, yourself, and others and watch as your most important relationships deepen over time.
The purpose of Devotional Prompts 1 is to help you with your personal devotional time, your everyday private worship. Each prompt presents a tenet of faith or personal discovery for you to consider, and includes a call to action. Going beyond passive reading and acceptance, Devotional Prompts 1 encourages you to write out what's in your heart, to see the wisdom of God you have glimpsed in your own life, and to highlight those areas in your life where you need to grow.
Example 1
Take Joy - Joy is not just a feeling, it is an attitude that comes from within us. Joy is not dependent upon our situations, though our situations will try to determine our attitude. When people see our joyful attitude it can cause them to be drawn into the same attitude. Therefore, if we choose to smile as if we have no problems, then that will keep the atmosphere around us upbeat. Sometimes we just have to "take joy" even though we may not want to. The Bible (Phil 4:4) says "Rejoice, and again, I say, rejoice." Choose joy and keep yourself and those around you happy.
Write down at least 5 things in your life that bring you joy. If situations or people try to bring you down today, remember what you wrote and let the joy show through.
Example 2
Clanging Cymbals - Have you ever heard someone playing around with cymbals? Usually, it sounds like a bunch of clanging noise. When we go through life without God’s kind of love, that’s what our life looks like to God. What is God’s kind of love? It is the love that is willing to give regardless of what is received. This is the love that should be between a husband and wife, and between parents and children. Unfortunately that kind of love is not often seen in families these days and that is why there is so much violence and abuse (clanging cymbals) in families. Learn to love without expecting anything in return and see just how much joy you can have. God will be pleased. Does daily life in your family sound like clanging cymbals?
Write down the areas that are "clanging" the loudest and ways to exhibit the love of God to calm down the "clanging". Try to do this in every area, working towards peace in your family.
How to Use Devotional Prompts 1
Devotional Prompts 1 was created so you could have a devotional once per day for 3 months. However, you can use the prompts as often or as seldom as you please.
There is no right or wrong way to respond to the prompts in Devotional Prompts 1. The prompts serve only to get you started thinking and writing. If possible, try to write for at least 10 minutes, being as direct and be as honest as you can.
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About the Author
Born in Louisburg, NC, in 1938, Don Michael, Sr., was the middle child of seven, and grew up working on a farm. After serving in the US Navy for 10 years, Don attended the Glen Cove Bible College in Maine. An ordained minister, he has pastored churches in Maine, Texas, and Oklahoma, and taught numerous Sunday School classes and Bible studies. Don has been married over 40 years, with 7 children, and a growing collection of grandchildren. Don and his wife, Gail, currently live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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