DEVELOPING A "MEANIFUL" DEVOTIONAL LIFE
Being honest with ourselves this is an area that we ALL struggle with one time or another. That is, if we are even trying……………
DISTINGUISH "DEVOTIONAL LIFE" FROM DEVOTIONAL HABITS
2Cor 11:3 1. _____________________________________________________________________
1Cor 7:35 2. _____________________________________________________________________
Ps. 27:8 3. _____________________________________________________________________
Gen. 5:24 4. _____________________________________________________________________
Matt. 23:27,28 1. _____________________________________________________________________
Jn. 5:39-40 2. _____________________________________________________________________
2 Tim. 3:7 3. _____________________________________________________________________
Dan. 6:10 1. What do you notice here? What was done 3 different times? __________________
Gal. 1:7-8 2. ______________________________________________________________________
Realize PURPOSE of our lives…..Why were we created and also Redeemed?
Is. 41:1,7 1.______________________________________________________________________
Col. 1:15-18 2. _____________________________________________________________________
Appreciate Personal Benefits from a REAL PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
Is. 40:29,31 1(1)______________ Ps. 27:1-5 (2)_________________ Ps. 3:5,6 (3)___________________
AVOID THE HINDERANCES (What gets in the way that may keep me from a Devotional Life)
Is. 59:1,2 1. ______________________________________________________________________
Tim. 2:3,4 2. ______________________________________________________________________
Mark 4:19 3. ______________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________
*******************INCLUDE THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS *************************
(Can’t have chocolate brownies without the chocolate!!)
Mark 7: 35 1. ___________________________ 2. __________________________________
Ps. 139.23,24 3.______________________________________________________________________
Luke 6:12 /Mk.6:46,47 4. ________________________________________________________________
Habakkuk 2:1,2 5. ______________________________________________________________________
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Ex. 34:3 7. _____________________________________________________________________
DO YOU STRUGGLE WITH A "DEVOTIONAL LIFE" WITHOUT THE DEVOTIONAL HABITS?
DO YOU GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF DEVOTIONAL HABITS WITHOUT A DEVOTIONAL LIFE??????
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE HIM? WILL YOU DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET "QUALITY" TIME ALONE WITH HIM?
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A GOOD "DEVOTIONAL" LIFE AND GOOD DEVOTIONAL HABITS, CAN YOU SHARE THIS WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING IN THIS AREA? - 2 TIM. 2:2 EZRA 7:10