Why is reading the Bible and daily devotions something important for Christians? Well the reason they are important is because we need to spend time with the Lord. Think about it this way, we spend time with those who are important to us, our significant other, friends, family. We spend time with them because we enjoy being in their company and because we want to know them better. Well this is the same reason we ought to have a daily time set aside to spend with Jesus to get to know him better. Prayer and reading the Word of God will accomplish many things in our spirits.
1. It will bring us closer to Christ
2. It will transform our hearts and minds and make us more like Jesus.
3. It will reveal the Will of God to us for our own lives.
DAILY DEVOTIONS: Week of Aug. 13 – Aug. 18, 2012
MONDAY: 1 Cor. 10:1-14; “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.”
TUESDAY: 2 Thess. 3:2-25; “For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order; if anyone will not work neither let him eat.”
WEDNESDAY: Titus 2:1-15; “For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all men.”
THURSDAY: 1 John 5:1-21; “And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will He hears us.”
FRIDAY: Daniel 12:1-13; “Many will be purged, purified and refined; but the wicked will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.”
SATURDAY: Luke 21:5-36; “Be on guard, that your hearts may not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day come on you suddenly like a trap.”