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 January 16 – 21, 2012
MONDAY: 1 Peter 2:1-12; “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
TUESDAY: Luke 8:22-25; “Where is your faith”?
WEDNESDAY: Proverbs 28:1-28; “He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.”
THURSDAY: 2 Chronicles. 20:1-30; “Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.”
FRIDAY: 2 Corinthians 2:1-17; “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in His triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.”
SATURDAY: Psalm 2:1-12; “Do homage to the Son, lest He become angry and you perish in the way . . . how blessed are all who take refuge in Him!”