Daily Devotion With God

Daily Devotion with God

by David Cannon

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’s Word for you:

Revelation 3:20: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me."

What is daily devotion with God?

When I brainstormed about doing my daily devotions with God, these are some of thoughts that came to me:

Praying to Him	Spending time alone with Him	Walking and talking with Him
Reading the Holy Bible and meditate on the Word throughout the day	Asking Him to speak to me and listening to His voice	Praising, worshiping and thanking Him for who He is
Asking Him to increase my knowledge about Him	Seeking what is in His heart and His plans for me	Singing chorus and hymns to God
Asking Him to reveal sin in me and repent of my sins	Seeking discernment on how to use His given talents to serve Him and further His Kingdom	Knowing His commandments, and obeying and following Him

Joshua 1:8-9 (New King James Version)

“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Why do daily devotion with God?

Show your deep love and affection for Him by knowing Him and obeying Him

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ answered this question clearly in these verses:

John 14:15: “If you love Me, keep My commandments."

John 14:21: “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

John 14:23-24: “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words;"

John 15:5-10: “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love."

What I have gained through doing daily devotion with God?

He teaches and sharpens my understanding of the Holy Bible	He speaks to me	Know God’s heart and be sensitive to His leading
Know His promises for me. He reveals His plans and will for me	Embracing to deny myself and follow Him now and always	He reveals His works He wants me to do to help further His Kingdom
Experience His power towards me, in me and through me	He constantly reveals sin in me, especially deep and unchecked sin.	He gives grace to overcome sin in my life and to be alive to my God
He loves me (there is no words to express His deep love for me) and manifest Himself to me	I’m nothing and I’m lost without Him, and I desperately need my God	There is no other God, besides our God. There is none like our God

This is what I pray each day before I start my daily devotion:

As I read and meditate on Your Word, Lord my God, speak to me through each and every Word. If there are any doubts or confusion, please make them clear to me. I pray for a prophetic Word or an instruction. Rebuke any spirit that is not from You. Give me a clear mind and self control as I spend time with You. My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I pray that You teach me all things and bring to remembrance everything You have taught, through Your Holy Spirit. Father, give me a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You. Enlighten the eyes of my understanding. Father, fill me with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. Give me a true repentant heart. I need a pure and obedient heart from You. Give me a heart to love and serve You in sincerity and in truth. My heart wonders away from You all the time going after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing, but You always draw me back to You – chain me to Yourself because I’m weak. I’m lost without You and I desperately need You, O God. No one else can touch my heart like You do, O God. There is none like You, O God. There is no other God, besides You, O God. How Great are You, O Lord my God.

The challenge to you:

1. Each day wake up 30 min early to do your Daily Devotion

2. My suggested reading list: Start with John chapter 14 and 15, Revelation chapter 3, then the books Matthew, Mark, Luke and John after which start at the beginning with Genesis

3. An important question to ask yourself daily:

What is God speaking to me today?

4. Challenge other Christians with the above 3 points regularly.

Devotional Reading today:

Deuteronomy 10:12-21 (New King James Version) - The Essence of the Law

12 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good? 14 Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with all that is in it. 15 The LORD delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day. 16 Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer. 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe. 18 He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. 19 Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 20 You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name. 21 He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen."