Daily Devotions - How Do You Do It?

Pastor Travis Penn posted a good blog on "devotions."  Check it out here.  He quoted Rob Morgan, Pastor of Donelson Fellowship Church in Nashville, TN...

One of the really helpful parts of this chapter is the section on How Do I Do It?

Rob gives the following helpful instructions...

1. Have a procedure for your quiet time.  (Have a plan)
2. Use a pen.  (Take notes - or even blog about it.  :)   )
3. Have a prayer list.  (Possibly pray for different people on different days of the week)
4. Find a regular place and a regular time.  (Be consistent)
5. Exercise perseverance.  (Don't quit!)

First of all, I agree with everything both of these men said, but there is one area I struggle with and here it is:

For ALL of my bible study, devotion time, daily reading, journaling, sermon prep, etc...I use my laptop.  Even my prayer list is on my computer!  I literally take my laptop with me everywhere.

I was curious, what are your methods and what do you use for you devotion time: a computer, or an actual bible, notebook and pen?  And, how does that work for you?

Comments

[Travis]

Thanks for the link Jon. I guess the only problem for those of us using our laptops is what do we do when the power goes out?

:)

We actually had a service a few weeks ago where we lost power about 5 or 6 times during the service. I never realized how dependent we are upon electricity.

We are still in a period of transition and like many churches we still have songbooks (though we don't have pew Bibles) as well as the projector. But what happens in a few years when everything is on the screen and the power goes out?

I guess the Lord will provide.