Below I will provide a worksheet to help you formulate your own Devotional Design for 2012. I have also included hints and tips that you may find helpful. If I can help you or be a resource person for you in this awesome quest, feel free to contact me. Gary Rieben

My Devotional Design For 2012

I. My Banner Scripture that will guide my faith for the coming Year: ________________________

This is a faith promise from God’s Word which helps to shape and focus your faith for 2009.

II. My Strategy for glorifying the awesome beauty of Jesus Christ in 2009:

A. THE AFFECTIONS OF THE HEART: These are the internal changes of the heart that will help you to grow in your love Jesus Christ. By God’s grace I want to grow in the areas of:

Prayerfully chose one or two characteristics. Ask God to change your heart in these areas. Chose one or two Scriptures to memorize and meditate upon that focus upon the changes you seek to achieve. It is through the Word of God and prayer that our hearts are changed by the Spirit. [Phil. 2:12-13; Romans 10:17]

B.  THE MEDITATIONS OF THE HEAD: Serious and steady engagement with God’s truth enables you to grow in your knowledge of him and his will for your life.

I will follow this reading plan this year: ___________________________________________

Decide on a daily scriptural reading plan. [Check out the “The One Year Bible” or www.hopeingod.org/BibleReadingPl an.aspx./ for popular and practical approaches].

I will meet with God at __________________ [Time] in ________________________ [place]

I will memorize these scriptures this year:

Identify several key chapters that you will memorize this year. [Check out www.hopeingod.org/Memorizingthe Word.aspx for some great tips on how to memorize scripture.] Utilize your memory scripture for meditation throughout the day.

Organize your memory work according to the days of the month. Put into your monthly calendar a scripture you will focus upon each day. Tip: Always be learning a new passage while reviewing an old one. This will help you maintain the truth you have once devoured.

I will meditate on scripture at these times during the day:

Deliberately scheduling times of meditation will prioritize and invigorates your discipline. It keeps God’s promises before your face throughout the day.

I will record the truths I am learning and the prayers I am praying in this format:

Keep a journal to record what God is saying to you through his Word and how he is answering your prayers. Some select a simple spiral notebook. Others choose a more lasting form like a leather journal.

I will include this devotional/book to mentor me through the year.

Mentors are “giants in the faith” who inspire us by biography or devotionals. [Devotionals like Oswald Chamber’s “My Utmost for His Highest,” or the diary of a David Brainerd or Jim Elliot can add much inspiration to your times with Christ.] Take what you are hearing and shape them into prayers to God though out your day.

C. THE CONSECRATION OF THE HANDS: Ask God to give you a great vision for 2012 that includes accomplishing something so good and so great that you could not possibly accomplish it without God working a miracle in and through you. Be specific in your praying and planning. This is a faith project, not just a wish or a whim. It must be something that will bring grace to people and glory to Christ.

I pray that God will use this ministry to bless others and bring him glory in 2012:

I pray that God will bring about the following tangible results in this ministry in 2012:

Concluding Commitments: You may drift into sin but you will never drift into righteousness. Growing in the Lord will mean working out what God has worked in with fear and trembling [Phil. 2:12-13]. We supply the discipline and determination. God will supply the desire and the power. Below are essential commitments that God will use to manifest his glory to your life.

Prayer: Bathe all of your planning and your practice in prayer. John 14:13

Pleasure: The motive of devotions is not duty but delight. Pursue your joy in Christ as he reveals himself through your devotion to him. John 15:11

Practice: It is the daily working of the plan that will eventually produce a harvest of fruit. Ephesians 5:15-16.

Persist: We can be assured that our passion and plan will be opposed by the enemy. So, expect struggle. When you stumble and fall, get up and start again. It is persistence in faith that God rewards. Galatians 6:9

Devotional Design for 2012 Worksheet

I. My Scripture promise for 2012:

II. My Plan to grow in grace in 2012:

A. The affections of my Heart: I ask God to grow me in the following areas.

1. To grow in _______________. My Scripture promise: ________________

2. To grow In_______________. My Scripture promise:  ________________

3. To grow in_______________. My Scripture promise:  ________________   B. The meditations of my Head:

1. My Bible reading plan: each day I will read________ _____________________________

2. I will meet God at [time]_______________ in [place]____________________________

3. I will memorize these scriptures:

4. I will carry out this plan by implementing these practices: [Map out a detailed strategy]

C. The Consecration of my Hands:

1. I ask God to glorify Himself in this ministry:

a. By meeting these needs:

b. By accomplishing these objectives:

c. By bringing about these increases:

2. I ask God to glorify Himself in this ministry:

a. By meeting these needs:

b. By accomplishing these objectives:

c. By bringing about these increases:

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