How to lead
A Bible Devotional
How to Lead a Devotional
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at some time you might be asked to lead
a devotional whether it's in your youth
group or in a men's breakfast or a trap
a chapel service at school or a women's
Bible study and when that happens what
is a devotional what are they asking you
to do and how do you do it well we're
here to help a devotional is just a
simple teaching from a Bible passage or
a single Bible topic it's not like a
sermon where you have a whole list
and illustrations and applications and
all the rest it's much more simple than
that a devotional is simply a one truth
from the Bible that God has taught you
that you would like to teach to others
so let me give you some tips on leading
a devotional first of all keep it short
it could be about 7 to 10 minutes and if
it's any longer than that then you've
really started to preach a sermon and
that's really not what you've been asked
to do and then the second tip is to
share something from your own experience
that God has been teaching you people
like to hear what God's been doing in
your life they like it any personal and
besides if it's something that God's
been teaching you then it'll be fresh on
your mind and it'll come across fresh to
your hearers and then the third thing is
focus on just one Bible verse it's best
to keep a devotional focused on just one
Bible verse in order to keep things
clear and focused and concise and also
the next tip is to focus on just one big
idea devotionals work best when they
share one idea from one Bible verse this
isn't the time to do a whole three-point
sermon keep it short keep it memorable
and keep it on target people will
respond to that and then the next tip is
you should try to find some ways to
apply what you're teaching to your
audience so whatever that one central
idea is don't just leave it in the
abstract help people take it home and
put it to practice in their life and so
if your devotional is about prayer what
God's been teaching you through prayer
then encourage people maybe to pray once
a day in the
morning for the whole next week or if
your devotional is about gossip then you
might want to encourage people to
memorize a verse in the Bible that deals
with gossip and so find an application
for that one a key idea and then finally
you can close your devotional with a
prayer ask God to make this truth take
shape and come to life in the lives of
the people who are hearing you and so
keep it simple keep it focused on one
topic and make it practical and you'll
do a great job
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