Devotion for Monday, March 16, 2026

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
This devotional is in three parts. It is recommended that you do each part at a different time, such as morning, afternoon and evening.

Be Still 5:00

Here I Am Prayer

• Sit and say to yourself, “Here I am seated, doing nothing.”
• Notice your body. Relax.
• Say to yourself, “Here I am in this place.”
• Notice your environment. Relax.
• Say to yourself, “Here I am in the presence of God.”
• Offer yourself, silently to God.

New Testament Reading 3:00

Luke 2:1-35

Meditation 5:00

• Visualize Luke 2:1-7 (Birth of Jesus), Luke 2:8-20 (Shepherds), or Luke 2:21-35 (Simeon). (Chose one of these passages.) Pretend you are there.
• What does it look like? What does it smell like? What do you feel? Do you taste anything?
• Try to see the event in as much detail as possible.
• In your imagination, move around the scene and interact with the objects and people.
• Does anyone talk with you? Do you want to ask anyone any questions?
• Imagine Jesus is talking only to you. What would He say to you?

Part 3
This devotional is in three parts. It is recommended that you do each part at a different time, such as morning, afternoon and evening.