Devotion for Thursday, January 23, 2025

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

Art Prayer

• Find an image or sculpture that draws you to God, or choose a Christian song.
• Tell Jesus you desire to meet with Him.
• Allow your mind to relax and your heart to open up to God.
• Allow God to communicate through the art. Allow your mind to be still and your heart open.

New Testament Reading 3:00

Matthew 15:1-28

Meditation 5:00

• Read again the scene from Matthew 15:21-28. 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 wishes to talk to you. What do you think Jesus would 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.