The Needful Closet

Are personal devotions really necessary? The Bible is full of passages that call us to seek God regularly (1 Chron. 16:11), to meditate on him continually (Ps. 119:97), and to pray often (1 Thess. 5:17). The regular practice of personal devotions is one of the best ways to do these things. Jesus teaches the importance of communing with him in the familiar story of Mary and Martha where Martha complains to Jesus that Mary is not helping her. Here is his response in Luke 10:41 and 42: “Martha,...