daily devotional
Regular spiritual reading
A daily devotional is a short religious reading meant to be practiced each day, typically combining a scripture passage with reflection or prayer.
These appear as books, apps, or email subscriptions structured around brief morning or evening spiritual exercises: She reads her daily devotional with coffee before work.
Regular sequence of actions
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- prayerAddress to deity
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
- quiet timeDesignated rest interval
morning reading · meditation · reflection · Bible study · worship · contemplation · ritual · habit
Metered poetic passage
- passageSegment of text
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- readingInterpreting written text
- reflectionReturned light or thought
commentary · meditation · affirmation · psalm · proverb · parable · lesson · teaching
Address to deity
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
worship · belief · holiness · righteousness · redemption · repentance · sanctification · providence
Source of creative impulse
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- transformationThorough change in form
renewal · spiritual growth · edification · enlightenment · awakening · maturity · formation · nurturing
Brief printed publication
- appMobile device software
- podcastEpisodic digital audio series
- calendarDate-tracking system
- journalRecord of daily events
email · subscription · anthology · compilation · Upper Room
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- prayerAddress to deity
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
quiet time · morning reading · meditation · reflection · Bible study · worship · contemplation · ritual · habit · discipline
verse
Metered poetic passage
reflection · commentary · meditation · affirmation · psalm · proverb · parable · lesson · teaching · message
prayer
Address to deity
grace · worship · belief · holiness · righteousness · redemption · repentance · sanctification · providence · doctrine
inspiration
Source of creative impulse
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
transformation · renewal · spiritual growth · edification · enlightenment · awakening · maturity · formation · nurturing · strengthening
booklet
Brief printed publication
journal · email · subscription · anthology · compilation · Upper Room
- Christian booksBible, prayer book, study Bible, hymnal, concordance
- devotionalsquiet time, morning watch, contemplations, spiritual growth, spiritual discipline
- prayer booksprayer book, breviary, Book of Common Prayer, prayerbook, breviaries
- prayer itemsprayer beads, prayer book, prayer rug, prayer mat, prayer shawl
- Catholic Devotionalsprayer book, missal, breviary, novena, book of hours
- church guidesteaching guide, prayer guide, prayer book, hymnal
daily devotionalgossip column
Published celebrity chatter
daily newspaper · daily horoscope · pulp fiction · commercial advertising · tabloid
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