Devotion refers to the quiet time one spends praying, reading God’s word and reflecting ones relationship with him.

Acts 2:42 – All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles teaching, and to fellowship and to sharing of meals (including the Lord’s supper and to prayer (NLT).

v41 shows that those who were added to the church were those who believed and were baptized.

Acts 3:1-11 shows that the crippled beggar was healed at the time of prayer. (Ref Psalms 142, Daniel 6:10 about times of prayer).

It is not enough that Jesus has prominence in our lives; but he must have preeminence. Meaning, he should not be on our TOP-TEN list, but he must be our everything.

The LORD strengthens those who are fully devoted to him:

“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.” 2 Chronicles 16:9

Colossians 1:15-22 shows the supremacy of Christ in everything.

Colossians 2:6-15 shows that spiritual fullness is found in Christ.

Ezekiel 8 (v3,5,6) talks about the idol of jealousy in the temple which had made God angry.

Jeremiah 17:9-10 shows that God searches the heart and tests the mind to reward those who are fully devoted to him.

Is your heart right before God?

Acts 8:9-23 records the story of Simon the sorcerer, who pretended that he had changed, but his heart was not right before God.  Multitudes in John 6:53-58, 50, 66 were following Jesus because of miracles, but their hearts were not right.

We should live with a time is short attitude:

Matthew 24:44 shows that we must be ready all the time for the son of man will come when least expected.

1 Corinthians 7:29-35:

²⁹ My friends, what I mean is that the Lord will soon come,^[d] and it won’t matter if you are married or not. ³⁰ It will be all the same if you are crying or laughing, or if you are buying or are completely broke. ³¹ It won’t make any difference how much good you are getting from this world or how much you like it. This world as we know it is now passing away.

³² I want all of you to be free from worry. An unmarried man worries about how to please the Lord. ³³ But a married man has more worries. He must worry about the things of this world, because he wants to please his wife. ³⁴ So he is pulled in two directions. Unmarried women and women who have never been married^[e] worry only about pleasing the Lord, and they keep their bodies and minds pure. But a married woman worries about the things of this world, because she wants to please her husband. ³⁵ What I am saying is for your own good—it isn’t to limit your freedom. I want to help you to live right and to love the Lord above all else.

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³⁵ I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

Therefore, whether single, married, widowed, slave, Jew, Gentile, weeping, rejoicing, having or not having possessions be fully devoted to the Lord.