The Big 5: Daily Devotionals

What are your Big 5 daily devotionals?

I'm not asking what books you like to read during a devotional "quiet time." I'm asking about books that are created as daily devotionals. Often they are dated or numbered for daily use. Sometimes they are not yearly but are still written for daily reading. Just make sure they are true devotionals. Got it? Go!

Comments

[Tyler]

I only have one...the king of devotionals:

My Utmost for His Highest.

[Kevin]

No Particular Order:

*My Utmost for His Highest (Chambers)

*Experiencing God, Day by Day (Blackaby)

*Voices of the Faithful (Missionary Devotional: I'm bias because I'm in that one)

*God's Best Secrets (Murray)

*Spurgeon's Daily Meditations (http://www.spurgeon.org/daily.htm)

[limpdance]

The business of heaven - C S Lewis

[Geoff Youngs]

Does The Valley of Vision count? It's the only one I've stuck with over a significant period of time...

[Charles]

Do you have to have read all the way through it to vote for it?

[Ben Pun]

For the Love of God, vol. 1 & 2 -- D.A. Carson

for youth: (I was a youth minister)

one-minute bible for students by Doug Fields

[Jason Kovacs]

Great list questions - I could only come up with 3: that I have used:

1. Spurgeon - Mornning and Evening
2. Chambers -Utmost for His Highest
3. Ligonier's Table Talk

I did a search and found a great list on Monergism - http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Devotional/

Would love to hear if anyone has used any of the ones on that list.

[Carl]

The Daily Devotional Bible: Arranged For Reading and Devotion In One Year (Thomas Nelson Publishers)

My Utmost Devotional Bible -- Oswald Chambers

Day by Day With Billy Graham -- Joan Winmill Brown

[Laura]

My Utmost For His Highest

[Timmy Brister]

1. Octavius Winslow's Morning Thoughts
2. Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening
3. John Piper's A Godward Life (2 vol.)
4. The Valley of Vision
5. D.A. Carson's For the Love of God (2 vol.)

[Scott]

I only have two that I use the daily:

Valley of Vision
Morning and Evening by Spurgeon

[David]

1928 Book of Common Prayer

Westminster Confession and Catechism

Valley of Vision

[Saralyn]

Waiting on God, Andrew Murray

[David Cooke]

1. The Book of Common Prayer ( Glad someone mentioned the good old BCP but am an ordained Anglican so am a bit biased!)

2. For the love of God by Carson (Vol 1 and 2)

3. My utmost for his highest

4. Celtic Daily Prayer by the Northumbria Community

5 Listening to you life by Frederick Beuchner

[brian fulton]

1. Morning and Evening - Spurgeon
2. 365 days with spurgeon, vol. 1-3 - day one publishing
3. 365 days with John Newton, day one bublishing
4. More Light on the Path: Daily Scripture readings in Hebrew and Greek.
5. Oswald Chambers My Utmost for his highest

[anonevang]

No need for me to mention Chambers after everyone already has. But another really great one is "Table in the Wilderness," which collects Watchman Nee's writings.

[Steve McCoy]

I'm on vacation, but here's mine...

1. For the Love of God by Carson (1 & 2)
2. I Will Follow You, O God by Jerry Bridges
3. Valley of Vision
4. A Godward Life by Piper (1 & 2)
5. Morning & Evening by Spurgeon

[Paul Wilkinson]

1. Currently enjoying 50 Days of Heaven by Randy Alcorn

2. Really like the various collection by the late Selwyn Hughes; a household name in the U.K. but virtually unknown in the U.S. Each two-month block stays on a particular topic.

3. My Time With God - A NCV complete N.T. read with related O.T. selections and daily devotional commentary by top authors. Only available in New Century Version.

4. Meet The Bible - Philip Yancey & Brenda Quinn - really appreciate having the whole passage written out, so I don't cheat by just reading the key verse.

5. Daily Study Bible (series) - William Barclay - O.K. I don't agree with everything Barclay wrote, but he was thorough.

[paul]

I love this series of posts your doing. Keep it up!

Some already mentioned that I ditto:

1. The BCP
2. Celtic Daily Prayer by Northumbria Community
3. Listen To Your Life by Buechner

and two new ones...

4. A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baille
5. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a'Kempis

[Robert]

1. The Anglican Missal (and the BCP)
2. Celtic Daily Prayer (even though they are unapologetic Pelagians)
3. Morning and Evening - Spurgeon
4. Morning Exercises - William Jay
5. Thoughts in Solitude - Thomas Merton

Right now I am working through Patrick Henry Reardon's Christ in the Psalms; it is great, but not yet in my top five.

[Will]

In addition to Valley of Vision and Morning and Evening, Gadsby's Hymnal makes a great devotional book.

[Lee]

Along with Morning Thoughts by Octavious Winslow and Valley of Vision I highly recommend Samuel Rutherford's
The Loveliness of Christ.

[Chuck]

This is not a 40 day (but neither is Valley of Vision) it's something I've turned to for hope frequently as a pastor. It's downloadable at my link. It's called "Praying Your Church To Life" by a friend of mine. Again, not a traditional devotional but these last few years I've returned to it frequently to deepen my prayer life.

[adam clark]

OK, don't have five for this one...

In the order of most read:

1. Morning and Evening: Charles Spurgeon
2. A Godward life: John Piper
3. Life as A Vapor: Jon Piper

Thanks to all who mentioned the Carson books. I was unfamiliar with those.

[Erik]

1. Day By Day with J.C. Ryle

2. Morning & Evening by Spurgeon

3. Valley of Vision

4. Ligonier's Table Talk

5. My Utmost For His Highest

* Honorable Mention: Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman

[Tam]

My family and I are searching for a good kids devotional book for kids under 10. We have read the Jesus Story Book Bible several times and have gone through some of the Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[cavman]

1. By Faith Alone: Selections for Luther's Writings
2. The Christian in Complete Armour- Gurnall's book put in a devotional format
3. The Imitation of Christ by a Kempis
4. Morning by Morning by Spurgeon

I have Day By Day with Calvin & the Church Fathers, but would like to pick up some others, particularly C.S. Lewis.