Write about your daily observations and thoughts in the journal as they pertain to God's presence in our everyday lives. Write journal entries about past personal experiences, activities that occur at home, at church or at work. Write about a prayer answered or a scene that you observed in the park, for example. For example, snowflakes can remind you of how God creates each individual completely different and autumn leaves can remind you of Joseph's robe of many colors (Genesis 37:3).
Pray about devotional writing. Ask God to guide you and help you. Recognize that as you are the pen, God is your guide. Pray diligently and continue your journal writing. The more you write, the easier your writing will flow.
Create a writing space where you feel comfortable and free to write. Have everything you need at hand, such as pencils, paper and a Bible as well as refreshments like mints or water bottles. Try to think in advance of everything you possibly might need when you begin to write your devotional. In case a need crops up, you have it close at hand and won't have to lose your focus.
Read your journal. Underline key points or specific ideas you feel led to write about.
Search through the scriptures in the Bible at your writing space and link scripture references to the situation you feel led to write about. List the Bible references. Read the references carefully and pray about them.
Write your devotional. The first line should be attention-grabbing. It should pull on the heart strings or draw your reader in and make the reader want to continue. Write the devotional without worrying about spelling mistakes or length this first time around.
Put the devotional in a sealed envelope and date it for a week later. Do not open it until that day, no matter how tempted you may be. When the day arrives, wait until you have quiet time in your office to open the envelope and read. The week was "cooling time" between you and your devotional. You will be amazed at new inspirations you've thought about to add in one week's time. You will also have new ideas to incorporate into the devotional now that you have a fresh perspective.
Rewrite the devotional on a fresh sheet of paper. Edit and rewrite until it is polished and complete, using scripture references within the text. The devotional should not be more than one page long.