Devotionals are a meaningful way to draw closer to God each day. They typically include a Bible passage and a short reflection, helping you understand Scripture more deeply and apply it to daily life.
If you haven’t downloaded your devotional yet, you’ll find steps for your device here. In this article, we’ll show you how to use devotionals in the Olive Tree Bible App. Our examples use an iPad, but the process is similar across all devices.
Two Types of Devotionals
In the Olive Tree Bible App, there are two types of devotionals:
- Standard eBook Devotional: Works like a regular eBook. Simply open it and start reading. Learn more about using eBooks here.
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Enhanced Devotional: Includes a built-in Reading Plan. You’ll know it’s enhanced if the product page lists Reading Plans under Features:
Open as Reading Plan:
Enhanced devotionals work like reading plans inside the app.
To access your devotional reading plans, tap the 'Reading Plan' icon.
Scroll down to the My Devotionals section and select your devotional.
For more detailed help with the Reading Plan feature, see our guides for:
iPad/iPhone / Mac / Windows / Android
Open in the Main Window
Whether a devotional is enhanced or not, you may use it on its own in the main window.
This option will allow you to navigate in the devotional's Table of Contents. First, tap on the Library icon and choose the devotional from the downloaded resources.
Once the devotional is open in the main window, tap on the header to access the Table of Contents.
Linked Verses
Finally, many of our devotionals offer a handy feature called Linked Verses. This means that as you're reading, you can simply tap on the hyperlinked verse referenced in the devotional to get a pop-up display of that verse.
You can even set a default Bible version for Linked Verses, so that your preferred translation shows in the pop-up windows. Here are the steps you can follow:
- Tap the Settings icon on the toolbar (gear icon).
- Tap Advanced Settings.
- Tap Hyperlinks.
- Tap Default Bible for Hyperlinks.
- Tap your desired translation or the Last Opened Bible.
Please note the above steps are for the iPad/iPhone app platform, so the exact steps may vary on your device.
Conclusion
We hope this guide helps you get the most out of your devotional time. You can explore all of our Enhanced Devotionals here.
Still have questions? Our Customer Support team is always happy to help!