The phrase "a personal devotion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an individual's strong commitment or dedication to a particular belief, practice, or cause.
Example: "Her journey into meditation began as a personal devotion to finding inner peace and balance in her life."
Alternatives: "a private commitment" or "a heartfelt dedication."
They are content to labor in a world without hierarchy or even job descriptions — "None of us has titles," Davis said — and where the adhesive is a personal devotion to Palin rather than the furtherance of her political career.
As his name implies, he seems to have been sought by his worshippers for wisdom and insight, and, to judge by the intense experiences of Darius (whether or not his professions are genuine) and of Zarathustra, he was probably the object of a personal devotion that appears to have been lacking with other deities.
"It depends on our people having a deep personal devotion to how people in these life-threatening situations are cared for," McNair said.
But in the devotional (bhakti) movements associated with Vishnu and Shiva, an intense personal devotion to the deity concerned is believed to earn divine aid to salvation.
Pietists urged a renewal of personal devotion and a less combative attitude toward rival religious systems, including Judaism.
Cordial relations between Rome and Jerusalem will do much to calm these fears.Pope Paul's pilgrimage is much more than an act of personal devotion or a colossally publicised religious sideshow.
Jewish visitors must be protected by policemen; where radical Jews go, the Israeli state usually follows (see article).In the ever-contested ground of the Holy Land, prayer is not just an act of personal devotion: it implies ownership.
His first "Seatonian Prize" poem, On the Eternity of the Supreme Being is part of two traditional types of religious writing: "authoritative discourse of religious poetry" and "tentative and self-critical discourse of an apparently more personal devotion" In connecting the two, he redefines "the role of the religious poet".
The small size was meant to entice the viewer into a meditative state for personal devotion and perhaps the "experience of miraculous visions".
The one time that the director Jean Renoir gave himself an onscreen star turn, however — in his panoramic 1939 romance, "The Rules of the Game" (Criterion) — he didn't just show off his antic charm; he put in plain view his great personal devotion to a project that was both a portrait of the artist and a vision of the times.
They did not seek out the seclusion of a monastery or the interiority of personal devotion: the "art of devotion" was a product of the late Middle Ages.
