Devotional Resources

A new year brings new goals and habits, and we hope one of yours will be to continue or begin spending daily set apart time with Jesus in the Word. We’ve gathered a few of our favorite 365-day Bible reading options below based on who you are and where you’d like to go with Jesus! We’re praying for you as you taste and see for yourself the Lord is good, and his Word endures forever!

adults

GOSPEL

New Morning Mercies
By Paul Tripp brings the good news of Jesus Christ to you anew every morning!

PSALMS

The Songs of Jesus
By Timothy Keller offers 365 days of fresh inspiration from the much-loved book of Psalms!

PROVERBS

God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life
By Timothy Keller and his wife, Kathy Keller, offers 365 days of timely, godly wisdom from the go-to book of Proverbs!

CHRONOLOGICAL

The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
By Tara-Leigh Cobble is a chronological Bible study with an accompanying podcast. Start anytime and access all 365 days of readings for free on the YouVersion Bible app. We encourage you to invite friends to sign up and join you on the year-long journey through the Bible! Or buy the print edition. 

PRAYER

Divine Hours
Phyllis Tickle offers several updated editions of this classic Christian prayer practice. Choose from her pocket edition, her more in-depth seasonal editions, or her kids edition!

Lectio Devina
Develop your own daily habit of praying through the Scriptures as you join the historical church’s practice of “divine reading.” Use this helpful how-to guide to get started.

AM and PM

Morning and Evening
By late and great Baptist preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, who is said to have preached nearly 3,600 sermons in his lifetime. Let this double dose of encouragement fill you every morning and evening in 2021!

Sign up for a free account with Bible Gateway and subscribe to receive email reminders for each day’s readings from the classic edition. Bonus: you can use the calendar to select which day you want to begin this 365-day devotional!

Or buy the hardcover (original edition or updated language edition) here.

2-YEAR PLAN

For the Love of God
By D. A. Carson takes you through the Old Testament once a year and the New Testament and Psalms twice a year, with thoughtful reflection regarding God’s sovereign plan throughout history and the riches of God’s Word.

Volume 1 (year 1)
Volume 2 (year 2)

APPS

My Utmost for His Highest
By Oswald Chambers is a classic devotional you’ll want to revisit year after year! Download the app or use this link to sign up for a free email subscription to your choice of the original 1935 edition or the 2017 edition with updated language.

Read Scripture
Developed by the Bible Project, this plan takes you through the entire Bible in a year with accompanying videos for each day’s reading. You can also subscribe to weekly emails if that’s your style.

She Reads Truth
With a mission to see women in the Word of God every day, this Bible app helps cultivate connection with God, consistency in God’s Word, and community with women around the world!

He Reads Truth
Sounding the call to be a man in the Word of God every day, this Bible app is designed to meet men where they are and encourage them to read God’s Word daily!

 

students

Ignite Your Faith: 365 Devotions to Set Your Faith on Fire

From the editors of Ignite Your Faith magazine, this daily adventure guide offers various reflections and activities for teenagers to encounter God in a fresh way each day!

Everything Counts: A Year’s Worth of Devotions for Radical Living

This revised edition by youth pastor, Steven Case, offers teenagers today a fresh take on Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest that we recommended adults above!

One-Minute-Bible for Students

With relevant contributions from legendary student pastor, Doug Fields, this 60-second per day read (with optional further reading for those who want to go deeper) helps teenagers get in the habit of spending time with Jesus every day!

Seven Arrows Bible

Join Donny Mathis and Matt Rogers as they aim to teach teenagers how to study the Bible!

 

kids

The 365-Day Storybook Bible

Read your child a new 5-minute bedtime story from the Bible every night of 2021!

The Early Reader’s Bible

By V. Gilbert Beers is designed for young children to learn to read the Bible on their own by featuring 64 Bible stories using a 450-word vocabulary list and offering activities at the end of every chapter for kids to do with their parents!

Indescribable

By Louie Giglio, pastor of Passion City Church, puts God’s majestic creativity on full display through 100 devotions for kids about God and science!

How Great Is Our God

By Louie Giglio is a follow-up to Indescribable, offering 100 more devotions for kids about God and science! 

Everything a Child Should Know About God

By Kenneth Taylor is designed for parents to read aloud to teach their children essential truths about God as revealed in God’s Word in kid-friendly language!

What Every Child Should Know About Prayer

By Nancy Guthrie is a follow-up to Everything a Child Should Know About God. It is designed for parents to read aloud to teach their children all about prayer (who, what, why, when, and how) in kid-friendly language!

 

family

Hope for Each Day: 365 Devotions for Kids

The legendary Billy Graham offers fresh hope for kids and families, as this daily children’s devotional coordinates with his 365-day devotion for adults, Hope for Each Day. We recommend reading and discussing each day’s devotions as a whole family, but kids (ages 6-10) can read it on their own, too!

Hope for Each Day
Word of Life

A one-stop-shop for unique interactive guides for every child living under your roof (ages 4 through 18) to spend their own set apart time with Jesus receiving and responding to God’s Word each day!

Foundation Series

This series offers discipleship resources for the whole family (from kids to teens to adults) to read, memorize, and apply the truth of God’s Word in unique, age-specific, interactive ways!

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