These are the best devotionals for moms who are busy raising their families and running their households. Use them for daily encouragement, even if just for a few minutes at a time.
One of the best decisions I made last year was to explore the world of Bible reading and using a devotional as a guide for my own personal Bible study.
This wasn't a personal habit that was every truly encouraged as I grew up, but now as a grown-up, the world had started to feel darker and more stressful.
I longed for a source of hope and encouragement.
So I went hunting for a tool to help me dig in on my first-ever Bible study and in the process unearthed a treasure trove of resources that have completely changed my daily morning habits for the better.
After almost a year of this practice, I feel lighter, happier, and stronger to face the challenges this world throws at families.
What is a Devotional or Devotional Journal?
Having never used one before, I wasn't quite sure what to expect from my first devotional journal.
A devotional is a daily prayer tool that helps make reading the Bible a more personalized experience.
You can find devotionals on practically every subject under the sun.
Within the book, you'll find daily passages that incorporate an introduction to the day's theme along with 1 - 5 Bible passages that relate to that theme.
Some devotionals include journaling sections, some have longer introductions than others, most end the daily passage with a short prayer.
How to Choose a Good Devotional for Moms
One quick little search for "bible study" on the internet and I quickly became overwhelmed with the deeply academic studies that are available.
That wasn't what I was looking for and it was definitely not what I needed.
Rather, I wanted someone to hold my hand through my first Bible study and help make the holy text more relatable to my own life and needs.
I wanted a good devotional written for moms that fit this description:
- Easy Going Voice: I wanted the author to be relatable and talk to me like a friend.
- Not Condescending: As a first-timer, I desperately wanted to be encouraged to make this a daily habit and not be made to feel guilty for being new.
- Short and Digestible: Mom life is BUSY. I didn't have time for long chapters every day. I wanted quick to read passages with targeted messages that I could think about during the day. If I wanted a deeply thought out sermon, I'd attend Mass.
- Relatable: I wanted to understand the Bible's messages and how they applied to the season of life I'm currently in as a busy wife and mom of teen girls.
- Positive, Encouraging, and Hopeful: I wanted particularly to focus on messages of love, patience, kindness, and hope. If I am going to be the change I want to see in the world, I wanted the encouragement and teachings to help me on that path.
How to Use a Daily Devotional
I use my devotional as part of my daily morning basket habit.
I keep my current devotional along with my Bible and some simple writing tools all gathered together in a pretty spot I can grab every day.
You could also use it as an evening devotional and keep it near bed so it is the last thing you do at night before sleeping.
You can get all my tips for doing your first DIY Bible study here.
Fun Alternatives to Traditional Devotionals
But if you're looking for a way to incorporate more spirituality into your every day life, you may also enjoy reading books from these lists:
Uplifting Devotionals for Moms
Whether you're a new mom in the thick of sleepless nights with a newborn, or a seasoned mom up late worrying about your teens, or an empty nester mom trying to guide your family into the next phase of life, there's an uplifting devotional to help guide you through.
Focus your time in prayer on ways to find joy in the chaos and embrace your blessed role within the family.
Are you starting your day on empty?
Before your feet hit the ground, chaos drowns out any hope of quiet time with Jesus, as the alarm blares, kids run around the house, and your to-do list reminds you that you’re already behind.
Bible and Breakfast is for you. In just a month, you’ll kickstart a morning habit of meeting with Jesus and eating a healthy breakfast every day. Join Bible teacher and author Asheritah Ciuciu for 31 devotions for busy women and 31 tasty breakfast recipes.
Set out on a 100-day journey to find overwhelming peace—a peace that only comes from resting in God’s joy and relying on His strength and loving resources every day.
Like so many of her fans, Candace Cameron Bure works hard to juggle the day-to-day challenges of being a woman, a wife, a mom, a working mom, and most importantly, a daughter of God who longs to point others to Him. This 100-day devotional journal gives women of all ages a chance to pause, reflect, and explore the different ways they can press in to the joy and strength God makes available to us all each day.
Writing in her signature open-hearted style, Candace warmly invites her spiritual sisters to join her in discovering how God can become every woman’s joy, every woman’s strength, no matter how hectic or hurried her life may be.
Throughout Scripture, Jesus speaks directly to the anxious, assuring them again and again, ''I’ve got you. I know your needs. I see you, every single day.''
On this 30-day journey, Candace's first-hand accounts of facing worry in her own life, along with biblical reflections, journaling prompts and creative exercises, help restless hearts identify and conquer what holds them back.
Equipped with this interactive guide, any worrier can become a warrior who fights the good fight with confidence!
God has made many promises to you and He intends to keep every single one of them. In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to forget to find rest in God’s presence, letting go of your worries and cares.
Join Shanna Noel popular blogger, bible journaling expert and founder of Illustrated Faith in this creative daily devotional and understand and relate to God’s promises in a way you never have before.
These biblical truths will come to life through color and illustration and will inspire your own creativity and your personal walk with God as you fall in love with your bible all over again.
In today's fast-paced world and demanding and confusing times, it's easy to forget God's goodness and grace.
Bible journaling expert and author, Shanna Noel invites you to take a moment in your busy day to remember and reflect on God's promises, His goodness and His grace in this creative, thoughtful devotional journal.
For 100 days, you'll find a short devotion for reflection and guided prayers to pray. Plus, It's a gratitude journal so there is a place for your own personal prayers, praises, thanksgiving and any creative expression that flows from your heart.
Have you been... limiting yourself? Maybe getting in the way of what heaven has for you due to doubt, fear, or feeling you're just too flawed?
Well, you are not alone. You were made to believe and live bigger, and this devotional journal can guide that discovery, drawing you confidently toward God's one-of-a-kind dreams for you as His beloved daughter.
Join reinvention strategist and life coach, Marshawn Evans Daniels on a 100 day devotional, journaling, prayer adventure and discover your true identity. You'll identify what is stopping you from living out your calling and enter into open dialogue with God about your ambitions, goals, and dreams.
Owner + Designer of Sweet Water Decor, Melissa Horvath shares 90 daily devotions to equip + empower hard working women.
It's easy for women to get wrapped up in all that we do and then forget who God created us to be. Whether we're hardworking inside the home or outside the home or both we all need encouragement and grace to meet the demands life puts on us.
This 90-day devotional helps women de-stress by focusing on how we're blessed. Each entry reminds us to tap into God's strength, develop a healthy view of success and failure, and learn to accept ourselves as God's unique creations designed for a unique purpose.
You were always meant to be brave. Whether you're coping with loss, making a major decision, or facing a fear, 100 Days to Brave will give you courage and confidence to move forward.
With honesty and relatable humor, New York Times bestselling author Annie F. Downs invites you to embrace the path and plan God has for you.
Stop allowing your fears to hold you back. Face them head on with 100 Days to Brave as your devotional guide to walking the road to your most courageous self.
Dare to spend the next 100 days discovering how to:
- Experience personal growth, navigate difficult transitions, and overcome anxiety
- Conquer your fear so it doesn't hold you back
- Establish daily habits to keep you mentally strong
Bringing a baby into the world comes with excitement, apprehension, unexpected blessings, and surprising challenges for new moms and dads. And you don't have to face any of it alone.
Your heavenly Father promises to strengthen and equip you to be the parent you long to be. When you can t face one more dirty diaper or one more sleepless night, the truths and encouragement in this devotional will give you the courage to continue.
Each daily devotion reminds new parents that God is close to them and is intimately interested in their feelings, worries, and fears surrounding parenthood.
Discover how you can find peace, joy, and grace on your new parenting journey and how God walks with you through every high and every low.
Compiled from the widely successful One Year Dinner Table Devotions and Discussion Starters, this 40-day devotional is the perfect gift for families of all ages, providing:
- Solid biblical insight on major topics and themes in Scripture
- Reflection questions to engage the whole family and encourage spiritual discussion
- Daily verses to read and memorize
Over the course of the next forty days, your family will develop a deeper understanding of who God is, what he is like, and what he expects from all of us.
Porch swings…. Watching fireflies… Sipping sweet tea on a warm summer night. These southern winks of contentment are just downright comforting!
This 90-day devotional is a follow up to Dayspring's well loved daily devotional, From Grits to Grace. This inspiring, light-hearted devotional is filled with Biblical truth and whimsical reflections on faith matters.
Each daily devotion will bring your heart to a quiet, slowed-down pace and be a reminder of God's calming, down-home peace in the midst of your busy life.
This 90-day devotional is the third continuation to our bestselling, farmhouse-inspired daily devotional, Grits to Grace and Sweet Tea for the Soul titles.
Sweet servings of inspiration, these downhome devotions are chock-full of Scripture, Godly wisdom, and common-sense country wit.
Each devotion begins with a thoughtful or witty title, a Scripture, an inspirational story or thought, a faith-check take-away, and ends with a humorous or thought-provoking tag.
Like a hand-stitched and heartfelt gift, these faith-crafted pages will bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye.
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