More than just
a verse and a thought.

Seminary-level insight into every passage, journaling prompts that give you somewhere to start, and a guided prayer based on what you just read and wrote about.

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Historical context for Lamentations 3
A guided journal prompt turned inward
The Devotional App home screen, with a recommended passage and a sunrise
Today's passage with the three steps of the day's practice: insights, journal and prayerThe Truth for Today screen, showing what Lamentations 3 asks of you nowA journal prompt turned outward, shaped by the same passageA guided prayer prompt for praise, drawn from the same passage

Devotionals built for depth

For people who want to understand what a passage actually means rather than read a verse and move on. Bring any passage, and the same morning unfolds in three steps.

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Today's passage with the three steps of the day's practice: insights, journal and prayer

Five layers of insight

Historical context, the themes running underneath, the Greek or Hebrew a translator had to choose from, where it sits in the wider story, and what it asks of you today.

Historical context
Who wrote it, who first heard it, and what was happening around them.
Theological themes
The ideas running underneath.
In the original language
The Greek or Hebrew a translator had to choose from.
The thread of Scripture
Where it sits in the wider story.
Truth for today
What it asks of you now.
The Truth for Today screen, showing what Lamentations 3 asks of you now

Guided journaling

One question turned inward, one outward, one upward, each shaped by the theme of what you just read. You answer them in your own journal.

A journal prompt turned outward, shaped by the same passage

Prayer with a pattern

Pick how long you have: three, five or ten minutes, or open-ended. The prayer follows the shape Jesus gave us, guided through the same theme you just read and wrote about, so it stays a conversation rather than a list.

A guided prayer prompt for praise, drawn from the same passage

What a month of this actually does

  • You start catching things in sermons you used to miss.
  • You stop running out of words thirty seconds into praying.
  • You can look back through your journal and see how far you’ve come.
  • And the devotional stops being something you’re trying to do and becomes part of your morning.
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Somewhere to go after today

Plans for whatever season you’re in: a new faith, a hard year, a marriage, a decision you can’t see past. Every plan runs twenty-one days: long enough to settle into a rhythm, short enough to finish. All seventeen are here, with new ones through the year.

Foundations

  • First Steps of Faith
  • Learning to Pray
  • How to Study Scripture
  • A Life of Worship

Personal growth

  • Return to Your First Love
  • Discovering Your Purpose
  • Growing in Discipline
  • Building Godly Character
  • Biblical Money Management

Emotional health

  • Finding Peace in Anxiety
  • Courage Over Fear
  • Healing from Past Wounds
  • Choosing Joy Daily

Relationships

  • Marriage: Stronger Together
  • Parenting with Grace
  • Building True Friendship
  • Thriving in Singleness

For churches and communities

If you lead at a church, I’d love to build you something. Custom plans for whatever your church has coming up, like an Advent series, a youth retreat, or a walk through Romans. The devotionals can be tuned to fit your church’s language, and it can feel like yours: your logo, your sign-up page, and a login through the platforms you already use.

Shown here: a mockup with a made-up church.

Mockup of a sign-up page for a made-up church, with its own logo, an Advent invitation and sign-in buttons

Start with today’s passage

One passage, understood properly, written about honestly, and prayed through. Free on the App Store and the web.