Promises, Promises - The One Year Devotions for Women on the Go

I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise. Psalm 119:148

Creating your own Bible promise book can help you navigate through the pain of grief, divorce, illness, or job loss. God knows what your pain is, and his Word can be a healing balm.

You might decide to use three-by-five-inch cards, a small journal, or a perpetual calendar. To make a calendar, simply have 365 index cards or similar-sized paper bound together at your local printer.

One of these calendars was given to me a year ahead by a group that had scheduled me to speak. A small group committed to use a calendar with my name in it to pray for me each day! What a gift!

Inscribe in the front of your book the promises about the promises:

“Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the Lord your God has come true. Not a single one has failed!” (Joshua 23:14).

“Your promises have been thoroughly tested; that is why I love them so much” (Psalm 119:140).

Devotionals can also be a way to keep hearts of friends and family connected over the miles. One Christmas my mother gave every daughter and daughter-in-law in our family the same quiet-time book and journal. When we saw each other throughout the year, we shared promises that we had gleaned from God for our own lives and one another’s lives.

Share a precious promise today.