Start Your Day With Purpose: 10 Quick Daily Devotionals to Try Today

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Does life’s endless hustle and bustle ever leave you feeling tired, weary, or completely overwhelmed?

Maybe you wish you could study your Bible, pray, read daily devotionals, or spend time in undistracted worship more frequently, but you can never seem to have the time or energy.

If so, committing to a daily quiet time each day may seem like yet another thing you simply don’t have time or room for on your never-ending to-do list. Yet, I’d challenge you to reframe your thinking.

Rather than thinking of having a daily quiet time as yet another “have to,” what if you treated it as a “get to?”

Imagine having 5-15 minutes every day where you get to shut out all the noise, distractions and chaos and spend quiet, uninterrupted time with the God of the Universe who loves you very much.

Imagine setting aside a little time for peace, solace, comfort and encouragement, rather than the constant roar of the news, work, or social media.

If this sounds like something your soul craves in this season, you’re in luck.

Here are 10 quick and easy popular daily devotionals that will help you start your day with peace, purpose and patience.

1. Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals

Our Daily Bread Ministries offers Our Daily Bread to connect God daily to anyone in any season of life. Their daily devotionals make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible. Their vision is to see people of all nations experiencing a personal relationship with Christ, growing to be more like Him and serving in a local body of His family.

Available by app, email, Facebook and even in print, this growing community is helping millions enter into a relationship with God daily. Over the last 75 years, this ministry has provided readers with daily devotionals, taken prayer requests, produced video content and offered affordable Bible-focused classes for beginners and seasoned readers alike.

2. First 5 from Proverbs 31

First 5 was designed to greet the reader with a short teaching in God’s Word each day before getting distracted by social media and everything else screaming for attention. Their aesthetic is fresh and peaceful, filled with content written by women for women. Their daily devotionals help translate God’s Word into practical applications. The app is an easy and encouraging means of spending the morning’s first 5 minutes with God, making it a simple bible study habit builder for the busy mom.

The First 5 app is brought to more than 1,000,000 people daily by Proverbs 31 Ministries. The content can also be found online for those who prefer viewing on a desktop. Proverbs 31 is also home to the Encouragement for Today daily devotionals, which can be received by email every weekday.

3. The Upper Room

The Upper Room is a global ministry. In their dedication to supporting the spiritual life of all Christians seeking to experience God more fully, they published The Upper Room Daily Devotional. This daily devotional can be found in over 30 languages and 100 countries worldwide. They are on a mission to provide a practical way to listen to Scripture, connect with believers around the world and spend time with God each day.

From its beginnings in 1935, The Upper Room has grown to include publications, programs, prayer support and other resources to help believers of all ages and denominations move to a deeper level of faith and service. The meditations are stories of people worldwide working to live faithfully with the Bible as their touchstone.

4. In Touch Ministries

In Touch Ministries offers Daily Devotions online audibly and in text with various formatting options to make it accessible to all audiences.

The daily devotions include a scripture reading, an easy-to-understand synopsis of the reading and a practical understanding or interpretation of the text to consider. The devotionals can offer this depth within a 3-5 minute window, perfect for digesting God’s Word in a busy lifestyle. They also provide topic-specific reading plans of varying lengths for those who wish to spend multiple days within one theme.

In Touch Ministries was founded by Dr. Charles Stanley, who is passionate about leading people worldwide into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and strengthening the local church. The ministry constantly seeks new ways to spread the good news and support believers through daily devotionals, free resources and connections as they grow closer to the Lord daily.

5. Crosswalk

Crosswalk is a growing hub of online content, free resources and a gateway to multitudes of trustworthy offsite devotionals. Crosswalk Devotionals can be found by topic, life season, or specific to men, women and couples. Daily video and podcast content is also available for readers listening on the go.

Whether following Crosswalk Couples, iBelieve Truth Women’s Devotional, or the general Crosswalk Devotional, the content is accessible by audio or text with an in-depth look at the scripture reading and daily practical application. From there, readers can browse an extensive offering of articles including news headlines, homeschooling tips, career advice and financial topics through the lens of the Christian walk.

6. Today in the Word

Today in the Word is a daily devotional Bible study written by Moody Bible Institute professors to lead the reader closer to God by spending time in His Word. Each month, the devotionals focus on a different theme and are available in the app, audibly, in email, as an article, or even printed.

The content is brief, read in under 5 minutes and can be listened to in 2 minutes. Each daily devotion concludes with a short prayer. Each month’s study has an overview available so the reader may jump into the devotional topic midway and still understand the month’s topic. The content is delivered in a classic, attractive academic style with an easy-to-read format. The site offers an impressive archive of over 30 years of rich biblical content freely accessible.

7. (in)courage

The (in)courage community is a vibrant group of women authentically connecting with God and one another. The daily devotionals are rich in story and deeply engaging. Women are welcome to share thoughts and join one another in a loving comment thread below the day’s devotion. Each story contains a profound takeaway that can carry into the reader’s life.

Daily devotions can be selected by topic or by choosing a favorite author. Community engagement is also encouraged through their guest article submissions in which readers may share their story to the blog, with submission openings four times per year. The content is centered around encouragement for women, inspiration for daily life and uplifting connections.

8. UpWords

Max Lucado is the pastor of Oak Hills Church in Texas and a bestselling author of nearly 100 books that, in his own words, are “books for people who don’t read books.” He is the founder of UpWords, a daily devotional platform recognizing that on the good days and bad, we need the hope and love of God in each moment.

Max shares that hope with readers through simple, accessible daily devotionals for real people living real life. This content is delivered in quick, 1-minute deep thoughts filled with God’s truth. For those with more time to study longer, there is an abundance of free video content, articles, a podcast and teachings by topic to browse. Some available topics are grief/death, peace, loneliness, comfort and trust.

9. Daily Hope Devotional

Over 700,000 subscribers receive practical wisdom from God’s Word through Pastor Rick Warren’s Daily Hope Devotional. Pastor Rick Warren is an innovative pastor, renowned author and global influencer who has founded various ministries with a heart to bring the whole Gospel to the entire world.

While each month focuses on its theme, the thread connecting each entry of the Daily Hope Devotional is to encourage a life lived with the certain hope of Jesus. The content encourages hope to not only get the reader through their day but with the goal of transforming lives. The content is in an easy-reading conversational style centered around the daily Scripture and typically includes insightful questions for the reader’s self and spiritual growth.

10. Today Daily Devotional

Today Daily Devotional by ReFrame Ministries has the vision to help readers see God’s love and power and experience His presence and purpose in life every day. The content is intended to refresh, refocus and renew readers’ faith through Scripture, reflection and prayer.

Today, it reaches hundreds of thousands of readers seeking spiritual growth via the Web, email, print and mobile. They are written by contributors who provide insight from years of ministry experience into biblical themes developed over a month. Each month is framed with its own theme, giving the reader the experience of doing a 30-day Bible study.

Does the idea of setting aside time specifically for reading the Bible or daily devotionals still feel overwhelming or impossible?

If so, you might also like this article: Why I Stopped Teaching People to Have a “Daily Quiet Time”