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Plans for you, by women we admire.

A woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. - Provers 31:30 - Verse Image

Think of women who inspire you…

These women make your life better—just by being a part of your life.

They’re the women who encourage you by their love for God and other people. The ones who embrace courage and compassion, and challenge you to become the best version of yourself.

Today, thank God for those women. Then, start a Plan from inspirational women committed to helping others seek God every day.

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Try Doing this for the First 5 Minutes of Every Day

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In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice.  Psalms 5:3

When you wake up in the morning, what’s the first thing you do? Grab your phone and scroll through Instagram? Check texts and emails? Check the news?

Those first 5 minutes can set the tone for your whole day. How do your choices during that time make you feel? Stressed? Anxious? Like you’re falling behind, even before you’re out of bed?

What if you invited God to speak into your day first? Tomorrow, before you do anything else:

1. Pray a simple prayer.

Maybe something like this:

Heavenly Father, please provide for my family’s needs today. But please give me more than food, Lord — please speak to me through Your Word. And help me to hear Your voice. Amen.

2. Read or listen to Verse of the Day, noting anything that stands out.

We’ll use this verse as an example:

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 JOHN 4:7

Examples of notes you might take:

– Who are my “one anothers”?

– Love comes from God

– I must “know God” to be able to truly love

3. Think about how you can apply what God shows you.

Here are some ideas for our example verse:

– Today, I should encourage a friend

– Could I join a group at my church and connect with other Jesus followers?

– Can I provide a meal for someone who’s going through a tough time?

4. To finish, pray again.

This time, ask God to help you with whatever He showed you today. For example:

Father, thank you for Your perfect love. Please show me ways I can begin to know You better. Help me love people the way You do. Please show me what You want me to do next. Thank you, Lord. Amen.

That’s it! You can use this same technique every day—with any passage of Scripture. Or, even better, subscribe to Verse of the Day, and every day the Bible App can help remind you to put God and His voice first.

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Introducing… YouVersion Prayer


Honest conversations with God,
in community.

YouVersion Prayer Update

Make Prayer a part of your everyday life.

Prayer List in Home Feed

Keep track of the things you’re praying for, including Prayers that you create and Prayers that Friends have sent to you.

Share with Friends

Invite Friends to pray for you. You can keep a Prayer confidential, where only the people you invite can see it, or you can create a Prayer Chain, where your Friends and Friends of Friends can share your Prayer.

Update Prayers

You can add Updates to your Prayers, mark Prayers as answered, and even Archive Prayers (so that you can still keep them, without them showing up in your Prayer List).

Pray from Verse

When a Bible verse or passage speaks to you, you can save it to your Prayer List as a Prayer.

Share with Friends

Honest conversations with God,
in community.

YouVersion Prayer Update

Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:17-18

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Should you change the way you think?

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What are you thinking about?

How you think shapes your life.

Reset your mind and rediscover your purpose by changing the way you think, the way you live, and the way you lead.

Start fresh with these new Plans:

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21-Day Challenge Results are HERE!

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Over the month of February, you, the global YouVersion Community, came together and completed over 120 million Plan days — an all-time Challenge record!

You inspire us.

To everyone who took part in the 21-Day Challenge: thank you. Your commitment to seeking God and community is why this Challenge was a success.

Now… Maintain your momentum.

Each Plan day you completed for the 21-Day Challenge contributed to building a Bible habit. One way to keep your habit alive is by increasing your Perfect Weeks. Just keep reading a Plan day every day to link your weeks together.

And with thousands of Plans to choose from, you’re only a few clicks away from your next favorite:

Find Next Plan

Completed the 21-Day Challenge? Yay, you!

21-Day Challenge Badge

To see your badge, go to your profile (in your Bible App) and select Badges.1

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1 If you don’t see your 21-Day Challenge badge yet, don’t worry! It may take a few days for your badge to show up.