The 17 best devotionals for women for 2026
Looking for the best devotionals for women? I’ve curated the 17 top devotionals that are written specifically with a woman’s heart in mind, including all-time favorites such as “Jesus Calling.” Spending quiet time with God in the morning — or in whatever spare moments of the day you can find — can deepen your faith.
Many women, including me, turn to daily devotionals to help us connect with God, learn more about who God is, and meditate on Scripture. It’s amazing how spending even a few minutes in prayer and a devotional guide can help set the tone for the day. It’s my prayer that you’ll find the best devotional for the year ahead.
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Top 17 best devotionals for women for 2026
1. ‘Jesus Calling’ by Sarah Young
“Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young is now a timeless devotional written from the perspective of God having a comforting and loving conversation with you. A classic choice for any woman who wants a deeper intimacy with God, it’s especially helpful in moments of uncertainty or overwhelm.
Readers say they love starting their day with the gentle and reassuring messages written from Jesus’ perspective. Young (1946–2023) was a missionary wife who battled chronic illnesses. She wrote this devotional from her "listening prayer" journal, which she started as she wanted a more direct connection with God.
Young once described feeling God's overwhelming presence during a snowy walk in Switzerland as a young woman, sparking a lifelong practice of quiet listening that helped her realize a closeness with Jesus, despite being an ordinary woman. Sections of this devotional have been curated specifically for mothers in the book, “Jesus Calling for Moms.”
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“He Whispers Your Name: 365 Devotions for Women” by Cherie Hill will give you hope and comfort as it encourages you to seek God’s “still, small voice,” which may be whispering messages of care and love that you might not otherwise hear. Written for women who want to engage direction in a relationship with God, “He Whispers Your Name” will help foster back-and-forth conversations with God that so many Christians cherish.
Readers enjoy Hill’s tender approach with this devotional, as it can feel like God is speaking directly to you. A bestselling author and founder of ScriptureNow.com, Hill invites readers to have an intimate conversation with God. Drawing on her own quiet moments and gentle discussions with Jesus, she writes in a personal style that helps women foster a personal relationship with God, making it one of the best devotionals for women in 2026.
“Prayer Journal for Women: 52 Week Scripture, Devotional & Guided Prayer Journal” by Elizabeth Crowley will help you build a consistent prayer life with weekly devotions, Scripture readings, and journaling prompts for reflection. Designed for women who want to grow their prayer life, but don’t have much time, this devotional journal will help you rekindle the spiritual habits that draw us closer to God.
Readers love the devotional and prayer journal combination, which is becoming more popular, as they can easily look back on their prayers and how God answered. Crowley creates faith journals and faith-based resources that encourage and inspire women. Originally designed for herself, this devotional journal was created out of a need for simple tools and guided prayer to stay consistent during particularly busy seasons as a wife and mom.
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“100 Days of Believing Bigger: A Devotional Journal” by Marshawn Evans Daniels will challenge any limiting beliefs you have about what’s possible with God and show you how to grow bolder in your faith. With more than three months’ worth of Scripture, reflections, and journaling prompts, it’s designed for women who are feeling stuck or in need of a transition.
Readers praise Daniels’ approach to pushing beyond their comfort zones with a bigger and bolder vision in partnership with God. Written by a Miss America finalist, Daniels is a former sports attorney and founder of the SHE Profits and Godfidence movement. She wrote this devotional to help women who are held back from reaching their God-given potential to seek their calling in conversation and prayer with God.
“My Quiet Time Devotional: 365 Devotions for Women” by Christian Art Publishers features short readings that invite you to meditate in God's presence and peace. With a Bible verse, reflection, and question to consider for each day of the year, it will help you find calm when you’re in a particularly hectic season of life.
Readers appreciate the soothing writing and simple approach, which is why we’ve included it as one of the best devotionals for women. A beautiful devotional available in imitation leather — it has a heat debossed leaf design and gold-foiled title — it makes a wonderful gift for Mother’s Day, Easter, or a birthday. The artful design continues inside, with floral designs and space for writing prayers.
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“Breath as Prayer” by Jennifer Tucker will help you calm your nervous system through prayer-based breaths. Mixing Scripture with simple breathing techniques that help calm anxiety and stress, this devotional has been praised for its innovative approach to blending mindfulness with daily devotion and connection with God.
For any woman who battles anxiety, stress, or has experienced panic attacks, this devotional will help calm a racing mind (we always advise you speak with your doctor about your symptoms). Tucker is a Christian author and speaker who shares faith-based mental health tools. Drawing on her own experience with anxiety and panic attacks, she recounts vulnerable stories and how she found God’s peace and reassurance by incorporating prayer with simple breathing techniques.
“Trusting God With Every Breath: 365 Daily Devotions for Women” by Amy Mecham will help you build trust in God. Praised for its writing style, this devotional offers hope, short readings, and prayers focused on centering yourself in God’s faithfulness each and every day.
A devotional designed for women navigating seasons of grief, heartache, or uncertainty, readers find this devotional a gentle and easy read that helps them stay grounded. Its theme of trusting God with each breath is grounding.
Mecham is a Christian author and speaker focused on women's encouragement and faith-building resources. She wrote “Trusting God With Each Breath” during a personal season of uncertainty and loss, and wanted to help other women trust God “one breath at a time,” making it one of the best devotionals for women who are in a particularly challenging season of life.
“The 5-Minute Bible Study Journal for Women” by Emily Biggers will help you learn about and connect with God in a brief yet meaningful period of time. Following a 5-minute format, Biggers helps you reflect on a Bible verse for the first minute or two, then understand, apply, and pray for the next few minutes.
With its simple approach and even simpler tools, this devotional will help you pick up and read God’s word, even if it’s been weeks or years since you’ve last attempted a daily devotional or Bible study. Ideal for working moms or time-crunched women, Biggers drew on her own experience as a woman without much time, but wanted to find a way to be in God’s Word daily.
9. ‘God Sees Her: 365 Devotions for Women by Women’ by Our Daily Bread.
“God Sees Her: 365 Devotions for Women by Women” by Our Daily Bread will affirm your worth and value as you read and reflect on the stories of how God has cared for women in real and visible ways. A compilation of different voices and stories, this edited devotional will help women who feel invisible, undervalued, or unseen, especially if they are in supportive or caretaking roles where the focus is on others instead of them.
Readers enjoy the authentic and affirming stories in this devotional, which was created by a Christian ministry that produces devotional books and other content. It was the original “God Hears Her” devotional in what’s become a popular collection for women that focuses on sisterhood and God’s truth.
“Too Blessed to Be Stressed: 3-Minute Devotions for Women” by Debora M. Coty is the antedote to a season of scheduling challenges, whether you’re a new mother battling sleepless nights or unable to find more than a few minutes to yourself as you juggle family, friends, work, or school. If you have three minutes, then you can connect with God with this devotional’s simple approach: Read a Bible verse, reflect on a short devotional, and start a prayer conversation with God.
Readers enjoy Coty’s witty and relatable humor in this light-hearted approach to a daily devotional. Many related to her stories and felt refreshed — and often cracked a smile — after spending just a few minutes using this devotional to refocus on God. Coty is a humor writer and speaker who wants women to overcome stress. Some readers bought multiple copies to hand out as gifts on Mother’s Day and said it was a hit!
“Trusting God Day by Day” by Joyce Meyer will help you trust in God’s provision and strength. Written for practical application, it’s a guide that many women turn to as they battle the daily challenges of trusting him. Written for mature Christians, many readers enjoy Meyer’s bold, no-nonsense writing style and approach.
A well-known Bible teacher, speaker, television host, and bestselling author, Meyer founded Joyce Meyer Ministries and has been open about her own challenges in overcoming childhood sexual abuse, poverty, and marriage strife. This devotional offers small, digestible encouragement and tools for continuing to put your trust in God, despite the challenges or hurts of your past, as Meyer draws on her own experiences to help you forge a similar path: As a survivor who places their trust in God one day at a time.
“Embraced: 100 Devotions to Know God Is Holding You Close” by Lysa TerKeurst will comfort a rejected and hurting heart. A devotional that creates comfort by reminding you of God’s closeness, TerKeurst affirms our security in Christ. Whether you’re feeling left out, uninvited, or in need of God’s reassuring embrace, this devotional will help you draw closer to God and remember that God is drawing closer to you, too.
TerKeurst has been open about her own challenges, and readers said they turn to her specifically for her storytelling, which makes it one of the best devotionals for women. She recounts painful moments of feeling overlooked. She’s been open about challenges in her marriage, which ended in divorce, including infidelity and addiction. If you’ve weathered a similar storm, this devotional will help remind you that God is still near. In fact, he never left. TerKeurst is the president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, a speaker, and a bestselling author who wrote the book “Uninvited.”
13. ‘Beholding and Becoming’ by Ruth Chou Simons
“Beholding and Becoming” by Ruth Chou Simons is a gorgeous devotional book that showcases Simons’ watercolor paintings alongside scripture and daily devotional readings. An ideal gift for creative women, we consider this one of the best devotionals for women because it helps readers rest in God’s beauty.
Readers can’t stop talking about this devotional’s artwork, which is rich and inspiring, alongside Simons’ encouraging words. An artist, writer, and homeschool mom of six boys, Simons immigrated from Taiwan as a child and grew up in a non-Christian home before coming to faith. She’s passionate about creating watercolor art that blends Scripture with encouragement for the busy mom or career woman. She writes: "Faithfulness in the unremarkable daily tasks often goes unnoticed, but not to the God who numbers your days.”
“The One Year Devotions for Women: 365 Daily Inspirational Readings” by Ann Spangler will help you find more peace — whether at home, at work, or from painful memories or amid challenging moments.
Readers appreciate this devotional’s thoughtfulness, and many found it the perfect way to start their day: With a Scripture, a meditation, and a prayer. If you ever feel fear, anxiety, or pressure, this devotional will help you find God’s calm confidence and joy.
Spangler is an award-winning author who’s written books such as “Praying the Names of God” and “Women of the Bible.” She wants to help women experience God’s peace and joy through Scripture. As a young woman, she was skeptical of Christianity, but found faith after reading C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books as a college student.
“Keep a Quiet Heart” by Elisabeth Elliot will remind you that we’re loved by an omnipotent — an all-powerful — God. She shares wisdom on peace, contentment, and suffering, and encourages women who are experiencing hardship, loss, or a long period of waiting.
Readers enjoy Elliot’s insight and draw strength from her enduring faith. Elliot (1926–2015) was a missionary whose husband was martyred at the hands of Ecuador’s Huaorani Indians. She wrote from her grief and faith experiences to help others experience the same quiet trust she had in God, even when the worst happened.
Elisabeth recounts returning to the tribe that killed her husband with her daughter, forgiving them, and ministering to them — a powerful testimony you can read more about in her book, “Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot.”
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“Daily Devotional for Women: 365 Days of 5-Minute Christian Devotions” by Made Easy Press offers quick, uplifting devotionals. Readers enjoy its straightforward approach, remarking on how it’s a breezy and easy read. Each devotional is brief, taking only 5 minutes to read, and there’s one for each day of the year.
While some readers find the devotionals too short for a morning devotional, others praised their concise length and said it was perfect for starting a hectic day when you have only a few minutes to spare. It is always women who might otherwise feel overwhelmed with a long or dense devotional to find inspiration and reflection in Scripture. Readers have gifted this devotional to daughters or friends going through a particularly overwhelming season, saying it was just what they needed.
“Unshakeable: 365 Devotions for Finding Unwavering Strength in God’s Word” by Christine Caine shares Scripture, personal stories, and prayers to help you trust God over the instability and chaos of the world. For any woman battling fear, insecurity, or uncertainty, “Unshakeable” helps you refocus on the King of Kings.
Readers enjoy the relatable tone and short, faith-building messages — some say it feels like Caine is speaking directly to them. She wrote this devotional to guide Christians on a year-long journey of placing their faith in God, not man.
Caine has been a champion of women’s ministry for years and has shared how she overcame childhood sexual abuse. Caine founded Propel Women with her husband, Nick, and is a well-known speaker, author, and activist.
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