Editor’s Note: How would your life change if you made it your goal to spend the rest of the summer soaking in God’s Word? In her newly updated devotional, Dwell: 30 Days with God in the Psalms, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth guides you through thirty psalms to quiet your heart and refocus your soul on Him. You can get a sneak peek of her introduction in the post below, where she shares the impact that daily time with the Lord in His Word has had on her life.

“As a fellow traveler,” Nancy writes, “I say to you with confidence, ‘This God, our God forever and ever—he will always lead us’ (Psalm 48:14).”

Without a doubt, one of the most significant influences of my childhood was the example of parents who practiced the spiritual discipline of a daily devotional life. My dad had two inviolate habits: “Spiritual food before physical food” and “Bible reading before any other reading.” This was not a legalistic practice for him; he simply believed that “man [does not] live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). He knew that this daily time alone with the Lord was his lifeline if he was to succeed as a husband and a father of seven, while also juggling the demands of his business and his many ministry endeavors.

That’s how I introduced this book when it was first released nearly twenty-five years ago. And my appreciation for having this heritage of devotion modeled to me from my earliest memory has only increased since then. That’s not to say that setting aside this time each day is no longer a struggle—fighting against the desire for sleep, against distractions, against sitting still, against my “to do” list—and always against the enemy of God and His people, who so desperately wants to see me fail.

But the longer I have walked with the Lord, and now more than ever, the practice of a devotional life has proven to be both an absolute necessity and an indescribable privilege. To the degree that I have made this time with Him the number one priority of my day, I have experienced incredible freedom, joy, and blessing.

Often when I speak to Christian groups on the subject of a personal devotional life, I’ll ask two questions: “How many of you would admit that you do not currently have a consistent devotional habit?” Invariably, at least 80 to 90 percent of those in the room will acknowledge that they do not have a consistent quiet time. “Then would you be willing to make a commitment that every day for the next thirty days, you will spend at least some time alone with the Lord in the Word and in prayer?”

What a joy it has been to see thousands of people take that “Thirty-Day Challenge” and then to see many of them use the resource you’re holding in your hands to help them carry out that resolve. Here’s what some of them have written to say:

“I’ve never been so excited about being in God’s Word and just soaking it all in. I feel like I’ve grown six feet in the Lord.”

“I cannot tell you the ways God has blessed me as I have worked through this devotional.”

“God has faithfully awakened me each morning for the past thirty days—I don’t even need my alarm clock anymore!”

“He has used this tool in a challenging time of life to speak peace and comfort to my heart. It has changed my way of looking at all that God has done for me.”

Along with many other Christians, you may believe it’s important to spend time each day with the Lord. And the fact that you’ve been drawn to this book suggests that you’re willing to make this thirty-day commitment to Him. But perhaps you haven’t known how to actually spend meaningful time in the Word and in prayer—how to truly dwell with Him “in the secret place of the Most High,” to abide “under the shadow of the Almighty (Psalm 91:1), “to behold the beauty of the LORD” (Psalm 27:4), and to do it “all the days” of your life (Psalm 23:6).

This thirty-day devotional guide is intended to give you a track to run on.

The Psalms have played a vital role in my spiritual pilgrimage. Reading, studying, memorizing, meditating on, and praying through the Psalms has taught me much about the heart and ways of God. The songs and prayers of the psalmists have helped me express the deepest joys, concerns, questions, and sorrows of my own heart to the Lord. They have tutored me in a lifestyle of praise and worship and have revealed the Lord Jesus to me. So for this book, I have chosen thirty of my favorite psalms and provided prompts and suggestions to help you explore them and make them a part of your life.

Each of the psalms in God’s Word is an inexhaustible gold mine of truth. Even after mining them for years, I still keep finding riches I had previously overlooked. The studies in this collection do little more than scratch the surface. My goal is simply to whet your appetite for getting into the Word and to give you a taste of the feast that is available for those who are hungry to know Him better.

So for the next thirty days (or however long it takes—please don’t be in a hurry!), I invite you to find a quiet place and time each day, to open your Bible and your heart, and to know, worship, and enjoy God in a fresh way. Come with me and dwell with Him. I guarantee you’ll never be quite the same.

This post is an excerpt from Nancy’s book Dwell: 30 Days with God in the Psalms (Moody Publishers, 2026. Used by permission.).

What if the thing you’re missing is simply time in God’s presence?

Dwell by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth helps women slow down, open Scripture, and rediscover joy in His presence through the Psalms.

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