I shared on the Facebook Group my friend Dolores’ basket of devotionals. Dolores writes her thoughts in the margins of her devotionals every morning and dates them resulting a diary of her spiritual growth. What a super idea! I love it. At the bottom of this post is a list of the devotionals in her basket. 
Here is a random page from her devotional. Its so neat to read the dated notes.
Every morning Dolores sits down with her basket of devotions, to spend time with her heavenly Father. After reading her daily devotion, She writes, documenting what she is learning about God, and words of affection for His character and His compassion. She can also look back at insights and significant turning points in her spiritual growth and development. (Her favs are marked not with sticky notes but stars). I have LOVED looking though them.
(BTW, the proofreading marks are because Dolores is a copy editor. Most Bibles do not capitalize pronouns for God (I do) but Dolores feels it distracts from the message.)
My Electronic Basket (Digital Alternative)
At this time I am living with Dolores. She is my caregiver as I am dealing with a disabling herniated disk. The disk problem causes numbness in my right arm and hand so my writing is very limited. My basket alternative is to keep my notes in Evernote. Evernote is a free organizational program that consists of virtual notebooks. I set ups a notebook titled “Devotionals” I add a “digital note” to the devotional notebook with the same title as the devotional then jot down bullet list I want to remember. I try to include the Bible references so I can look them up later when studying the same Passages. 
There are several benefits to saving notes in Evernote:
- Evernote can sync your documents with your tablet, smartphone or every otherdevice that has an internet connection. You can even read your notes while waiting at dr office, etc. on Evernote phone app.
- You can change the text (blog, size and color).
- See this video for more
Devotional List
Several people asked me to list what is in Dolores’ basket. The list below includes her basket contents AND my favorites devotionals (most on Kindle or Logos). With affiliate links. Note from Dolores: My first devotional was Streams in the Desert, where I found the names of various Christian writers, and I bought their books to learn more from them. I found that I did not always agree with all of their teachings, but even that helped me to clarify my own understanding and beliefs about Christianity.
Devotionals
- 31 Days to Contagious Living
- 365 Days with Wilberforce
- Abide in Christ, Andrew Murray
- The Attributes of God, V1
- The Believer’s Prophet, Priest Andrew Murray
- The Believer’s Secret of Living Like Christ, Andrew Murray
- The Best of Andrew Murray on Prayer, Andrew Murray
- Breaking Free Day by Day, Beth Moore
- Bread of Life, Dusty Kemp,
- Daily Awakenings, Stephen Hill
- Daily in Christ, Neil Anderson
- Day by Day, Charles Swindoll
- Days of Heaven on Earth, A. B. Simpson
- Devotions for the Wounded Heart, Dennis Cory
- Diamonds in the Dust, Joni Eareckson-Tada
- Experiencing God Day by Day, Henry Blackaby & Richard Blackaby
- Faith Food, Kenneth Hagin
- Faith’s Check Book, C. H. Spurgeon
- From Faith to Faith, Kenneth & Gloria Copeland
- God Calling Journal, “Two Listeners”
- God’s Inspirational Promises, Max Lucado
- Hearing From God Each Morning, Joyce Meyer
- Holy in Christ, Andrew Murray
- Jesus Calling, Sarah Young
- A Lamp Unto My Feet: the Bible’s Light for Your Daily Walk by Elizabeth Elliot
- Like Christ, Andrew Murray
- Living the Spirit-Filled Life, Jack Hayford & Sam Middlebrook
- Master’s Indwelling
- Morning and Evening, C. H. Spurgeon
- My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers
- Our Daily Walk, F. B. Meyer
- Pathways to HIs Presence, Charles Stanley
- Quieting your Heart: A 6 Month Devotional, Darlene Schacht
- Renewed Day by Day, Volume 1 A .W. Tozer
- Renewed Day by Day, Volume 2 A. W. Tozer
- Streams in the Desert, Volume 1, Mrs. Charles Cowman
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour, D. L. Moody
- Today’s Word , Skip Moen (online)
- The Voice of the Lord, David Rudolph (Messianic)
- Wholehearted: A Coloring Book Devotional, Paige Tate
- The Word for You Today, Quarterly magazine
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