Planning a Faithful Life

I will be honest with you, friend, I am not much of a planner. I'm more of an "I'll think about that tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day." (thank you Scarlett O'Hara) kind of girl. Sometimes, that's ok, but most of the time, it's not! However, I do know that being intentional about planning is what I need to produce faithfulness—especially in the spiritual areas of my life.

I had all but given up on planners for 2022 until I found the Faithful Life Planner, and I am so excited to share it with you today! I'm equally excited about diving into 2022 with this planner!

The Faithful Life Planner combines a quiet time journal plus a weekly planner into one, beautiful resource to help us live out the kind of life God has designed for us. It's Christ-focused, and I love that about this planner! ​You want to keep Jesus at the center of your life, don't you!? I know you do. This planner will help us do that!

My verse for 2022 is "Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory, for the sake of Your steadfast love and Your faithfulness" (Psalm 115:1). You see, this coming year I have an aggressive writing schedule for a book about the names of God. My word of the year for 2022--faithful.

But how do we plan a faithful life? One day at a time, friend! Sometimes, some days, it's one moment at a time. One small, faithful decision at a time, over and over and over again, day in and day out, will equate to a life of faithfulness.

Someday, I want to hear my Savior say, "Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much" (Matthew 25:23). How do we become "faithful over a little?" We focus today on the things that matter.

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Let's focus on the things that matter in 2022!

If we are not intentional about planning a faithful life, it's simply not going to happen. Faithfulness doesn't happen by chance. It happens by purposeful and intentional planning.

With purposeful pauses and intentional prompts built right into the Faithful Life Planner, and the tools you need to keep track of your day-to-day lists and schedules, this planner is about to become your new best friend and favorite resource.

The Faithful Life Planner is a devotional planner, weekly agenda, and to-do list all wrapped up into one weekly planner for the woman who wants to trade her plans for God's. That's us, right!?

This planner will help you slow down and create space in your life to be in the Word, grow in your relationship with God, and really focus on the things that matter.​

Intentional design you'll love about the Faithful Life Planner:

• Guided Prompts to discover and record your 2022 purpose
• Both 2022 and 2023 Year-at-a-Glance Calendars with lines under each month
• Monthly Overview Calendars with ample space for notes
• Purposeful Pauses with prompts for reflection and resetting
• Sermon Notes—whether in person or online there are spaces for you to take notes 
• Personal Time with God—you'll find flex space to journal personal time with God
• Dated Weekly Planner Spread with daily columns and space for appointments, to-dos, etc.
• Notes Section, Daily Habit Tracker, and Scripture/Devotional Quotes on every week
• Intentional Planning—for the days ahead with the monthly and weekly perspective pages
• Quarterly Goal Setting to help you stay on track with the plans God has called you to
• Year-End Reflection for helping you see all the ways God has worked in your life
• Extra Notes Pages with a faint dot grid for doodling, prayers, planning, lists, etc.
• Bible Reading Tracker to keep track of what you've read, memorized, and studied
• Monthly Projects, Plans, and Prayers Pages give you additional space to plan and dream

5 things I personally love about my Faithful Life Planner

We've come to expect a lot out of our planners, haven't we!? But maybe not all of this:

1. Sermon Notes Section—Whether I'm worshipping in person or listening online there are spaces for me to take notes on the weekly message.
2. Personal Time with God—I love the flexible space this planner provides to journal my personal time with God, or simply write out my prayers and take notes about what God is teaching me and how He's speaking to me each day. Do you love Scripture writing as much as I do? This space was made for that sort of thing!
3. The Dated (not generic) Weekly Planner Spread—Clearly I use this the most with daily columns and space for renewing my mind, giving thanks, appointments, to-dos, etc. And let's not forget about all the planning that takes place surrounding InstaEncouragements and the social media that encompasses. This weekly spread has ample room for all of that too.
4. Intentional Planning—Since using the Faithful Life Planner I've noticed that I am more intentional about my prayer life and planning in general (remember, I said I wasn't much of a planner). And, I gain a more clear and purposeful perspective for the days ahead with the monthly and weekly perspective pages.
5. The Perfect Size—At approximately 8" x 9.25"  this planner is a perfect size! I call it the mama bear of planners. It's not the great big daddy bear—that's difficult to lug around and won't fit easily into your bag. And, it's not the baby bear either—that's so tiny it practically renders itself useless. It's the perfect mama bear size for all my mama bears out there!

A note from Erika

The Faithful Life Planner comes in four rich, beautiful colors—Smoke Blue, Spring Moss, Eggplant, and Linen—or, you can go with the lovely Eucalyptus cover. It was a difficult decision, but I chose Linen.

The Smoke Blue, Spring Moss, Eggplant, and Linen planners have a durable, fabric hardcover, while the Eucalyptus cover is made of a long-lasting, matte laminate hardcover. All have rounded corners.

Included with my Faithful Life Planner was this beautiful note from Erika, creator of the Faithful Life Planner and founder of Faithful Moms and The Faithful Life Company.

"Please know that we are praying for you!

We see every order that comes through, and we pray for you by name. That letter at the beginning of the planner? I mean every word of it. We pray those truths and that verse for you.

But I also want to share this: We talk a lot about growing in faith and faithfulness here at The Faithful Life Co., and while we pray these resources will support that growth, I also pray you will know that God's faithfulness isn't dependent on yours.

No matter where you are or what your circumstances may be, you are loved. You are seen. You are known. You are cared for by a good and faithful God. He will not abandon you, and nothing can separate you from His love.

In this season and in this coming year, 'I pray that out of [God's] glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God' (Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV).

Scripture tells us that as we draw near to God, He will draw near to us (James 4:8). I pray your Faithful Life Planner will help you do that–to draw near to Jesus and live out of His love.

We are praying for you, my friend! may God be glorified in and through us!"

Wow! How can you not love a planner that is prefaced with a greeting like that!?

"You are loved, seen, and known. You are cared for by a good and faithful God."

A few things to keep in mind

Even though they increase their quantities each year, they have sold out of the Faithful Life Planner every year! I strongly encourage you to order early, as the planner (and cover styles) do sell out.

When you order your Faithful Life Planner it's going to ship within two business days! They're great about that. And let me tell you how it's going to arrive—each Faithful Life Planner is carefully wrapped and packaged so securely and beautifully—a sleeve within a sleeve, wrapped in tissue paper, all in a sturdy box. You see, they love your planner as much as you will!

About the Faithful Life Planner

• Dated, 12-month format (January - December)
• Thick 120gsm white paper that won't bleed through
• Gold foil detail on both the front and back covers
• Aesthetically pleasing and sturdy Mylar tabs
• Coordinating elastic enclosure band
• Gold coil wire-O Ring binding
• Double pocket tucked away in the back
• Weekly agenda and weekly time with God spaces 
• Weekly sermon notes and meditation space
• Full see-the-month-at-a-glance calendars
• Bible verses and faith quotes throughout
• A minimalistic, eye-pleasing, thoughtful design
• Prayerfully designed in the USA and responsibly imported​

​Every Faithful Life Planner is carefully crafted by hand. Quality control is extremely important to the girls over at The Faithful life Company, and you can tell! 

I received my planner quickly via UPS. I understand in some cases, depending on your location, your planner may arrive by USPS. I like that they emailed me a tracking number so I could watch, with anticipation, for my package! 

​The one takeaway I have from the feel of the Faithful Life Planner in my hands is this—Faithfulness over success! Amy Carmichael said it best, "There have been times of late when I have had to hold on to one text with all my might: 'It is required of stewards that they be found faithful.' Praise God, it does not say 'successful.'" Faithfulness over success in 2022! Let's make that our mantra!

The Faithful Life Planner is the #1 planner for Christian women,
and it ships within two business days of ordering!

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Not ready to jump into a yearly planner just yet? Checkout these all new quarterly planners!!

​The quarterly, undated, edition of the Faithful Life Planner is also a devotional planner, daily agenda, and to-do list all wrapped up into one daily, quarterly planner for the woman who wants to trade her plans for God's plans.

Just as the yearly edition, the quarterly Faithful Life Planner will help you slow down and create space in your busy life to be in God's Word, grow in your prayer life, quite the distractions, and really focus on the things that matter.

Have you used the Faithful Life Planner? I'd love to know what you think!