Surrendering the Fall Calendar | Your Nightly Prayer

As the school year, sports, and activities fill up our calendars, the pressure to keep up can feel overwhelming.

Updated Sep 29, 2025

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As tonight's prayer and devotional reminds us, between supply runs, carpools, and endless sign-ups, our schedules quickly balloon with commitments. Amanda shares how her own family calendar—packed with multiple kids’ needs, sports, and events—reminded her of the importance of pausing before saying yes to just one more thing. Instead of letting the season run us, we can invite God to guide our steps and direct our plans. Each year, Amanda’s church begins August with 21 days of prayer to prepare for the coming season. Maybe this fall, God is inviting you to pause, pray, and surrender every calendar item into His care. When we do, we find peace, joy, and wisdom for the season ahead. Tonight’s Scripture: Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.” 🔗 Read more on BibleStudyTools.com 🙏 Your Nightly Prayer Father, Thank You for the opportunities and blessings in the season ahead. Before I fill my calendar, I surrender my plans to You. Guide my steps, open the doors only You can open, and close the ones I’m not meant to walk through. Anchor my heart in peace and joy as I enter this fall. May my schedule reflect not just busyness, but Your purpose. Amen.

Originally published September 29, 2025.

Amanda Idleman is a writer whose passion is encouraging others to live joyfully. She writes devotions for Your Nightly Prayer, Crosswalk Couples Devotional, Your Daily Prayer, and more. She has work published with Her View from Home, on the MOPS Blog, and is a regular contributor for Crosswalk.com, Biblestudytools.com, and Christianity.com. She has most recently published a devotional, Comfort: A 30 Day Devotional Exploring God's Heart of Love for Mommas, alongside her husband’s companion devotional, Shepherd. You can find out more about Amanda on her Facebook Page or follow her on Instagram.