Today is the first edition of “Friday Favorites” and what we hope will be only the first of many such posts to come! We’ve got a great “favorite” to share today that we think truly will be an excellent tool and resource to assist you in your everyday Christian life!

Please note the following:

• We are ranking these winners out of five possible stars. Few things created for everyday use are perfect, but if we really like it, it will receive five stars!
• We will only post things we have tried and that we feel are worth sharing.
• Some of these favorites are listed with “affiliate links,” meaning that if you click on that link to purchase the item(s), we receive, at no additional cost to you, a commission from that/those sales. We use some of those payments to help fund the work of Petals from the Basket.
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Bible Gateway Bible Audio App – 5 stars out of 5!

In exchange for an honest review of this app, I received a free download of the app. HOWEVER, it’s FREE for EVERYONE! Yay!

Joe and I already love all things Bible Gateway, but here is why this app (a separate app from the Bible Gateway app we already use) quickly became a favorite:

1. You can repeat a chapter or a verse! This helps to make memorization and/or meditation sooooo much easier than having to stop and reset the verse or chapter. I particularly like this for chapters I’m working on for my Bible study project, because I can set it on repeat and have it playing while I walk, cook, clean, or do just about any activity!
2. You can set a timer! Want to prop your feet up for 15 minutes and refresh your spirit while refreshing your body? Choose a passage of Scripture and set the timer!
3. You can speed up or slow down the playback! In brutal honesty, some chapters (the “who begats”) are just better when sped up! At bedtime, I like a slower pace of reading to calm my spirit and my body in preparation for sleep.
4. There are optional translations and listening styles available (dramatization, pure voice, etc.)! This may be one minor, minor, minor drawback, because the translation options are pretty narrow at this point, and some passages I enjoy more in different translations, but I’m hoping they’ll add new translation options over time.
5. It’s free! There is an option to upgrade to a “Gold Subscription” and avoid data limits for a very minimal fee, but I have unlimited data with my phone plan, so I’ll keep the freebie!

Can you see why this is already a favorite tool of ours? You can click here to download the app and learn more about the Bible Gateway Bible Audio app! After you download the app and use it for a few days, let us know what you think!