WELCOME TO MY BIBLE LIFE
Helping You Live Your Bible Life
Do you love God and His Word, but studying the Bible on your own may sometimes feel overwhelming?
At My Bible Life, we open Scripture one passage at a time through clear verse-by-verse teaching, helpful background, thoughtful Heart Check questions, and practical application.
Whether you are beginning again or ready to go deeper, you will find guidance, encouragement, and a place to strengthen your faith.
Learn His Word. Live His Word. Lead with His Word—Together.
Bring your Bible. Let’s begin.
What Brings You Here Today?
Everyone arrives with a different need. You may want a clearer understanding of Scripture, renewed strength for your prayer life, encouragement during a difficult season, or companions for the journey.
Choose the place that speaks to where you are today.
I Want to Understand the Bible
Open Scripture with clear, verse-by-verse teaching that explains the passage, provides helpful background, and shows why God’s Word matters for your life today.
I Need Prayer and Encouragement
Turn to biblical prayer, peaceful Scripture meditations, and faith-filled encouragement when your heart needs comfort, direction, renewed hope, or quiet time with God.
I Want to Grow With Others
Find a welcoming, Christ-centered place to ask honest questions, share encouragement, and walk alongside others who are serious about spiritual growth.
I Want Help Applying What I Learn
Move from hearing to practice with Weekly Study Guides, Heart Check questions, prayer journals, and simple next steps for everyday life.
Learn His Word. Live His Word. Lead with His Word—Together.
Following Christ is a lifelong journey. We begin by understanding what God has said, then learn to practice it, and eventually help others do the same.
Wherever you are today, there is a faithful next step.
Learn His Word
Build a strong foundation through clear teaching, helpful background, and connections across Scripture. As the Bible becomes easier to understand, your confidence to study it for yourself will grow.
Live His Word
Bring biblical truth into your prayers, relationships, decisions, fears, and everyday responsibilities. Heart Check questions and practical reflection will help you respond to what God is showing you.
Lead with His Word
Let God’s Word shape the way you influence others. Leadership may look like encouraging a friend, praying with family, sharing your testimony, or simply living faithfully where God has placed you.
Featured Bible Study
Start With One Passage
You do not have to understand the entire Bible all at once. Begin with one passage, discover what it reveals about Jesus, and consider how its truth speaks into your life today
Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret
Mark 6:53–56
After an unexpected landing, Jesus continued to meet people with compassion and healing. This study reminds us that even when life feels off course, we are never beyond His presence or purpose.
Prayer and Scripture for Every Season
Find What Your Heart Needs Today
Some seasons call for focused prayer. Others call for quiet, rest, courage, or simply a reminder that God is near.
Begin with the resource that meets you where you are, and let Scripture guide your next step.
40 Days of Prayer
Draw Near to God—One Day at a Time
Begin with the introduction, then move through the journey at your own pace. Each short message includes Scripture, encouragement, prayer, and a practical response.
Use the series to rebuild consistency, deepen your conversations with God, and strengthen your trust in Him one day at a time.
Healing Scripture Meditations
Rest Your Heart in God’s Promises
Slow down and listen as peaceful Scripture meditations help quiet anxious thoughts and turn your attention back to God.
Use them during prayer, reflection, rest, or bedtime when you need comfort, hope, and a peaceful place to pause.
Grow in God’s Word—Together
A Place to Keep Moving Forward
Following Christ is personal, but it was never meant to be isolated.
In the My Bible Life Community, you can ask honest questions, share what God is teaching you, receive encouragement, and keep taking your next faithful step alongside others.
This is a Christ-centered space shaped by Scripture, prayer, grace, and respectful conversation—not judgment, comparison, or gossip.
Come as you are. Bring your Bible. Take your next step with us.
A Free Guide to Help You Renew Your Prayer Life
Begin Again With God—One Day at a Time
Prayer can become rushed, inconsistent, or difficult—especially during busy or uncertain seasons.
The free 7-Day Prayer Reset will help you pause, return your attention to God, and rebuild a simple prayer rhythm grounded in Scripture.
Each day includes a biblical focus, brief encouragement, a prayer prompt, and a Heart Check question to help you respond honestly and move forward with greater peace and confidence.
After seven days, you can continue through the complete 40 Days of Prayer journey.
By signing up, you’ll receive the 7-Day Prayer Reset and My Bible Life email encouragement. You may unsubscribe at any time.
Meet Vanessa
A Bible Teacher Who Understands the Journey
Hello, I’m Vanessa Upkins, Bible teacher and founder of My Bible Life.
For more than 40 years, I have encouraged and equipped others in their faith. I know what it is like to love God’s Word and still desire more confidence in understanding it, applying it, and recognizing how it speaks into everyday life.
That is why I teach Scripture one passage at a time—bringing in historical and cultural background, supporting passages, Heart Check questions, prayer, and practical application.
My hope is that you will not simply hear another Bible lesson. I want you to leave knowing what God is showing you and what faithful step to take next.
Let’s learn His Word, live His Word, and lead with His Word—together.
Take Your Bible Study Deeper
Turn What You Learn Into a Faithful Next Step
A Bible lesson becomes more meaningful when you pause, reflect, and respond.
These practical resources help you revisit the passage, recognize what God is showing you, and carry biblical truth into your prayers, choices, and everyday life.
Weekly Study Guides
Watch the Lesson. Review the Passage. Respond in Faith.
Each Weekly Study Guide is designed to accompany a My Bible Life Bible study video, helping you continue learning after the lesson ends.
Use the guide to review the passage, explore verse-by-verse notes, answer Heart Check questions, pray through what you learned, and identify your next faithful step.
Each guide includes lesson highlights, life application, prayer, and a memory verse so you can move from watching the video to living the truth.
Prayer Journals & Reflection Resources
Create Space to Hear, Remember, and Respond
Slow down with guided pages that help you reflect on Scripture, record your prayers, and notice how God is working in your life.
The 40 Days of Prayer Journal is designed to accompany the 40 Days of Prayer video journey. Each day includes a QR code that takes you directly to the corresponding video, so you can listen to the Scripture, encouragement, and prayer before—or while—you complete your journal reflection.
Together, the videos and journal help you move beyond simply listening to create a deeper rhythm of Scripture, prayer, reflection, and personal response.
My Bible Life Stories
Real stories of faith, growth, and encouragement from the My Bible Life community.
These testimonies reflect how God is using Bible study, prayer, and Christian community to help people understand His Word, grow in their faith, and deepen their relationship with Him.
Weekly Bible Study
“The My Bible Life weekly Bible study is uplifting, encouraging, and very supportive. Vanessa Upkins diligently explains the Word from a deep-dive approach. I attend the mid-week Bible study with the expectation that I will see the Hand of the Almighty Father at work through the Scriptures, our intimate discussions, and powerful praise reports!”
— Tamitha D.
Growing Deeper in God’s Word
“My Bible Life Bible Study has fostered a deeper, more intimate and fulfilling personal relationship with God. It has helped me gain a deeper understanding of who I am as a child of God, grow tremendously in spiritual maturity, and strive daily to apply God’s Living Word in my life. Attending weekly has also taught me greater humility, gratitude, spiritual knowledge, and the importance of creating a rock-solid prayer life.”
— D.
Partner With My Bible Life
Help Keep Bible Teaching and Prayer Resources Accessible
My Bible Life creates YouTube Bible studies, prayer videos, Scripture-centered encouragement, and practical resources to help people understand God’s Word and live it more faithfully.
Your prayers, encouragement, sharing, and financial support help cover the practical costs of creating and distributing these resources.
Together, these gifts help make Bible teaching, prayer resources, and Scripture-centered encouragement available to people who are seeking biblical clarity and practical ways to grow in their faith.
Thank you for helping this work continue.
Please note: My Bible Life is not a 501(c)(3), and financial contributions are not tax-deductible.
Stay Grounded. Keep Growing.
Whether you came looking for Bible teaching, prayer support, or encouragement for your walk with God, I hope you found a place to begin.
Come back often, stay connected to God’s Word, and keep growing in faith with the My Bible Life community.
Learn His Word. Live His Word. Lead with His Word—Together.
You may not see the whole path—but you can take the next faithful step.