For the pocket

Lock-Screen Verses

Promises that meet you every time you pick up your phone.

These began on one man's own phone: a small album of verses, white on black, that the lock screen takes in turns like a screensaver. Nothing to open, nothing to remember to read. You pick the phone up a hundred times a day, and a promise is simply there, waiting. He found it life-changing; here it is to share.

Save the set below, put it in an album, and set your lock screen to shuffle through it. Or play the Presentation and let the ten turn slowly on a big screen — in a classroom before the lesson, on a waiting-room wall, in the small hours.

Strong — ten promises

The verses speak in the first person, the way you would say them over yourself. They are numbered as they were made, one through twelve; this first gathering holds ten of them.

Lock-screen verse 1 of 12 — Romans 8:37 — Romans 8:37Save this one

Lock-screen verse 2 of 12 — Philippians 4:13 — Philippians 4:13Save this one

Lock-screen verse 3 of 12 — 2 Timothy 1:7 — 2 Timothy 1:7Save this one

Lock-screen verse 4 of 12 — Joshua 1:9 — Joshua 1:9Save this one

Lock-screen verse 5 of 12 — Isaiah 54:17 — Isaiah 54:17Save this one

Lock-screen verse 6 of 12 — 2 Corinthians 5:7 — 2 Corinthians 5:7Save this one

Lock-screen verse 7 of 12 — 2 Corinthians 5:17 — 2 Corinthians 5:17Save this one

Lock-screen verse 9 of 12 — Habakkuk 2:3 — Habakkuk 2:3Save this one

Lock-screen verse 11 of 12 — Psalm 28:7 — Psalm 28:7Save this one

Lock-screen verse 12 of 12 — Psalm 27:1 — Psalm 27:1Save this one

Download the whole set — all ten, full size, in one zip.

Presentation

Press play, then send it to your screen with AirPlay. The ten promises turn and begin again; it does not end.

Download the cycle video for a computer screen — a desktop, a lobby monitor, a classroom screen left on.

Advent — twelve promises

For the season of waiting: Isaiah's great light, the angel's word to Mary, good tidings in the fields — the promises that run ahead of Christmas, in the verses' own words. Advent begins November 29; these are for the weeks of watching for him.

Lock-screen verse 1 of 12 — Isaiah 9:2 — Isaiah 9:2Save this one

Lock-screen verse 2 of 12 — Isaiah 9:6 — Isaiah 9:6Save this one

Lock-screen verse 3 of 12 — Micah 5:2 — Micah 5:2Save this one

Lock-screen verse 4 of 12 — Luke 1:31 — Luke 1:31Save this one

Lock-screen verse 5 of 12 — Luke 1:35 — Luke 1:35Save this one

Lock-screen verse 6 of 12 — Luke 1:46-47 — Luke 1:46-47Save this one

Lock-screen verse 7 of 12 — Luke 1:68 — Luke 1:68Save this one

Lock-screen verse 8 of 12 — Luke 2:10 — Luke 2:10Save this one

Lock-screen verse 9 of 12 — Luke 2:11 — Luke 2:11Save this one

Lock-screen verse 10 of 12 — Luke 2:14 — Luke 2:14Save this one

Lock-screen verse 11 of 12 — John 1:9 — John 1:9Save this one

Lock-screen verse 12 of 12 — John 1:14 — John 1:14Save this one

Download the whole set — all twelve, full size, in one zip.

Presentation

Press play, then send it to your screen with AirPlay. The twelve promises turn and begin again; it does not end.

Download the cycle video for a computer screen — a desktop, a lobby monitor, a classroom screen left on.

Put them on your phone

iPhone

Download the set above (or save the images one by one). Let the zip open in the Files app, and save the ten images to Photos.
In Photos, select the ten and add them to a new album.
Touch and hold your lock screen and tap Customize — or open Settings → Wallpaper → Add New.
Choose Photo Shuffle, then Album, and pick your album.
Set how often it changes — on wake, or on tap — and tap Done.

Android

Lock-screen rotation varies from maker to maker. The ten images work as wallpapers on any phone: set one from your gallery, or use your phone's wallpaper shuffle if it offers one.

More sets are coming. This shelf grows the way the others did — a few finished pieces at a time.