Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 John 3:21

New beginnings come with excitement and hope for the future. Yet, they leave us with questions, and we wonder about many things. Journey with Temi Michael-O as she shares scriptures and stories to encourage you and address your wonders as you begin your faith adventure.

Jesus gives us a brand new life when we decide to follow Him! However, it's easy to get "stuck" at salvation and forget that we are meant to grow spiritually mature as Christians. Let’s learn from the Bible, and the life of Jesus, how to grow mature habits in our life. Kids Bible Experience partnered with Church of the Highlands and One Hope to create this plan.

If you’re like many Christians, you want an effective prayer life but find it difficult to remain consistent. Pastor Bayless Conley challenges you to use the simple acrostic P-R-A-Y as a blueprint for an effective, fulfilling prayer life. You’ll notice a difference in your daily life and discover the great blessings God has waiting for you in the place of prayer.

This study, brought to you by Tearfund, explores how the Church can make a global impact in a broken world. Tearfund is a Christian international relief and development agency with more than 40 years' experience. We work across the world to tackle the complex challenges of poverty by integrating community development, disaster response and recovery, disaster risk reduction and advocacy. 

Maybe God isn’t who you think He is. Maybe He’s much better. This devotional will help identify some Christian clichés we’ve all heard that are actually unbiblical lies. These clichés may seem innocent, but are harmful to our faith and keep far too many believers stuck in spiritual immaturity. Learn to encounter these lies is with the truths about God in the Bible, that bring encouragement and freedom to our lives.

Are you feeling bogged down by your past or discouraged about your current circumstances? God cares about your emotional and spiritual well-being, and He wants you to experience joy, hope and peace every single day. Discover in this 5-part plan how following Christ wholeheartedly can make you emotionally and spiritually well.

The Essential 100® Bible Challenge is a simple tool to read through the Big Story of God's Word. The reading plan is based on 50 Old Testament and 50 New Testament passages. Continue with the nineteenth part "The Apostles' Teaching." ®Produced by American Bible Society in partnership with Scripture Union, Inc.

Infinitum is a way of life centered on following Jesus by loving God and loving others through an emphasis on the habits and disciplines of surrender, generosity, and mission. We aim to see the Bible and also the world through these Jesus-colored lenses. This short reading plan considers evangelism through the habit of ‘loving God, loving people’.

In this plan we will undertake a study of the book of 1 John, in the New Testament. The book of 1 John is the first of three books, written by John the elder to house church believers. The book of 1 John encourages believers to remember that God is light and love and therefore to live lives that reflect that light and love with one another and the world.

Hallie Lord understands the upheaval life can bring. Yet by digging into her faith and through much self-reflection, she realized that even though challenges had left her a bit battered and bruised, they had also equipped her for any difficulty that may arise.

In this YouVersion, Colleen Rouse walks us through key pillars of resiliency! When we understand how God wants us to act in the face of difficulty, we can more effectively understand and utilize resiliency whenever we experience an obstacle or decline. We each must come to recognize the power of bouncing back! Let’s get started.

In this plan, Colleen Rouse walks us through key pillars of resiliency! When we understand how God wants us to act in the face of difficulty, we can more effectively understand and utilize resiliency whenever we experience an obstacle or decline. We each must come to recognize the power of bouncing back! Let’s get started.

Peace. Who among us doesn’t long for the state of mind and heart that is quiet and calm? A place where our inner being is as tranquil and undisturbed as a quiet lake? We pray that as you read through the following 5 days' reflections from Our Daily Bread, you will experience Jesus' gift of peace - of mind and heart.

1 John is one of three letters written by John the Beloved, the same author as the Gospel of John and Revelation. Written as a response to false teaching in the church, John reminds his readers that just as God is both love and light, true believers are to show love and light to the world.

Do you have spiritual questions you'd love answers for? Questions regarding faith, religion, God, or the Bible? Watch this video series to get some answers, and be prepared to dig into God's Word too!

Near the end of his life, John, the last living apostle, wrote a Gospel. And it seems some people were distorting it. John writes to believers caught in the aftermath, bringing clarity and commentary on what he wrote. He shows them what it looks like to be people of light and life instead of people of death and darkness. This plan takes us through 1 John and how to live in the face of distorted Christianity.

What did Jesus mean when he said, "Seek first the Kingdom of God"? Explore these famous words of Jesus found in Matthew 6:33, and consider his way of valuing love and life more than status and wealth. Jesus never minimizes physical needs, but he helps us rethink the things we often love most.

Every believer longs to walk in truth and live rightly before God—but how can we keep a clear conscience in a world of moral confusion? This five-day plan explores what it means to live with a good conscience before God, as Paul declared in Acts 23:1. You’ll learn how God’s moral law is written on every heart, how the Holy Spirit refines our conscience, and how faith keeps it tender and aligned with truth. Whether new or mature in faith, this plan helps you understand, respond to, and walk joyfully with a clear conscience before God.

Some people believe that you have to wait until you die to know for sure whether or not you truly belong to God and get to spend eternity in Heaven.  Not true!  God wants you to live a victorious life for His glory right now, confident not only of where you will spend eternity (1 John 5:13), but also in His love and your identity as His child.  Not sure whether or not you belong to God?  Don’t wait another day to find out!

Discipleship works against fear. As we obey God’s commands, we entrust ourselves to him. Like the students attending the schools founded by D. L. Moody in Northfield, MA, God’s people “are encouraged to test the meaning and value of the Bible’s teachings experimentally, by acting upon them, and living them out.” As we “test experimentally” the word of God, we will find that we will have fewer and fewer reasons to be afraid. You can get an expanded version of this plan at moodycenter.org/fear.

The title of 'Exams Never End', a play by Italian playwright Eduardo De Filippo, has become a motto that applies to life, not just school. By examining Biblical examples and comparing them to quality certification, we will see how faith is tested and strengthened through various challenges, including the trial by fire, the test of waiting, and the test of endurance. Finally, we will see the importance of daily self-examination in maintaining God-approved behavior and growing spiritually.

From the book, “Pray While You’re Prey: How God Turned my Loneliness and Frustration into Contentment and Commitment,” this Bible plan provides an uplifting look through Scripture during seasons of singleness, bringing   encouragement to you and others while honoring God. This is the 7th, and final, part of the series. Parts I-VI are also available on this app.    

It weighs you down. It keeps people out. It’s heavy and painful—it’s the grudge. Many of us may not realize it, but we’re carrying grudges that need to come out of darkness and into the light. Learn how you can find freedom through forgiveness in this 7-day Bible Plan accompanying Pastor Craig Groeschel’s message series, The Grudge.

Christians often struggle with a guilty conscience over our sinful human nature. This devotional helps believers understand the assurance of their salvation, biblical forgiveness, and the difference between godly remorse and satanic condemnation. It also discusses how to ask for help when carrying a heavy burden of guilt. This study shows Christians how to live a guilt-free, victorious life in Christ.

In a world that doesn’t even see pornography as a problem, trying to stand firm against porn in your marriage can be a confusing, challenging and lonely experience. Here are seven messages of hope to comfort you, encourage you, and embolden you to fight on.