Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 Peter 1:8

Do you want to build your life around a flip-flopping faith? Like, believing in God—but only if nothing better comes along? Or believing in God only if He does what you want? No way! Nobody wants that kind of faith. So, how do you get a durable faith that believes, trusts, and is active until the end? This Bible Plan will help you develop a lifelong, real, durable faith!

Storms in life are inevitable. This 5-day plan will guide you through helping yourself and others when they come.

This year and last year have felt chaotic, stressful, uncertain, but God (I love those two words!) is unchanging, faithful, and our source of peace. Christmas is a time of remembrance, to reflect on what our God really did when Jesus was born in a manger. Follow along as we meditate on Christmas, joy, peace, love, and hope this Advent season. -Matthew West

Duck Dynasty matriarch Miss Kay and her daughter-in-law Lisa encourage you to live your strongest, happiest, most fulfilled life centered around the only One who loves you perfectly: Jesus.

We have all failed in various ways at one point or another. Failure is not something you can always avoid. It can happen in relationships, where you work, and in everyday life. How we respond to it can help us move forward. This devotion seeks to help those who have failed and how to overcome it.

1 Peter was written to the “elect exiles of the Dispersion” (1 Peter 1:1), a group of believers forced to flee their homes and lives due to persecution. Although they lost much, Peter reminds his readers that they have “an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading” (1 Peter 1:4). Truly, Jesus is our Living Hope, transcending all our difficulties to provide hope and courage amid opposition.

For women experiencing the journey of infertility, it can be a struggle to believe that God has our best interests at heart. In this devotional based on their book Waiting in Hope: 31 Reflections for Walking with God Through Infertility, authors Kelley Ramsey and Jenn Hesse give women actionable tools for keeping their eyes on the hope and joy only Jesus can provide.

Have you ever felt like quitting on the church? So has Natalie Runion, worship leader, songwriter, and teacher. But as Natalie reminds us in this week’s devotional, it’s possible to question behaviors and beliefs we have seen in the church, in religious organizations, and in Christians without quitting Jesus or divorcing the family of God. Jesus is right there with us, in the midst of our wandering and our wondering.

Explore a love story…of a father who sought a bride for his son—a bride who would enter into a world of wealth and privilege as one chosen and beloved. It’s the Old Testament story of Abraham sending his servant to seek a bride for his son Isaac. This is a beautiful allegory of our heavenly Father who seeks a bride for His Son.

Biblical encouragement to keep trusting the Gardener’s work in our hearts.