Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 2 Corinthians 4:9

We are all creatures of habit to a degree – and most of us more than we would like to be. Often our faith is tested most when we are furthest from home and surrounded by new challenges. These studies were inspired by the foreign land of grief, and lead you to find God, and hope in the deserts of life.

No one enjoys the pain of brokenness. But God doesn't break us to cause undue pain. He breaks us because he loves us. He breaks us to bless us. God chips away at anything in our lives that prevents us from finding our true purpose and love for him. If you are going through a season of brokenness, know that God is working things together for your good.

While many leaders have learned to tune out distractions that keep them from being productive, they remain deaf to their inner desires and emotions. Clay Scroggins teaches leaders simple habits that create space for emotional evaluation and exploration. These helpful practices can empower leaders to replace the chaos of their busy days with emotional competence and awareness that leads to a calmer, more fulfilling life.

Have you suffered a painful loss that left you broken? God wants you to put your shattered pieces in His hands. Based on her first book, "Beauty In My Brokenness", this 5-day plan invites you to travel on a journey of healing as you read the author's story. On your journey, you will discover that there is beauty in your brokenness.

Beloved Child of God, what do you do when loss ambushes your life? Are you tempted to believe its defiant taunts? Ruth, former widow, and refugee turned great grandmother of King David, understands what it is like to walk through and overcome gut-wrenching seasons of change and loss. Let God’s grace, seen in Ruth’s life story, encourage you. You are not forsaken. Your Redeemer loves you. Redeemed Is Your Name!

To trust and obey sounds easy, doesn't it? But learning to trust God through every situation and every stage of life is neither automatic nor easy. Come with us on this 5-step journey toward learning to trust God more.

Spend 5 days being challenged to stand in faith, to pray faith filled prayers and to believe that God can use you to accomplish amazing things for his Kingdom in your life and in the lives of others.

This study will help you to listen to the stories of others and to tell your own. We see how the Bible puts high value on listening – especially to the dispossessed and poor. Jesus both told stories and spent time listening to others’ stories. Paul told his own story when the chips were down. This study encourages you and your church to be a place of storytelling and creativity.

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

We live under a daily assault of thoughts and ideas–some true and some false. And perhaps the most dangerous ideas we allow to live in our minds are the lies we believe about ourselves. They magnify failure, steal our joy, keep us from love, and prevent us from realizing all of God’s plans for us. Join us as we call out the lies and replace them with God’s truth.