Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to James 1:4

Ever felt thankful at Thanksgiving but wondered why that feeling didn't last long? Perhaps, you need a new way to think about gratitude and a new approach to practicing it. In this plan and 5 day challenge, you'll learn how to exercise your gratitude muscle, especially in moments when you're struggling to thank God or feel joyful.

This plan is for you if you need encouragement during a challenging season. We understand that trials and tribulations are inevitable, but how we handle them significantly impacts the outcome and our mental health. This plan features inspirational stories of individuals who chose gratitude in tough times. They found hope and guidance in scripture and discovered peace amidst their struggles.

Celebrating Christmas is a tradition many of us look forward to all year. We play music, decorate trees, and throw parties all through December. This Advent reading plan aims to help in those celebrations by exploring the themes of the Christmas story. This plan can be read with friends or as a family (kids too!). Use the “Application Questions” for groups to center the conversation on Jesus. And, for families, use “Next Steps”, to find creative ways to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

The holiday season often brings a whirlwind of busyness, family complexities, and even loneliness that can pull us away from the love of Jesus. From Humbug to Hallelujah uses the timeless story of A Christmas Carol to explore these challenges and point us to the hope and truth of the Bible. In just five days, this devotional will resettle your heart on Christ during one of the year’s busiest times.

Too often, we turn to things of this world to take away our pain – things that leave us unsatisfied and hurt. But God promises to be an ever-present comforter in our hardest times. In this 5-day Bible Reading Plan, you’ll discover the promises of God in the Bible that can comfort and encourage you when you’re experiencing pain and help you move forward when hurt has you paralyzed.

In this 3-part series, we uncover the three key guidewords to help you live your faith as a Kingdom Builder. From our first guideword, “NICER,” we uncover biblical principles behind each letter in the word “N-I-C-E-R” to set the foundation for helping to build God’s Kingdom through your life today. Living your faith as a Kingdom Builder has never been so clear and easy to apply – at work, home, or just around town.

One thing is certain in life: There will be tests. Tests are one of the main ways we recognize our strengths and weaknesses. Often, our character is tested. Trying situations in life highlight where we may be self-focused, naïve, or impatient. Join us for a five-day Bible study that looks at different types of tests life brings and how God uses them to bring growth and maturity to our lives.

Your unique, multidimensional personality is more than just a number! In this devotional, based on Beth McCord and Jeff McCord's book More Than Your Number: A Christ-Centered Enneagram Approach to Becoming AWARE of Your Internal World, learn how to let God's ways inform your ways of understanding, engaging, and ultimately leading all of the diverse parts within you.

When the enemy comes against us, what can we do? How did Jesus handle being tempted in the wilderness? This is part four of eight in the "Jesus, I Need You" series by Thistlebend Ministries, focusing on drawing closer to Jesus. The plans in this series can be done in any order. See also "Jesus, I Need You" (companion prayer).

Comfort and pain are as old as the human experience. Yet, we struggle to understand their place in our life and faith. Why do I not feel God’s comfort? If He loves me, how could God let this happen? This six-day Bible Plan delves into these questions, their answers in Scripture, and God’s place in all of it.