Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to John 15:20

John 15 is perhaps the most important chapter in the Bible on spiritual life. In this 5-day study, we will discover that life is supremely about the pursuit of three great relationships – with Christ, believers, and unbelievers. We will also explore what our primary responsibility is toward each of these three and how to passionately and purposefully pursue each of them.

After 70 years of exile, the Jewish people return to Israel to build back what was torn down. How does he rebuild it? How did he recruit, train, and empower the Jewish people?

How can you minister to another woman holistically - heart, soul, mind, and strength? How can you care for the emotions, motivations, desires, thoughts, and relationships with yourself and others? In this 5-Day devotional, learn how to minister to another woman in each of these areas - heart, soul, mind and strength - as an extension of loving God.

We have all faced rejection, some more than others; it comes in many forms, and how we handle rejection determines if it controls us. Discover ways through God’s promises to take victory over rejection! I hope you will join me on this 5-day devotional to discover that we are not alone in rejection, for Jesus is rejected to this day!

Everyone struggles but Jesus promised a different kind of struggle for those who would follow him. He warned his disciples to count the cost before committing to follow him because to follow him meant they would be hated and persecuted. They would be outcasts in every society because of the One they had chosen to follow and what He had called them to. The struggle is real. So how do we endure?

In Luke 15, Christ shows us that the reason we all need the gospel is because of the hopelessness of our sin. He reminds us of the amazing, and even scandalous, love of God our Saviour, that is displayed in the gospel, and He teaches us the only way we can receive the salvation of God that He offers to us through the gospel.

We all want to be liked, accepted and included. It hurts when others reject us. But the enemy isn’t the person who leaves you out—Satan wants you to feel you don’t belong anywhere. How do we recognize and thwart Satan’s tactics to enjoy a deeper relationship with God and others? It starts with knowing that God made us to belong with him.

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re born again and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to different values about right and wrong, and a different lifestyle to match it. This series of 5-day plans uses the 10 Commandments (following the classic Augustinian ordering) as a vehicle for an alternative, Christ-like morality and Jesus-way of living.

It isn't always easy to bring your Christian faith into your secular workplace. This plan will provide Biblical encouragement and challenge you to look for opportunities to illuminate the gospel message at work.

The study objective is to prepare you for the trials and sufferings that often accompany new faith declaration and encourage you to find refuge in the God who can overcome and defend.