Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to John 4:3

Last year we released 21 Days To Connect: Anchoring Your College Life. This year, we want to help you help others connect with this series of devotions. It’s designed to encourage you to invest the first 21 days of the semester to helping others find the purpose and joy in Jesus that you have found, along with the connection to a solid community of other believers. Part 1 of 3.

YOU are brilliant- uniquely formed and divinely woven together with the ability to light up this world through goodness and kindness, bravery and resilience. Your shimmer is multi-faceted and potential uncontainable. Created with purpose, you were destined to shine. Over the next seven days, explore who God created you to be and awaken to a life defined by radical love, bold faith, and unstoppable hope.

As people made in the image of God, we are entrusted to look after what he has created: to share in God’s joy and ingenuity in making a difference for good. This 7-day Plan from Ruth Valerio imaginatively draws on the Days of Creation to explore matters of environmental, ethical and social concern, and ask what it means to be human and to care for God’s world.

The Bible begins with, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty.” But clearly, that was not a problem for God. He merely spoke and the emptiness was filled with life, beauty, and purpose. This gives us hope that God will do his best work in the emptiness of our own lives. Let’s pray and ask him to fill up our emptiness.

It seems like every time Jesus encountered someone, He left them with a big, life-changing invitation to follow Him. In this 7 day study, you’ll read about several unlikely individuals who met Jesus and were offered the opportunity of a lifetime to say “Yes!” to Him. And how they responded just might change everything for you too.

The Daily Reader’s Bible presents the entire text of the Bible in a way that helps readers see the beautiful thematic connections of God’s story throughout Scripture. Discover these links as part of your daily Bible reading so you can understand the connections between the Story, Teaching, and Wisdom portions of Scripture. Daily readings are numbered, so you can start anytime. Enjoy the first 7 readings from this uniquely-arranged Bible.

How do we respond when life doesn’t go as we planned or when we take a detour? When we’re experiencing change, it’s easy to be overwhelmed with feelings of confusion, anger, and disappointment. But God has something better for us. Learn how you can start embracing change, even in the middle of the messy process.

Jesus was the first-ever known man to walk on water. One day, He called his friend Peter and invited him to step onto the water and walk to Him, and asked him to ignore the storm around him. If you feel rocked by the waves around you or struggles in your life and need a rock to hold onto, this is the plan for you.

Part 3 of Relating with Women of the Bible focuses on New Testament women and shows how an encounter with Jesus transforms lives and brings about fresh starts. Let this devotional lead you to a place of healing, encouragement, affirmation of God’s love, restoration, and a new beginning.

Many of us carry the heavy burden of mothering alone because we believe certain myths about what a mom should be. We fear embarrassment and rejection when we fall short of that standard. Heather MacFadyen's devotional walks with us through some of the isolating ideas that keep us from reaching out to other moms for companionship and support—and helps us see why God never intended for us to mom alone.