Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Luke 18:27

In a culture that values comfort and self-determination above all else, the idea of “denying yourself and taking up your cross” to follow Jesus is scandalous. But as Jesus showed us, that is exactly what it takes to walk in the way of abundant life. Part 3 of 4 of Feed's Scandal of the Gospel series.

We all know we should give, but our flesh doesn’t want to give. So in order to better live out a life of generosity in our lives, we need some inspiration from the Bible, and that is what this short plan on giving and generosity will do for you.

Faith is trusting what you can’t see because of what you can see. Over the next four days, you and your family will read the Bible together and do a daily challenge to take your faith to the next level.

Photographers often describe what they do as "chasing the light," because light makes photography possible. As followers of Jesus, we are all chasing the Light of the World so we can become more like him. Taken from his new book “Chasing the Light,” join photographer and pastor Dave Adamson as he helps you walk closer with Jesus. Each day includes a helpful image that can be shared on social media.

One way to understand what God wants to do through us by the power of the Holy Spirit is to take a closer look at what He did through Jesus’ disciples by the power of the same Holy Spirit. Take Peter, for instance, the first apostle to speak up at Pentecost. His life is a case study for the kind of radical transformation the Holy Spirit brings about in people who put their faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.  

We hope these five devotions from Eugene Peterson take your mind and heart wherever they may go, as you never know what the Spirit will use to encourage or challenge or comfort. You might choose to use the reflective questions at the end of each devotional to form your own prayer for the day—certainly not as an ending point but rather as a beginning for the arrivals that await you.

As Tammie Jo Shults discovered when she safely landed the severely crippled Southwest Flight 1380, all of the hard things you go through in life aren’t wasted—they have purpose. This 5-day devotional will help you explore how God uses the challenges in our lives to build us into the people He wants us to be, and prepare us for what He calls us to accomplish.

These five reflections from scripture through the prisms of Jesus, Paul, Solomon, and Wesley, plus the subject of debt, are not exhaustive and, for the sake of continuity, are selective. I am not trying to say everything, but I hope what you read will bring a biblically faithful perspective, if not the whole story.

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.

Anyone who has said a Big Yes to Jesus will want others to say a Big Yes to Him too. And yet a person’s conversion is often marked not just by a Big Yes but by many Little Yeses, and even some Healthy Maybes along the way. Join Mark Greenwood for this five-day plan and be equipped to kindly, sensitively, boldly, and patiently share the good news of Jesus.