Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 8:8

Cru is a movement dedicated to helping everyone know someone who truly follows Jesus. In July 2015, over 5,000 Cru staff gathered for a week of inspirational growth - leaving with refreshed hearts and renewed vision. Each of these five devotionals from Cru15 contains a short audio segment from a main speaker (1-2 minutes). Our prayer is that these highlights help you trust God to make your life count.

Win the battle with yourself by declaring war on the version of yourself that you don't want to be. Discover the thoughts, words, behaviors, and power you need to achieve ongoing victory. It’s likely you are your own worst enemy. Learn to get out of your own way and discover the secret weapon to winning the war within.

The Word of God has much to say about our closest relationships. This reading plan will take you through principles to help you restore, strengthen, and sanctify your marriage and your family.

God speaks through all kinds of channels. He’s probably speaking to you right now, but you don’t even recognize it’s Him! Every one of us buys into some sort of myth about God’s voice and how to hear it. That’s why each of these devotionals deals with one myth about hearing God. They will help us change how we listen…and then really begin to hear God.

This video plan was shot while Pastor Mike Novotny was in Israel. With famous sites from Jesus' life in the background, Pastor Mike will help you see God's powerful grace in your life.

In this five-day devotional we will learn to see the principles, practices, and promises of obedience.

We must return to Jesus’ words to find our focus and purpose. Using parables and stories, Jesus spoke of the kingdom, but many Christians don’t have a working knowledge of the kingdom and their citizenship in a way that affects their daily lives. Join Christine Hoover in this 5-day study, cut through life’s clutter with Jesus’ words, and reorient yourself around the kingdom and the King who gives abundant life.

This plan dives into the Scriptures through the lens of the value of the hymnal tradition - how sacred songs outlast us, inform our theology, and meet us in the face of joy and suffering. Join Anchor Hymns - a multigenerational collective of artists who create songs for this particular space in Christian worship - on a 5-day journey through the Bible, impactful lyrics, and the beauty of God.

You may have heard God called “The Great Physician,” but do you know all the ways God provides healing? Healing doesn’t always look the way we expect it, but God always responds to our prayers for healing. Join us in this Bible reading plan to learn about the ways God heals.

Matthew writes to God’s people and walks them on a journey that will take them from where they are to be Disciple Makers. This is the 8th of 27 devotional plans walking us through the book of Matthew.  The final kingdom teaching spells out the dangers and pitfalls that we must avoid.  We then start to see Kingdom living in action.