Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 Corinthians 12:6

Jesus called His followers to be salt and light in this world. Many people think that means telling people the Good News of salvation—a great thing to do, of course—but it often leads to intimidating, fruitless conversations. What if the key to drawing people to Jesus is knowing who we really are in him? Learn to grow into your true identity.

The Lord gave gifts to every person. Every Christian can lead in God’s church. The desire to lead in the Kingdom is a noble desire. However, to lead in God’s church efficiently we must do it with a noble motive, humbly and faithfully. Our elders can also affirm the gift of God in us. We should lead according to our ability, willingly and with a servant heart.

The Bible is full of powerful metaphors and word pictures to help us not only understand who Jesus is, but who we are and how we can relate to Him. Because when we know who we are, we will know what to do. During this seven day reading plan we will look at five Mantras of Jesus that will encourage, motivate, and direct the church in the years to come.

Why is fun an integral part of what God has in store for you, and how can the pursuit of fun answer some of the deeper questions rooting around inside you? In this week-long YouVersion plan, Annie F. Downs, host of the That Sounds Fun podcast, talks about the sense that our lives are lacking something, what it really is, and how to find it.

Did you know you are in an invisible battle for your future, family, city and nation? There is an invisible war going on right now. I didn’t know that for the first twenty years of my life. In this reading plan, writer Paul Marc Goulet shares about this topic and tells you how God can be your protector.

After a year spent hunkering down, living smaller, and experiencing a little more fear and anxiety than usual, we are declaring this is the year of going big. No longer will we wait to “get back to normal”; instead, we will start making space for the new things God has for us. We will become less guarded and more daring because this is our year to live All For Love.

We all love receiving good service, but it's far less popular for us to be the servant. This plan reveals how we should all serve as God has called us to. Our motivation for service is the fact that God has served us with salvation. Having done that, it's not too much for Him to ask us to serve Him, and one another.

God encourages us to entrust our troubles and questions to His care. But so many of us struggle with translating our inmost struggles into words. In this 7-day plan, Dr. Charles Stanley helps you start conversations with God about your anxiety, anger, wounds from the past, and hopes for the future in ways that will deepen your relationship with Christ and heal your heart.

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.

More and more people deal with fear and anxiety in our world today. They feel alone and abandoned by God – fatherless. God’s dream is for a family, and he has paid the price to show his love and adopt us as his children. Follow this powerful devotional that confronts the lies of the Orphan Spirit with the Truth of our loving Father.