Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 Thessalonians 5:16

Love, joy, peace and eggnog – Christmas is full of opportunities to talk to people about Jesus. So how do you make the most of Christmas? Join us for 12 days as we look at the season around the greatest story ever told, tips to equip you for the opportunities for this season and creative video's that share the meaning of Christmas.

Have you recently made the decision to follow Jesus but you don't know what's next? Are you excited and eager to know God but you don't know where to start? Then this Bible Plan is for you! We want to help guide you in your new relationship with Jesus, so throughout this Plan, you will learn what God thinks of you, why we pray and read the Bible, what it looks like to follow Jesus, and so much more!

This Mornings with Jesus 2016 reading plan features 14 days of inspiring devotions, written by women, designed to bring you closer to the heart of Jesus and fill you with hope and direction. Each devotion includes a scripture reference accompanied by a faith step to help you apply the Word and live a more Christlike life.

For most of us, the danger is not that we’ll become bad people who don’t care about things that matter. No, the danger is that we become good people who don’t actually do anything that matters. This 14-Day devotional (from the book, “Doing Things That Matter” by Tim Mannin) will encourage you to dream wildly, live differently, love recklessly, and lead courageously – all practices that matter! doingthingsthatmatter.com

Each day we make millions of decisions. Some minor and some that make a major impact. But all of our choices affect those around us. To make solid decisions we need to be rooted in God's Word and from that flows two aspects that should be at the center of our lives: Wisdom and Worship. This 14 day reading plan uses the Every Man's Bible to help us become rooted in God's wisdom and to live a life of worship to Him.

'Tis the season to be Jolly and Joyful because we have the most incredible, good news story headlining our lives: God came to earth to show His love for us and laid down His life so we could enJOY life with Him! As we enter the season of Christmas, let’s make time to get together and celebrate all the reasons that we have to be joyful.

During a time when there is much loss, struggle, and conflict in our society, it can be difficult to experience the joy that comes from God to renew our soul and strengthen our spirit. Join this devotional that was created by pastors, across the state of Hawaii, to unite together for a time of prayer and fasting for the new year.

Finding the Way to Pray is a middle school devotional designed to encourage students to find the best way to pray. In this devotional, you'll find truth that will help you frame the way you see prayer and guidance to begin saying real, honest prayers to a God who is there to listen.

Often, we are tempted to only take prayer requests to God that have a precedence in history of being answered. But God waits to propel our situations into ground-breaking, history-making miracles, if only we have the faith to ask for that which is infinitely above and beyond human reach. Struggling to make some wild prayers? If that’s the case, this 14-day journey is for you.

This 14-day reading plan offers a safe place for readers to be transparent, honest, and vulnerable, a place to examine their highs and lows, the struggles, the victories in their lives with inspiration and motivation from the Bible. Each of the 14 short devotions include a Bible verse, prayer, and real-life encouragement from Sopha Rush, founder of Live Deeply Rooted.