Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to John 12:24

“Always we begin again.” –St. Benedict   Do you ever feel stuck, restless, or cornered in your own life? It’s easy to shut down in those moments. Or, you can learn to begin again. To begin again is to open the window, even an inch, to let the breeze of grace come in. It is a call to open our hands when all we want to do is clench our fists. May this week-long devotional help you trade your trying for trust and your striving for surrender.

While people are aware of the Lord’s Prayer for daily needs, they may not know that Jesus had a vital prayer life and especially relied on his Father’s help as he faced and endured the cross. We can learn much about how to pray in crisis times by looking at those prayers of Jesus. 

Are you tempted to chase whatever shiny thing is in front of you? Me too, brother. But God designed us for so much more and our desire for the things of this world only sets us up for disappoinment. This 7 day plan will help reset your priorities this week as you invite God to show you what He wants you to focus on and as He reorders your priorities.

Routes to progress and success often take detours. Never is there a straight path toward either of them. And in those unscheduled stops and perceived pauses, that’s where “progress” is thwarted — I call these moments, Crushing moments. They seek to threaten and destroy our journey from what we’ve determined is our destination. But crushing moments are never truly the end. Rather, the crushing becomes the creation of something new. They reveal there is more to our lives than what we had planned.

Do you feel stuck, silenced, small? Overwhelmed by your life, your responsibilities, your choices (or lack thereof), your regrets, your longings? These seven brief readings remind us that no matter our circumstances, we are held and we are invited to receive new mercies. There is always a hand reaching toward you. There is always grace available. And there is always a chance to begin again.

The journey of transformation takes us through order into disorder and out the other side into reorder. Order is good, but when we love it too much we become rigid and over-protective of what we already know. Disorder busts all of that up and breaks us open enough to be teachable and receptive. Reorder is the wisdom we're able to receive on the other side of order and disorder.

The journey of transformation takes us through order into disorder and out the other side into reorder. Order is good, but if we love it too much we become rigid and over-protective of what we already know. Disorder busts all of that up and breaks us open enough to be teachable. Reorder is the wisdom we learn on the other side of disorder and is how we are made new.

Can beauty really come from the ashes in our life? It's easy to miss God's presence when we are walking though the unknown. This plan will challenge us to look beyond our struggles, move forward in faith and equip us to speak hope + victory over one another. Discover invaluable lessons as you endure the refining process. It's here, in our darkest places God meets us like never before.

Despite going through a season of tremendous loss, Leeana Tankerlsey found that, “Hope arrived somewhere along the way, and no matter how many circumstances tried to snuff it out, it continued.” Journey with Leeana into the surprising reality of a hope that never lets you go. Whatever loss you are experiencing, you are not worth less than you once were. And, against every odd, you have reason to hope anyway.

“Passion Week” (or Holy Week), the week between Palm Sunday and Easter, reflects upon the passion displayed by Jesus as He endured the excruciating pain of the cross. Through this 7 day plan of select passages taken from His final week, we posture our hearts to praise Him for all He has done, marvel at His gift of salvation, and remember how much He loves and cares for His children.