Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Luke 15:25

Luke 15 is a threefold parable, a bit like a three-leafed shamrock clover, that Jesus told about lostness. The Sunday School definition of a parable is that it’s an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. So, when Jesus talks about sheep, coins and sons, He's not just an entertaining storyteller: He's illustrating heaven’s spiritual truths.

You have a story. It is a story worth telling. And it has an Author. This plan will equip and inspire you to be more effective at sharing that story with your friends who desperately need to hear it. Most people come to faith through a friend or family member. Let this plan encourage you to connect God's story to the story of your not-yet Christian friends.

Jesus used practical and creative stories to explain the kingdom of God. A short video illustrates one of Jesus’ teachings for each day of the nine-part plan.

What does it mean to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength? Do you long for the Lord to do a radical work in your life and your heart? Join us for this ten-day plan from Thistlebend Ministries. Psalm 63 will reveal the thirst-quenching relationship God desires to have with us.

Sometimes there are things that just need to be said. This Bible plan walks through some of the values that tend to get lost in the local church because, over time, we tend to make church all about ourselves. It's time to get back to the basics. Buckle up: this might hurt a little. Sorry, not sorry.

The strategy of the enemy is to put distance between us and the people we love the most, one offense at a time. UnOffendable is an outline of how God can use the things in life that have hurt us the most, to shape our confidence and help us become the people we’ve always wanted to be. Being unoffendable isn’t about never getting offended. It’s about not staying offended. 

Over the next ten days, read through the ten commandments and begin to understand God’s law so that you might delight in it as a way to expose your sinfulness and reveal the glories of his grace to you in Christ.

Life demands we make critical choices, but how can you do so effectively? Your ability to discern can make all the difference in what your future looks like. As you read, you will discover how to measure what you are taught against the truth of God’s Word, how to develop a life-giving connection with God, and the path to finding clear direction from the Holy Spirit.

Make the best new years decision. Stop, and open - Stop, and look up - Stop, and invite God's presence in. The adventure of this year awaits. Inhale, exhale - the best is about to come.

Millions of people worldwide live as strangers or refugees in a country that is not their own. God wants us to treat them well. The Bible also speaks about “spiritual strangers." This reading plan explains how God cares for spiritual, political, or social strangers.