Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 12:21

We certainly have reason to celebrate when we think of Jesus. In these four days, we'll celebrate Jesus as the Light, Living Water, Hope of the world, and Eternal Life. From all around the world, let's all join in on the celebration this Christmas season! At the end, you'll get access to four 15-minute workouts based on this same Celebrate Jesus! theme.

"This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased," the Father said of Jesus in Matthew 3:17. God is infinitely, inexhaustively glad in his Son. But what does this mean for us? In this five-day devotional, John Piper examines how the Bible speaks of God's joy in Jesus and how it impacts our everyday.

Our chaotic world often compels us to cry out to God for help and plead for change. Join Taylor Turkington, author of "Trembling Faith," in this five-day devotional inviting you to pray alongside the distressed prophet Habakkuk as you survey the brokenness in your own experiences. It also encourages you to place your faith in God who loves justice and has promised all will be eventually made right when Jesus returns to rule and reign forever.

Jesus performed amazing displays of God’s power through miracles, signs, and wonders. We catch a glimpse of the glory and goodness of God through answered prayer. We were never meant to stay small in prayer or in faith. Grow bold in the way you ask God to move in your life and in the world around you, in Jesus’ name. He loves to save, heal, comfort, and amaze.

In this five-day series of readings from across the breadth of Scripture, we will see how “the nations” have always been the object of God’s love and how he consistently calls his people to join him in his mission to rescue and redeem men and women from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. We will also explore the implications of this for people who desire to live missional lives, aligned with God’s purposes.

God prepared the world for Jesus the Messiah right from the very beginning. He made sure His world knew ahead of time that the Messiah was coming. This is 3 of 3 devotionals that give the prophetic pronouncements of the Messiah – and how they were fulfilled. This devotional shows the prophecies of Jesus that give His mission and that He was “born for this."

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 13 of 27 devotional plans walking us through the book of Matthew. Jesus talks to the spiritual leaders of the day. He exposes their hypocrisy, their shallow faith, their words and their weak walk. Let’s model our walk after His.

With the birth of Christ began the story of our new birth. The birth of our new hope. A Savior, all-powerful and yet willing to take on the form of a baby to make a way for us to come to the Father. A perfect plan for our rescue and redemption.

Chapter 9 of the book God Loves You explains the meaning of the Holy Spirit's person and work.

This series – “Gracious Jesus” is a deep dive into the life and teachings of Jesus from the gospels. Historical context is brought in to enrich and bring a more accurate dimension of the context of Jesus’ life. Most importantly, if we are receptive to the Spirit, He opens our spiritual eyes to see God, the world around and ourselves with completely new perspectives.