Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Mark 5:35

This three-day Bible reading plan invites children to explore and discover the difference that Jesus can make to the adventures and challenges of life. Three people are ill and no one can help until Jesus enters the scene. What can he do to change their lives? The plan complements the children’s game app Guardians of Ancora . 

Practically every one of us has experienced the bottom falling out at least once in our Christian walk. At times it can seem we are going under for the last time. Follow along for the next few days and let's explore together what God showed me in His Word, a message I believe came right from the heart of God.

Sickness. Offense. Anxiety. No matter what situations in life come your way, God can restore and bring healing. Let’s look at how you can live healed together!

What does it mean to wait on the Lord? We wait on the Lord to answer our prayers, to act, to renew our strength, to deliver, to do what only God can do. We wait on him because he is God and we are not. As we wait on the Lord, he changes us, he strengthens us, we learn, and we grow in our faith.

Holy leisure is about finding rest and enjoyment in God’s presence, even when life’s circumstances are hard. The Gospel of Mark is full of examples of Jesus exemplifying this restful dependence on his Father, even when exhaustion, storms, and interruptions threatened to thwart his will. Experience a life of holy leisure as you learn to live, rest, and trust, like Jesus.

Jairus was a dad with a dying daughter. He lived in the time of Jesus and like many people in the Bible, he is only mentioned once. Yet, through Jesus' brief encounter with him, there is much for us to learn.

Saint Ignatius (www.PrayAsYouGo.com) believed that God could speak to us just as clearly in our imagination as through our thoughts and our memories. In his Spiritual Exercises he writes of contemplation as a very active way of engaging your feelings, emotions, and senses to place yourself in the scene described. Listen to the events of Jesus’ life described in these reflections.

This five-day family devotional focuses on a remarkable day when Jesus revealed God’s power to a crowd and a household. There’s an option each day to play the compelling free biblical game app Guardians of Ancora. As you read the Bible and talk with God, you will be encouraged to explore this exciting way to meet with God, discover stories about Jesus and share your adventures together.

Jesus has power over death, and because of what he did for you, including rising from the dead on Easter Sunday, death has no power over you either. This video series relays many of the stories from the Bible where God interrupted death and brought life.

Cru is a movement dedicated to helping everyone know someone who truly follows Jesus. In July 2015, over 5,000 Cru staff gathered for a week of inspirational growth - leaving with refreshed hearts and renewed vision. Each of these five devotionals from Cru15 contains a short audio segment from a main speaker (1-2 minutes). Our prayer is that these highlights help you trust God to make your life count.