Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Philippians 4:8

With each daily reading, learn psychological and spiritual strategies to tackling fear and anxiety. Gain insight to strengthening your mind and your faith. This devotional is based on Overcoming Fear and Anxiety Through Spiritual Warfare by Dr. Carol Peters-Tanksley.

For anything to endure, a strong foundation is required. Marriage is no different. The First Few Years of Marriage provides the tools to build a marriage that lasts a lifetime.

What is Praise? Why should we do it? Where and when should we do it? How should we do it? Join us in this 5-day series into the topic of Praise, and consider more deeply God’s purpose for praise and for you, as we join together “to declare the praises of him who brought us out of darkness and into his marvelous light!" 

Bestselling author Max Lucado explores God’s treatment plan for anxiety found in Philippians 4:4–8. As you follow this prescription – celebrating God’s goodness, asking for his help, leaving your concerns with him, and meditating on good things – you will experience God’s peace. While anxiety is a part of life, it doesn’t have to dominate your life. 

We all go thru life running on self-effort, and we eventually get to the “pulling out our hair” moments from all that we must deal with daily. However, did you know that our Heavenly Father gave  us a helper? This helper supersedes all our natural abilities and once we get to the point of total dependence life becomes easier- “Would you take the help today?”

If your words aren’t working with your kids, turn to the Word of God. Whether your kids blatantly ignore your instructions, melt-down at naptime, or throw fits over their homework, before you write a new script to speak to your kids, open the scriptures and let God speak to you. Allow the Word of God to renew your mind and your resolve, and ultimately transform the words you speak within your home.

Have you ever failed or had a setback in life? If so, you need to know how to purposefully move forward and how to win the next time around. In this five day plan, a team of proven achievers will show you how to recover and rebuild. Each day, a different team member answers the question, “ What is your best advice to someone who is making a comeback or rebounding in life?”

The letter Paul wrote to the church in Philippi has traveled across generations to nourish and challenge our hearts and minds today. This five-day devotional gives you a taste of the book of Philippians, many centuries from when God authored it through Paul. May God fill you with wonder and expectation as you read this letter of joy! Because these are not just Paul’s words to an ancient church—these are God’s words to you.

The average age for first exposure to pornography is 11. And by age 15, 80 percent of boys have had multiple exposures to hard-core pornography. Since porn exposure is so common , the reasoning goes, it must be relatively harmless. But truth be told, porn can wreak havoc on a person’s life and family. Unless you learn to battle it successfully. 

Stress causes so many problems in our society – poor physical and mental health, broken relationships, and lives barely half-lived. It’s an enormous problem and a vicious enemy, but it’s not unbeatable. In fact, God in His wisdom has given us clear guidance on how to overcome it, in His life-giving Word.