Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Romans 8:27

If you are facing challenges that have you scared to death…If you are facing change you never saw coming…If it’s time to find courage you have never needed before, and never wanted to need… this devotional is for you.When God says, “Go,” we must face our fears, our excuses, and ourselves—it’s time to go wherever He leads. 

This mom of 4 boys ponders a lot of life while meeting with Jesus on her porch swing. Happy cries, sad tears, intense conversations and silent moments. One constant remains, the swing's shadow. While shadows can often seem scary, a shadow actually proves a light is shining. These stories will challenge you to change your perspective and notice God shining on the everyday swing of life. He is always present whether you are moving forward or backward. May you be inspired to embrace His shadow everyday, it proves He is with you.

What does the Bible have to say about Faith? Take a deeper dive with these bite-sized daily studies. Each day’s reading looks at a short passage of Scripture illuminated by study notes drawn from The King James Study Bible, Full Color Edition. Verse-by-verse annotations provide background information to help you put the Bible’s events and teachings into their proper setting. Doctrinal study notes provide explanation, illustration, and a practical application for daily living.

Based on the book "Spirit-Filled Jesus" by Mark Driscoll, this devotional teaches you how suffering is a school everyone attends. Even Jesus.

Experience the love and joy of the Lord in your trial. When you are in a trial that goes on and on do you lose heart? Do you feel as though you are being punished, forgotten, or even forsaken? These five steps can help you not only survive but also find joy and strength.

Sometimes, we have to go through circumstances that we don’t understand. Knowing that all things work together for our good encourages us and gives us hope for the future. The goal of this reading plan about Romans 8:28 is to engrave this truth into your heart: God causes everything to work together for your good!

This devotional is an introduction to effective intercessory prayer by individuals and groups. Prayers that strike the mark are authorized by the Holy Spirit and endowed with divine power to accomplish God’s will in your life and for the needs of the world. Learn what it means to be an intercessor, the different kinds of intercession, and how to allow the Holy Spirit to guide you in your prayers.

We'll spend time stirring our affections for God through renewing our minds. Your mind is the gateway to your affections. What you think is worthy of your affections is what receives them. As we grow in understanding of God’s overwhelming goodness we naturally give him our hearts. May you be stirred by the unconditional love of your heavenly Father as his perfect nature is revealed in greater, more transformative ways.

It weighs you down. It keeps people out. It’s heavy and painful—it’s the grudge. Many of us may not realize it, but we’re carrying grudges that need to come out of darkness and into the light. Learn how you can find freedom through forgiveness in this 7-day Bible Plan accompanying Pastor Craig Groeschel’s message series, The Grudge.

We are creatures of habit, and our habits are powerful forces. Habits like praying, studying the Word of God, confessing, and fasting are not just items on a checklist. These habits have the power to change us. In this seven-day reading plan come explore the habit of prayer and celebrate the hope that it can bring to our lives!

Everyone has the potential to be a leader. However, we need to know what is needed from a leader. The Bible teaches many important values that must be possessed by Christian leaders. In this 7-day reflection, we will be inspired by several stories that build leadership in the lives of believers.

There is nothing that Satan, our enemy, would love more than for us to stop praying . . . or never start. But when you have a relationship with Jesus, prayer isn’t something you do; it’s who you are. In this seven-day series based on her book Praying Women, the inspirational Sheila Walsh offers encouragement and help for anyone who has ever felt like quitting prayer.  

This is a seven-day Prayer Basics plan based on the Alpha prayer course by Nicky Gumbel and Pete Greig. It is the start of an adventure that will help you grow and deepen your prayer life. It’s an easy and practical journey to understand the power and beauty caught up in the Lord’s prayer, and can even be used as the baseline for a week of fasting.

The sacred chase is the audacious pursuit of God and God’s reckless love for you. All of heaven desires to see your life soaked with the reality of God’s presence. As Heath Adamson reminds us in this week-long devotional, pursuing this is worth all of your efforts. The prize is the reality of Jesus in your life today.

Welcome to the Family of God! Pastor Greg Laurie guides you through 7 key first steps as you begin your journey with Jesus. Discover how you can know God, how to study your Bible, pray, attend Church, obey God, give to God, and share your faith. Readings are from the New Believer’s Bible which has been trusted by over 10 million Christians to help them start their walk of faith.

When we lose our jobs or plans go awry, the feeling of discouragement can be overwhelming, leaving us feeling far away from God. But the Bible equips us to learn how to deal with discouragement so that we feel CLOSER to Him than ever before. Drawn from the UCB Word For Today by Bob and Debby Gass, this plan brings you God's Word to lean on when you're discouraged.

YOU are brilliant- uniquely formed and divinely woven together with the ability to light up this world through goodness and kindness, bravery and resilience. Your shimmer is multi-faceted and potential uncontainable. Created with purpose, you were destined to shine. Over the next seven days, explore who God created you to be and awaken to a life defined by radical love, bold faith, and unstoppable hope.

Any way you cut the Gospel, it bleeds forgiveness. Yet, even the most seasoned Christian can struggle to extend forgiveness to those that have deeply wounded them. Dr. Bruce Hebel invites you on a seven-day journey to discover what God has to say about experiencing the freedom of the Gospel through forgiveness and show you how to apply the blood of Jesus as payment in full for every wound.

We all face crises in our lives, but do we know how to show up for ourselves and others in the midst of a crisis? This plan introduces the BLESS method, a biblical- and evidence-based resource to help care for ourselves and others experiencing a crisis. BLESS (stands Belonging, Livelihood, Emotional, Safety, and Spiritual needs) helps us be attuned and offer humble help.

Where to find courage and what to do now to take your next step.

John Wesley is credited for saying, “God does nothing but by prayer, and everything with it.” Although we may or may not be called to pioneer a global Christian reformation, prayer gives us immediate access to God. This miracle-working God is longing to meet us in prayer to partner with Him in reforming our spheres of influence! This plan includes an acrostic to help you bolster up your prayer life.

This plan is a pathway to HOPE—a roadmap through the pain of grief and loss. Whether you’ve lost someone you love, your marriage, your health, or your dreams, you will discover new strength through a new closeness to others and to God. And you will learn how to make the decisions that lead to comfort, growth, and life.

What if we don’t have to wait until we’re at our breaking point to address what’s broken in our lives? Just as we invest in cleaning our homes, it’s time to invite the Holy Spirit to deep clean our hearts. In this 7-day Bible Plan, we’ll discover how to let go of the emotional baggage that holds us back and weighs us down.

Just as Jesus touched the leper and befriended the sinner, we too are made to love others—even in the face of challenge and risk. Right now, there are thousands of children and families in desperate need of the love you and your community can provide. Discover how you can live out your purpose to love those who are most vulnerable in society in this seven-day plan.

Because of Easter, everything has changed. Now, as the Church—the people of God living out the will of God—we have been filled with God’s Spirit and commissioned to continue the work of putting all the broken things back together and bringing heaven to Earth, so that once again, order is brought out of chaos. We are called to bring shalom.