Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 John 4:9

Worship through each week of Advent with us in scripture and song. Come along as we study what it means to embrace Advent Hope, Peace, Love and Joy in anticipation of Christ's birth and ultimate return.

Christmas has passed, and now it is time to start considering how we would like the new year to look for ourselves and our families. What if instead of setting impractical goals that we abandon in a week, we set our eyes on the One who is eternal and never changes? This 4-day devotional teaches parents how to model hope in God's unshakeable and everlasting love through God's Word.

The Christmas season can be busy and overwhelming, but the purpose of Advent is to remember and celebrate that this season is much more than gifts and parties: It’s about the hope, peace, joy, and love that comes from Jesus. Use this 4-day devotional by Lindsay Few to take time to get into Scripture with your spouse and reflect together as you prepare for Christmas.

Walk through Advent with this 4-day devotional from Worship Together. Created with worship leaders, worship teams, church volunteers, and church staff in mind—this devotion gives you something to read alone or with your worship team each Sunday in December leading up to Christmas with a focus on hope, love, joy, and peace.

This 4-day plan will give you a theological foundation for loving God and others at work as well as practical steps for each day. We offer ways to wrestle with key scripture passages, anchor yourself in God’s presence, and experiment with ways to live out God’s love at work.

“Love Where You Are” is a four-day journey inviting you to see your everyday life as sacred ground and your ordinary spaces as mission fields. Whether you’re in an office, classroom, coffee shop, or neighborhood, God has placed you there on purpose. This plan will help you rediscover the beauty of being the church wherever you are—learning to love your actual neighbors, embody the Good News through small acts of grace, and live as someone sent, not stuck. It’s time to see your world through God’s eyes and bring His love to the places you already call home.

Advent is a time to pause, breathe, and remember that Jesus came, comes, and will come again. Each week prepares our hearts to celebrate Christmas with renewed purpose and faith. We invite you to read, reflect, and share this devotional with your friends and family — because good news is meant to be shared. 💛

This plan introduces C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity, a classic work of Christian apologetics.. Over four days, you’ll explore each of the book’s four major sections, with reflection questions and related Scripture passages. The plan is designed as a primer and is best followed by a full, close reading of the book. Drawn from Lewis’s World War II radio broadcasts, Mere Christianity presents the core beliefs of the Christian faith, addressing topics such as right and wrong, human nature, morality, marriage, sin, forgiveness, faith, hope, generosity, and theology.

This plan helps you understand the gift God gave you through Jesus. It will guide you to unwrap it, receive it fully, and let it lead your everyday life. Each day brings you closer to living in the reality of what you already carry.

Is your relationship with the Lord in a dry place? This plan from Thistlebend Ministries will help you renew your focus on the source of true love and abundant life and unlimited refreshment!

God's love for us is immeasurable. He showed us that by sending Jesus for us. And as we see how dearly loved we are, we can't help but return that love.

Life is like a game or a race. Sometimes we don’t do well, but with God beside us we can keep going and not give up. This reading plan helps children spend time with God, reading the Bible and hearing from him: great life skills! The plan complements the free children’s game app Guardians of Ancora.

This devotion is a practical study to see who God is and how we can reflect the same character of God in our life. We are created in the image of God and we need to live lives that reflect God in us. We desire our children to take after us in the same manner our heavenly father wants us to take after Him.

In the midst of hurts, challenges of subservient status, insecurities and longing for love and acceptance, the Women of the Bible reveal the current quandaries of today’s women.  Separated by ages past, their emotions were real and their ordeals just as relevant now.  As in the author’s life, let the Women of the Bible bring you to a place of healing, encouragement, self-examination and affirmation of God’s love for you

In the world, Love has become so misunderstood and misused by not only the people of the world but also by believers. Love has lost its value and significance to many, but as you read through this plan, I pray that you will have a revelation of what Love is and its true meaning.

Has someone betrayed you, treated you badly, or caused you pain? In life, you are never guaranteed that betrayal will never happen. This 5-day devotional by Carter Conlon will help you realize that forgiveness allows the life of Christ to be evidenced in you and sets you free!

This study will look at how the restorative nature of God can change our marriages.

The Essential 100® Bible Challenge is a simple tool to read through the Big Story of God's Word. The reading plan is based on 50 Old Testament and 50 New Testament passages. Continue with the nineteenth part "The Apostles' Teaching." ®Produced by American Bible Society in partnership with Scripture Union, Inc.

What if your mistakes don't shock or surprise God? What if God knows all of your flaws and still wants you in Heaven? What if instead of perfection, what God needs from you is permission to come into your life? Is the Good News really that good? Yes, it is! Discover that the Good News may be better than you think and that guilt was never part of God's plan.

Jesus said if we drink His life-giving water we will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within us, giving us eternal life.”” John‬ ‭4:14‬. This is a 5-day devotion that looks at the practical ways we can dig those wells for a spiritually sustainable life. ‬‬

The love of God is steadfast, irrevocable, and exactly what we are looking for, even if we do not know it. In this plan we are going to discover the many aspects of the love of God for us. The true meaning of love and how it affects our lives in ways that will change us forever.

Families argue, fight, have disagreements, get on each others’ nerves, and embarrass each other. We have to learn how to get along with and love our families despite these things. By modeling our lives after Jesus and following the guidance found within the Bible, we can become better sons, daughters, and siblings to those in our earthly families and those in God’s family.

It’s almost impossible to grasp how big God is. It’s going to be very hard to explain it in this Bible Plan because He’s bigger than words! This five-day Bible Plan for pre-teens will dive into John 3:16 and show that God is deeper than rejection—and how Christmas teaches us that God is closer than ever!

Have you ever felt on the edge, alone, down & out, or maybe wondered what God can do with someone like you? What if you found out that even when you feel left out, God is still singing a song of love and destiny over your life? You were made on purpose, for a purpose that can release God's glory and flavors into the world. You are Holy Guacamole.

The lights of Hanukkah and Christmas are the hallmark to the holiday season. Welcome to this Abide meditation as we explore how "the Light" pierces the darkness and how Jesus is the true “Light of the World.”