Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 Peter 1:6

Do you feel like you have no hope? Has the darkness of your suffering blinded you to all aspects of light? Do you need comfort to seep down into your soul? Through this letter, Paul wrote, Jesus will give you exactly what you need right now.

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re in Christ and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to strange expectations. It’s a different kind of hope flowing from Christ’s perspective on things. This is the seventh in a series of 5-day plans that uses the Lord’s Prayer to show how Jesus invites us to approach life and the future.

The music we sing at Christmas helps us to remember the story of Jesus and fills our hearts with hope, peace, love, and joy. This 5-day plan will encourage your heart as you learn inspiring stories behind some of our most beloved Christmas songs, including O Holy Night, Joy to the World, and Silent Night.

This plan from Scripture Union International draws from 1 Peter, a letter written to encourage believers facing persecution. Peter reminds us that, through Jesus’ resurrection, we have a living hope—not only for the future but alive and active in our present joys and struggles. Amid global challenges and personal struggles, we stand firm together in prayer and thanksgiving. On Christ the solid Rock we stand!

Discover hope that anchors your soul with this 5-day reading plan, adapted from the "Jesus Calling® 52-Week Bible Study". Each day features Scripture readings, excerpts from "Jesus Calling®", and reflective questions to help you deepen your faith and experience God’s presence. Whether you’re navigating challenges or seeking renewal, this plan invites you to trust in God’s promises and find strength in His unchanging love.

This reading plan serves as a guide through the Advent season, traditionally celebrated during the four weeks leading up to Christmas. We’ll explore the biblical themes of hope, peace, joy, and love, diving deeper into human longings for healing and restoration—our anticipation for God’s new world.

Being refined by God can feel confusing and even uncomfortable, yet it is often a sign of His care rather than His absence. This series invites you to pause and consider what God may be shaping in you through seasons of pressure and waiting. These reflections are meant to help you remain open, patient, and hopeful as God works quietly and faithfully beneath the surface of your life.

Sometimes the hardest moments in life whisper the same lie: You’re on your own. In this five-day reading plan inspired by the short film Lost Things, we explore what happens when self-sufficiency collapses and our trust in God is tested. If you’ve ever felt alone, uncertain, or wondered where God is during difficult seasons, this plan will help you rediscover the truth that His Spirit is closer than you think.

Near the end of his life, John was the last of the living apostles and wrote a story about Jesus. It’s his testimony of who Jesus is, what he said, what he did, and who he claimed to be. Jesus has a story. He invites us to make it our story. When we make Jesus’s story our story, we have life in his name. This plan focuses on John 11 and the grief we face. It's part of an ongoing series through John.

When the enemy comes against us, what can we do? How did Jesus handle being tempted in the wilderness? This is part four of eight in the "Jesus, I Need You" series by Thistlebend Ministries, focusing on drawing closer to Jesus. The plans in this series can be done in any order. See also "Jesus, I Need You" (companion prayer).

Finding Your Grace is about establishing your life in line with God’s will and being confident in His love for you. This devotional empowers, celebrates, and gives hope to life’s journey through the members of GRACE.

Do you ever wonder why God created you? He created you to showcase His glory—to enjoy it, display it, and demonstrate it every day. This reading plan from Joni Eareckson Tada will help you discover how to put God’s glory on display and how to say "no" to complaining.

Each daily reading reveals how being God's mouthpiece gives us an advantage in all areas of our lives. This devotional is based on The Prophetic Advantage by Michelle McClain-Walters.

If joy is an essential feature of the Christian life, then why are so many Christians so miserable? Pastor Christopher Wright invites us to begin experiencing joy in the ordinary moments by living “in step with the Spirit.” When we dig deep into the Word of God and walk by the Spirit, we grow in Christ-likeness and learn to cultivate joy. 

C.S. Lewis said, “Aim at Heaven and you will get earth ‘thrown in.’ Aim at earth and you get neither.” In other words, what you do today because of what you believe about what happens after you die could change everything, forever. Start this Life.Church Bible Plan today to accompany Pastor Craig Groeschel’s new series, One Minute After You Die.

Find biblical encouragement in Peter’s letter to early Christians in Asia Minor, and remember all Christ has done and promises to do in the lives of those who trust him.

Coming face to face with death can bring deep and fear-filled questions. Will I die alone? Will it be painful? What comes after death? When you’re gripped with this anxiety, you need to know there’s a God who understands and has gone before us to conquer death. This plan will share God’s hope-filled answers to help you make peace with death.

Missionaries, pastors, and the average Christian will encounter suffering in their lives and the lives of those they love and serve. This devotion is designed to look at real-life stories illustrating how God uses suffering to teach, guide and mold us to be more like Jesus. By God’s grace, we can glorify God as we embrace suffering in our lives, knowing that Jesus willingly laid down His life for us.

A very divided world needs a unified Church. But with all the chaos around us, how can we as Christians respond? In this 6-day Bible Plan accompanying Pastor Craig’s message series, In God We Trust, we’ll discover how we can bring people together and find unshakable hope.

1 Peter is all about Jesus! This 6-day plan will walk you through the book of 1 Peter by reading just a chapter or two a day. Each day is accompanied by a short devotional and video that explains what’s happening and shows you how each part of the story points to Jesus and his Gospel.

Hope is more than wishing for something. Hope inspires action. The kind of hope you’ll learn about in this Bible Plan is different from just wishing. This kind of hope is your best hope—it’s a living hope! This hope is anchored to the unchanging love and faithfulness of Jesus. Start this six-day Bible Plan today and fill yourself with the very best hope.

When we first met Peter in the Gospels, he was a brand-new Christ-follower. Now, years later, his life has been changed by grace. He has much to say about doctrine, his own trials, and the work of the Holy Spirit. He encourages believers to persevere and hope in Christ’s resurrection. These six lessons through 1 Peter are part of THRU the BIBLE’s trusted study through the whole Word of God.

The day you marry, you never consider that the life you’re building could be destroyed. The ruins left are a reminder of what you’ve been through. God uses everything for your good. He intends to rebuild your broken places. Over the next six days, you’ll find God’s restoring H.O.P.E. after divorce. You’ll be encouraged, validated, yet challenged to seek healing while God does the hard work of rebuilding ruins.

Feeling stressed! Under pressure! Who has never experienced it? Sometimes we go through our dark days. Sometimes we wander in a dry and barren wilderness. Sometimes the pressure feels so heavy, squeezing us. And we feel like there's no way out... This 6 day plan is a journey to remind us that God is good and He is carrying us on His shoulder right now.

In this life, you will experience pain. You will face opposition. There’s a reason for that—this world is not your home. The good news is that, by the grace of God, you can live a life filled with hope—even in the hardest times. Join me on this six-day plan as we dive into 1 Peter to discover the strength to move forward and live Out of Darkness!