Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Hebrews 4:3

Is “remember the Sabbath” a biblical suggestion that has fallen out of fashion or an inconvenient rule that gets in the way of a full life? Neither says musician and spiritual adviser Justin McRoberts. Instead, this five-day study of the Sabbath, excerpted from his book Sacred Strides, is an invitation to fully experience the Love of God in our work through our rest.

Come back from disappointment and failure and build resilience to go again.

Transformation rarely happens overnight. In Gradually Then Suddenly, Mark Batterson shows how small steps of obedience lead to big breakthroughs—the gradual work of God that becomes a sudden move of His power.

Sometimes, we turn forty-day journeys into forty-year wanderings — not because God is slow, but because we don’t understand His frameworks. This plan reveals how faith, rest, and obedience can transform your walk with God. You’ll learn to hold firm your confidence, hear His voice daily, and align with His Word so that what takes others years can happen in your life in days. Each devotional will help you rediscover the rhythm of rest, trust the timing of God, and walk in the power of His Word.

Discover the freedom, rest, and transformation that come from trusting the finished work of Jesus.

Life with God isn’t about working nonstop. Working is easy. Resting is harder. This 5-day plan explores the biblical foundation of rest and offers practical insights for experiencing deep, lasting peace—even in turbulent seasons. As you walk through Scripture and personal reflection, you’ll learn how rest is an act of obedience, trust, and dependence on God.

Over the course of six days, read Scripture and follow along with gospel meditations adapted from My Heart Cries Out: Gospel Meditations for Everyday Life by Paul David Tripp as you see how God’s amazing grace intersects with the mundane, unexpected, messy, and beautiful moments of daily life.

Have you ever felt it is hard to abide in Christ when God seems so distant? Many Christians, including pastors, missionaries and full-time workers, admit to feeling distant from God and ministering from an empty heart. As we discover God’s call to abide, work, rest and walk with Him, we can learn to experience joy and fullness in the Secret Place of His Presence.

WWJD—more than a bracelet or a bumper sticker, it’s a way of life. In this devotional we ask one fundamental question: "What Would Jesus Do?" As we uncover the life of Jesus, what lessons can he teach us about how he lived, what he spent his time doing, and who he shared his life with? We will be inspired to look at our own lives and ask: WWJD?

As we advance in our sophistication, humanity needs to be reminded of ancient simplicities that contain truth so potent that our lives can be enriched by their transformational power. Rest is one such ancient simplicity established by God at the beginning of His relationship with our first human parents. After working for six days, God declared the seventh day to be a day of rest – a day without boundary and equal.