Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Luke 1:31

Christmas presented humanity with the joyous revelation of God Incarnate with us. Prophecies, miracles, angels, Magi, seen and unseen evil forces and shepherds permeate this grand event. Through this Christmas Bible plan you will meditate upon the perennial meaning of the extraordinary birth of the Messiah while exploring answers to probing questions raised by sceptics about the historicity of Christ’s birth. Merry Christmas!

Let’s face it – all children feel like wild animals at times. And as parents, we often feel ill-equipped to raise them the way that we want to. Learning the importance of prayer as a parent brings freedom from the fears of failing and strength from the power of the Cross.

This reading plan includes five daily devotions based on Max Lucado’s Bible study God Never Gives Up on You: What Jacob’s Story Teaches Us About Grace, Mercy, and God’s Relentless Love. You are invited to believe in a God who sticks with the unworthy until we are safely at home. God turns brokenness into blessings through His Grace, Mercy, and Relentless Love. Not just for Bible characters, but for you.

Many of us have busy lives with a lot going on. This reading plan will help you keep the most important things in life clearly in mind.

If today you are feeling weary, held back, pushed down, or disqualified, receive this truth: God is for you. Discover the joy of trusting your God-given identity, fighting for the flourishing of others, and building your hope on the foundation of Christ as you become the woman God says you are!

Discover how to live raw and unfiltered before God from best-selling author Cleere Cherry Reaves. This Bible plan was designed to help you offer your authentic self to Christ. Ditch the pretense and meet the God who sees, knows, and loves you just as you are to foster a genuine, unfiltered relationship with Him.

Prepare your heart this advent season to unwrap the gift of learning about our risen Savior. John Greco writes this five-day devotional to help you rediscover Christmas by seeing Jesus as the Counselor of Wonders, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

As you rediscover Christmas in these devotions, you will find your heart opening to the wider field of God’s Love, empowering you to participate in the new Creation Story launched at Christmas and extending far beyond the Christmas season.

Throughout the Bible, we see God's heart for the orphan, as well as the significance of family. This reading plan highlights passages showing how God designed families to nurture love, faith, and belonging. As we study these Scriptures, we'll explore His plan for all children and the call to reflect His love by ensuring every child experiences the warmth and security of a family. Each day ends with a prayer for orphaned children and encouragement to act with compassion.

This Advent season, anticipate the celebration of Christmas with oral Bible stories. Listen to a story based on Scripture, reflect on its themes and journal with the Lord. May you be encouraged as you prepare your heart to celebrate the birth of our King Jesus!

This five-day plan explores various angelic encounters that announced the arrival of the Messiah. We’ll consider Zechariah's doubt, Mary's humility, Joseph's obedience, and the shepherds' exuberance. Angels should not be worshiped, but they model true worship when they sing, “Glory to God in the highest!” This Christmas, marvel with the angels at the Savior born in the city of David who is Christ the Lord.

Does thriving through the holidays feel impossible? If the Christmas season has you feeling overwhelmed, lonely, and fighting for joy, there’s hope for you, Military Wife. Grab a cup of something warm and join us as we celebrate the season's most powerful source of joy: Jesus Christ. Discover the unexpected, simple, and extraordinary ways to thrive through the holidays!

Celebrate the Christmas story like never before with this unique retelling in the tradition of Native oral storytellers. In this 5-day reading plan, children can focus on the true meaning of Christmas through devotions, prayers, and fun activities. Adapted from the First Nations Version, "Birth of the Chosen One" allows us to reimagine the birth of Jesus in a way that reminds us that Jesus came for all people.

The birth of Jesus reminds us that God doesn’t remain distant. In Jesus, God took on human flesh and moved into the neighborhood. The word used to describe this incredible event is “incarnation.” God came to us—not in abstraction or theory—but in real human flesh. God moved into the neighborhood to rescue us and remake our neighborhoods. This five-day devotional draws from themes in Derek Vreeland’s Bible study Incarnation: 8 Lessons on How God Meets Us, to help us rediscover the joy that came when God moved into our neighborhoods to rescue us and our neighbors.

When hope feels distant—buried in silence, barrenness, or delay—Jesus is quietly at work, bringing life where we least expect it. In this five-day Advent journey, uncover fierce hope: hope that waits with expectation, trusts God’s work in the silence, chooses joy in uncertainty, believes against all odds, and prepares Him room. Each day offers Scripture, a short devotion, and a prayer to steady your heart with fierce hope this Advent season.

The Christmas story reminds us that hope is not found in perfect circumstances but in our faithful God. Over the four weeks of Advent, journey through the readings of this devotional plan to help you reflect on the promise of Immanuel, God with us, and discover how He meets us in every season of waiting with faithfulness and hope.

We all want to hear from God. But sometimes, it’s hard to know what that means or how to listen. In the Christmas story, God spoke to ordinary people through dreams, angels, Scripture, and the quiet stirrings of the Spirit. Each one had to decide how to respond. Over five days, we’ll look at how Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, and others heard from God, and what that can teach us about hearing and following him in our everyday lives today.

Christmas is more than a holiday — it is the moment when the Creator steps into His own creation to restore it. In these five short devotionals, you’ll be invited to contemplate Christ who comes, the King who serves, the Shepherd who guides, the Lamb who gives Himself, and the Light that never fades. May this journey renew in you the conviction that the Gospel not only saves but also restores everything sin has broken — reaching every sphere of life and bringing all of creation under the lordship of Christ.

Parenting a child with special needs or medical challenges can feel overwhelming. If you are feeling weary or discouraged, these Bible-based readings will remind you of the joy and strength God offers. Speaking from her own experience as a special needs mom, Camille Joy draws us back to the truth that God is with us, even in the hardest seasons.

Have you ever wondered what Easter is truly about? Here is a five-day video series in American Sign Language (ASL) giving a brief overview of the events leading up to Easter and why Easter is important for everyone.

The story of Christ's birth is central to our celebration of Christmas. This reading plan chronicles the humble beginnings of a Savior the world had been anticipating for centuries. This short collection of readings connects us to the arrival of Emmanuel, a God who is with us.

He’s with you through the pain. He comforts you in the waiting. When you’re anxious about your future, He gives you courage. As you climb the mountain, He keeps you safe in His arms. In every moment, you are not alone. Start this Life.Church Bible Plan to accompany Pastor Craig Groeschel’s series, God With Us .

Mary was a mom, like you and me.  What can we learn from the  heart of the woman chosen to bear the Messiah? Read along as Robin Meadows, wife of one, mom of many ,  shares from her experiences of launching seven children, and living to tell about it. 

God prepared the world for Jesus the Messiah right from the very beginning.  He made sure His world knew ahead of time that the Messiah was coming.  This is the first of three devotionals that give the prophetic pronouncements of the Messiah – and how they were fulfilled.  This devotional shows the prophecies of the lineage of Jesus starting from the garden of Eden right to Mary.

In this six-day study, Tiffany reveals the healing power of Jesus’ unconditional love through his encounters with six hurting women in the Gospels. Each life-changing encounter reveals a compassionate Savior who offers hope and second chances, helping us to embrace our own value and indispensable role in the kingdom. Experience the unfailing companionship of Jesus, who heals our deepest hurts and proves to be all we’ve ever needed.