Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Romans 12:13

With eight billion people living in the world, there’s no one who will completely agree with you on everything. Our viewpoint on social injustices, politics, current events, and religion is uniquely ours. But even in our differences, we can and should find common ground. In this 5-day Plan, you’ll learn how to love, respect, and empathize with people by speaking truth with grace and gentleness.

Normal means that we uphold a popular standard, yet earth is filled with billions of people who are unique and diverse. Often, normal is the preferred place to “live,” but truly, it’s not always healthy. In this Plan, we’ll study God’s Word about how to go beyond normal living and make changes so that we can live better than normal.

Throughout the Bible, we're called to “be thankful” and “give thanks.” Why? Because we have a lot to be grateful for! We won't become thankful by accident, but with an intentional habit of gratitude, we'll become even better versions of ourselves as we follow Jesus.

How can people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds come together to heal wounds, reconcile with one another, and begin the journey of recovery? Paul's letters to the church address this same question as he struggled to reconcile first-century Jewish and Gentile believers. His pastoral and theological vision for a united church addressed education, identity, community, hope, and responsibility. In our day, we can do the same.

The Bible calls us to honor our parents—and one way we can do that is by praying for them. This five-day guide will help you to pray rich, intentional prayers for your mother or father—be they biological or adoptive, involved or inattentive, loving or cold, frail or fit, believers or unbelievers. Whatever their situation or posture toward us, if we want to love them well, we need to pray.

Jesus taught us to love our neighbors, care for strangers, and love even our enemies. Yet so many Christians have learned to live instead out of fear. The Christian community exists to declare and demonstrate God’s love, to follow Jesus in practicing love even in unsafe times and places. Let’s reclaim our identity in Christ and risk transformative love for the sake of our neighbors, strangers, and even enemies.

Discover a Kingdom perspective on relationships at work and how to build those relationships in a God-honoring way. This 5-day plan will walk you through some of the more challenging aspects of relationships with people at work and equip you to bring peace, foster mutual respect and contribute to a working environment that empowers others so everyone can work at their best.

How do we fight anxiety, uncertainty, loss, grief and isolation? Are you feeling equipped and FIT for the battles you are facing? Where is your strength coming from? This Bible reading plan will help us find answers to these questions, inspired by the life of one of the best-known warrior kings of the Bible, David.

Service and Hospitality is part 1 of 3 looking at the Intersection Of Faith & Culture. It’s hard to live out our faith in a world where the Christian life seems to be counter to the culture we live in. But together we can help one another navigate those challenging situations where the people we’re seeking to minister to may not understand or may think we are just plain weird.

Engaged? Have you picked out your vows yet? More importantly, do you know what they mean? Use God’s word to prepare your heart for marriage. This 5-day plan by Christina Dodson gives you Biblical understanding of the key parts of the wedding vows and helps you prepare your heart before you say, “I do.”