Relationships

Join us for a chapter-by-chapter study of the book of Song of Solomon! This plan covers the entire book with clear chapter summaries and thoughtful study questions designed to deepen your understanding of God’s Word. Our mission is to encourage spiritual growth through the knowledge of God’s Word. We hope you’ll join us!


Song of Solomon | Chapter Summaries + Study Questions

New Year’s resolutions often start strong and fade fast, but what if this year could be different? This five-day plan is designed to help you and your spouse build lasting, Christ-centered habits that strengthen your relationship.  Each day includes Scripture, reflection, and a simple action step to help you put truth into practice. These resolutions aren’t about perfection, they’re about creating rhythms that draw you closer to God and to each other. 

5 Marriage Resolutions You Can Actually Keep This Year

Pornography is devastating the church, silently tolerated by leaders and congregants alike. This plan confronts the uncomfortable truth: Jesus rebukes tolerance. Discover the profound impact of lust and porn on faith, relationships, and service, backed by alarming statistics. Learn how to move from passive tolerance to active transformation, equipping you and your church with biblical truth and practical tools to defeat lust and reclaim purity and honor Christ.


The Sin of Tolerance: Stop Tolerating Porn & Start Discipling Others to Freedom

If you grew up in church during the 80s and 90s, "purity culture" reigned. 
And it turns out that, while the message of purity itself was good, some of the teachings associated with it went off the rails, relying on shame, control, and manipulation to try to keep our young people on the straight and narrow, doing much damage. So, how does a man of God maintain purity without falling into the problems associated with purity culture? That is precisely what we'll explore this week! Written by Chris Walker.


Reclaiming Purity: A Men's Devotional

In today’s pervasively secular culture, it’s more essential than ever to guide your children toward a biblical worldview on all issues—including the complex topics of sexuality and gender. From Elizabeth Urbanowicz of Foundation Worldview, this plan will coach you through some of the most foundational conversations you can have with your children ages 4-12 when introducing them to God’s design for marriage and sex.

Helping Your Kids Know God's Good Design

Parenting in today’s sexually broken world can feel overwhelming—but God has given us a path forward. This 4-day devotional equips parents with a gospel vision for marriage and sexuality–helping kids see their purpose, embrace God’s design for singleness or marriage, celebrate the uniqueness of boys and girls, and learn to honor their bodies. Learn to disciple your children with grace, truth, and peaceful confidence.

Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World

This 7-day honeymoon devotional is designed to help newlyweds intentionally begin marriage with God at the center. Each day focuses on a key part of a healthy, Christ-centered relationship.

With insightful reflections, creative activities and simple prayers, this plan encourages meaningful conversations and spiritual connection during your honeymoon. It’s easy to follow, flexible for travel, and created to fit naturally into your time together.

A Couples' Bible Plan for Your Honeymoon or Vacation

Marriage was designed by God to be a place of purpose, peace, and partnership, not fear. Yet many singles today are anxious about marriage due to past pain, stories they’ve heard, and experiences they’ve witnessed.
This 7-day devotional will help you identify the roots of marital anxiety, heal your heart, restore your trust in God, and prepare you for the “good land” God has promised you. Through scripture, reflection, and prayer, you will learn how to guard your heart, confront fear, and rest in God’s promise for your future.

Overcoming Marital Anxiety

God desires us to live in sexual consecration. Our destinies are inextricably tied to this.

Sexual Purity and Destiny

In a world that rushes into love and blurs boundaries, purity can seem outdated or impossible. But God’s design for relationships isn’t about restriction — it’s about freedom, peace, and purpose.

This 5-day devotional will help you see how relationships can reflect God’s heart when rooted in His truth. Whether you’re single, dating, or starting over, you’ll discover that His plan for love is always worth the wait.

Worth the Wait: Living Pure in a Culture of Pressure

In this 5-day plan, couples will discover how God uses our deepest longings to lead us toward deeper intimacy. Bestselling author and marriage therapist, Jay Stringer, guides couples in knowing one another more fully, identifying the patterns that sabotage connection, and cultivating a relationship marked by kindness, passion, and purpose.

The Heart of Desire: A 5-Day Reading Plan to Growing Intimacy in Marriage

Marriage is one of God’s greatest gifts, but it’s also one of life’s greatest challenges. Whether you’re newly married or celebrating decades together, a healthy marriage doesn’t happen by accident—it happens by design. This 7-day plan explores the biblical foundations for a lifelong, thriving relationship. Designed as a couple's devotional. 

Marriage Basics: A 7-Day Plan for a Healthy Marriage

This devotional is for believers who desire to have their minds cleansed and refocused on Christ. If you struggle with impure thoughts, pornography, or lust, this devotional will help you replace those mental images with Christ-centered ones and develop new habits in your thinking. Let Jesus free you as you cultivate purity one thought at a time. Part 3 of the Purify Your Mind Series by Joe Kirby. 

Purify Your Mind Series (Part 3) by Joe Kirby

“The opposite of addiction isn't sobriety, it's connection.” 

That’s why your fight against porn was never meant to be fought alone. Drawing on biblical wisdom and cutting-edge neuroscience, we’ll show you how isolation feeds lust and how real connection—with God and with others—breaks its grip. You’ll gain practical tools to escape the trap of the fake intimacy of porn or sexual sin, cultivate healthy relationships, and begin walking the path to lasting freedom.

Connection Defeats Porn: How to Strengthen Your Relationship With God and Others to Overcome Lust

This 5-day plan explores what it means to live a life separated unto God. In a world full of distractions, unhealthy desires, and pressures to compromise, God calls His children to live differently. Separation here is about choosing God’s way over worldly influence.
Throughout this plan, you will reflect on your relationships, priorities, and daily decisions. You'll learn how to guard your heart, seek wisdom, and honour God in all areas of life. By the end, you'll be encouraged to walk boldly in holiness, protect your destiny, and embrace the blessings that come from living set apart.


Separation

We live in a generation overwhelmed with sexual pressures, silent struggles, and hidden defeats. Yet purity is still possible, and the gospel still frees. This plan guides young men and women through biblical truth that strengthens conviction, renews the mind, and restores the dignity God designed for His people. If you long for freedom from sexual sin and a life shaped by grace, these readings will point your heart back to Christ and to the beauty of holiness.

Sexual Discipline for Young Men and Women

As we look at real life lessons from our biblical Anti-hero Sampson, we can find wisdom and direction from God’s Word on ‘how to be single.’ If you are needing some clear ‘what not to do in relationships’ this is for you. Whether you’re a young adult, teen, recently divorced—or even in a relationship that might need to end; my prayer is that through this devo you will find strength + a clear reason to hold out for the person that God has prepared for you. This 5-Day Plan is narrated by the author.

Strength for Singles - Lessons From Sampson

You have been written into a wonderful story. God’s story is one that includes Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. However, our conversations surrounding sex often focus on the fall - in reality, we were sexual before we were sinful! In this plan, we'll look at what scripture says about God's creation and design for sex.

We Were Sexual Before We Were Sinful

Marriage is a sacred creation by our Father in Heaven. Scripture is full of instruction for our marriages.  God knew that it would not always be easy, but it is clear that He holds marriage in high esteem. Let's explore what God has to say about marriage and along the way, see what He might have to say to us about our marriage.

Marriage

God designed sex to be a beautiful bond between husbands and wives – but pornography use corrupts that bond. That’s why addiction to pornography is so harmful to ourselves, and to our relationships. Understand why it starts and the hope we have in Christ to recover with this 7-day reading plan.

Get resources on marriage, parenting, faith, and more at FocusOnTheFamily.com.

Understanding Porn Addiction

When it comes to sex, we all have a certain ideas and expectations of what it should—or shouldn’t—be about. But what if all those thoughts and ideas are actually missing the mark? In this reading plan, as we take a look at God’s design for sex, we’ll discover that there’s more to it than we think.

Made

Has the guilt and shame of sexual sin been making you feel cut off from God? Start experiencing freedom with this proven framework for establishing a purity mindset. Overcome the mental block of "feeling unforgiven." Apply God's abundant grace to your personal journey. See yourself through the lens of who you are in Christ. And discover a vision behind your purity that will help you sustain your new lifestyle! 

5-Day Purity Mindset Reading Plan

This Bible study devotional plan will help you chart a course through four relational stages: singleness, dating, engagement, and marriage. Learn to embrace God’s design for each stage and to invest your life in what matters most.

Life + Love by Ben Stuart

Understanding that God has a plan for your life, and future, regardless of an unexpected pregnancy, is key in bringing healing and hope in what seems like a hopeless situation. As you read this plan, our prayer is that you find a Hope for the Future!

Hope For The Future

We live in a world that is plagued with sexual sin.  Some are looking for an escape and others are still blinded by the enemy.  This study attempts to expose the enemy’s lies concerning sex and how we can find freedom in Christ. 

Bad Girls Rehab: Sexual Sin

Each day, learn a new biblically-grounded concept that you can begin applying immediately in your family. When you lead your family by living out love, mutual respect, intentionality, and service, you’ll see their relationships with you and with each other radically transformed.

Family-ID:  7 Keys To A Great Family

Your home is the primary training ground for developing your child’s character, so parenting must be intentional.  We’ve compiled a 14-day devotional for parents, each session concentrating on a different character trait. From toddlers to teenagers, you can adapt these principles for any age. 

Building Character in Your Child

Raising kids is tough, even in the best of circumstances. In this seven-day devotional, real-world parents — who also happen to be staff members at YouVersion — share how they apply principles from God’s Word to this important aspect of their lives. Each day’s devotional includes a Verse Image you can use to help you share your own journey.

7 Things the Bible Says About Parenting

Throughout Scripture, God is called Father. Yet how does He father His children? What parenting principles can we learn by observing His interactions with humanity? This seven-day study will examine key Scriptures which will help you to father like the Father.

Father Like the Father

Dr. Tim Elmore joins with Life.Church to share 12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid. We all want the best for our kids, but sometimes our own good intentions misdirect their paths. Let’s correct course and lead our children to become thriving adults and fully devoted followers of Christ. For more content, check out finds.life.church

12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid

You may be a care provider who impacts kids in care, or a parent who understands that “if it’s not Ok for MY Kids - it’s not OK for any of God’s kids.”  Whatever your motivation, God wants to use YOU for His Glory and their Good. Ignite Hope invites you to Stand in the Gap for the Modern Orphan - with this segment focused on children in Foster Care.

God’s Got This: Praying For Kids In Foster Care

Truth Becomes Her is a movement that transcends the emphasis on feminine beauty and focuses on teaching young women about their true worth in Christ.

Unlocking Your Daughter’s True Potential

Today, many Baby Boomers are smack dab in the middle of their grandparenting years. They don’t want to be merely adequate grandparents. They want to be rockstar grandparents! Chrys Howard—best known to many as mom of Korie Robertson of Duck Dynasty—shows you how, using lyrics from classic Boomer songs, her own stories as “2-mama” (grandma), and powerful truths in God’s Word.

Rockstar Grandparent

This devotional is designed to help you trust that God loves your son even more than you do. To bring you hope when your son has lost his way or is struggling with weaknesses or temptations. To lead you to praise God for his power in your son’s life. As you pray through these devotionals over the next week, rest in the knowledge that your son is in God’s hands.

Powerful Prayers for Your Son by Rob & Joanna Teigen

The Bible tells us children are a gift from God. Yet parenting them from toddler to teenager can sometimes be an immense challenge! Perhaps no task on earth demands greater love, patience, and wisdom. Thankfully, God has provided plenty of guidance for us to follow. Join Dr. Charles Stanley as he instructs and inspires you to apply godly wisdom in this clear and concise approach to parenting God’s way.

Parenting God’s Way

No words can express how amazing it is to hold your newborn child in your arms. Parenting is such a holy and life-changing opportunity. One of the most powerful things a parent can give their child is their prayers for them. In this 5-day Bible plan, Evangelist Matt Brown shares 5 powerful prayers you can pray for your children every day. 

What to Pray For Your Children

From the moment a child enters our life, parenting is a tough job. It’s even harder when a child is struggling with difficult behaviors. Parenting a child in crisis leaves parents worn out from exhaustion, frustration, and fear. God doesn’t leave us, even in the midst of our fears, failures, and fatigue. For foster and adoptive parents, or any battle-weary parent in warfare for their child.

Battle-Weary Parents for Parenting in Crisis

Refreshing devotions for weary mamas who find themselves in need of truth and encouragement! These devotions are aimed to help a mom find her identity in Christ as she faces the challenges, surprises and joys of caring for young children. No need for her to compare herself to the supermoms around her; God has recruited her for her kids and He has big plans for her!

Grit & Grace: 5-Day Devos For Moms Of Young Kids

Wondering why me and what the Bible has to do with my child with special needs? We'll discuss the deep topics of brokenness, suffering, and disabilities while learning about providence, sovereignty, God's image, and grief. Challenge yourself to see your struggles as a special needs parent in a new light with confidence that your child has been fearfully and wonderfully made. 

Beautifully Broken- A Study For Special Needs Parents

Parenting Young Children

Navigating your teen's rebellion can be scary, challenging and even heartbreaking. In this Bible plan, Roxanne Parks shares ways that she and her husband kept their sanity during some of the confusing and murky days raising 4 teenagers.

Navigating Teenage Rebellion

As much as we want the fruit of the Spirit to be present in our own lives, we want that for our children too. So where do we begin? In this 9-day devotional, you'll learn principles taken from Scripture and tools for applying them to your parenting.

Developing the Fruit of the Spirit in Your Child

As a parent of teens, you probably wonder how to keep social media, culture, and peers from having a stronger voice than God in their lives. Jeffrey Dean wants to remind you that you are still the greatest influence in your child's life—and that’s good news! Use this guide to spend the next five days in intentional reflection and prayer for your teen as you parent with purpose and hope.

Raising Successful Teens

Parenting Teens/Tweens

Society has it’s own definition of what it means to love and what true love is. However, that definition and God’s definition are very different. This 7-day devotional is designed to take you on a journey through God’s love in both the Old and New Testaments. Each day, a definition of God’s love will be explained through scripture and then defined in everyday language.  Let's get started! Go to afterthemusicstops.org for the full length version of this plan. 



What is Love? God's View On Love And Relationships

Life is a series of choices, each determining the trajectory it will take.  Will we choose allowing our hearts to be changed by God's Word which leads to life? Or will we default to our human nature, a passive choice leading to death?  

Choices

This 40-day reading plan is designed to help those in a relationship, those planning to get married, or those already married to get into the Word and understand the Biblical foundations of marriage. 

"Sexodus" Relationships Devotional

God looks beyond what we do (even the good we do) to see our heart. He cares about our motives when we give, pray, fast… The heart of the issue, with God, is always the heart. He wants to guide us by our heart so we can make a radical difference for Him!

Give God Your Heart And Keep Your Motives Pure

Shaunti Feldhahn studied thousands of men and women to learn the most important things that matter to an abundant, happy marriage. It turns out, her research findings match what the Bible has said all along. This reading plan highlights those key Biblical secrets that we often miss — and which, once we apply them, usually make an immediate, wonderful difference.

See more of her research, books, or speaking at shaunti.com.

Biblical Secrets to a Happy Marriage

“Love can’t be earned, it can only be given. And it can only be exchanged by people who are completely true with each other,” says Donald Miller. In this 7-day reading plan based on the book Scary Close, Don challenges our assumptions about what makes for good relationships and shares reflections from his own journey to “drop the act” and find true intimacy. 

Scary Close-Reflections For Finding True Intimacy

You’ll meet a lot of people in your life and you’ll need wisdom and discernment in order to pursue God honoring relationships. In the Wise Bond Bible plan readers will discover through scripture how to develop and identify positive characteristics of Christ-centered friendships, bonds and associations. 

Wise Bond

Through the latest scientific research and poignant, personal stories, a father / daughter team help parents and their teenage girls navigate the traps and temptations of the teen dating years.

The 10 Myths Of Teen Dating

Unity has the ability to transform both personal relationships and the body of Christ. This reading plan explores the 4 attributes in Ephesians 4 that lead to unity and how you can cultivate each, leading to transformational growth in your life and in the church.