Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Hebrews 4:16

Empathy allows us to perceive the needs of others, and bring hope and relief into their lives. Often, we can struggle with how to display empathy. Fortunately, we have a great example: in this Plan. We’ll look at what the Bible has to say about empathy, and how we can grow in ours in order to be the hands and feet of Jesus.

Coaches face many external battles, but perhaps our greatest battle is the internal one to find peace and fulfillment. All too often, we fall for the trap of measuring our self-worth by the scoreboard, but no amount of winning is ever enough. This devotional is a guide to find balance and contentment in the midst of a sporting culture that values winning above all else.

Why do bad things happen to good people? Why there is so much suffering in life? When life feels unfair, and the world feels broken, you need to know there’s a God who understands and wants to restore all things. In this plan, you will learn how grieving, hoping, and gratitude can help you make sense of your suffering.

When hard times come and it seems like we have to put on this perfect face, that's when God turns it around and causes us to face the reality that we are in. Come and See is a 5-day Bible plan that tackles different issues that many women face and brings them alive through scripture.

A 5-day devotional from Hillsong Young & Free based on songs from their latest album, All Of My Best Friends.

Choosing to worship helps us keep our eyes on Jesus, even when life's crazy. When we focus on Him, our brokenness is restored, our anxiety turns into hope, and we become more united. This 5-day plan will give you practical steps to worship through it, whatever IT is, along with how to love one another, even when it's hard. So, today, we hope you'll choose to Worship Through It, Together.

Having a baby changes everything. It’s like this little life becomes a new center of gravity, pulling the rest of your world into its orbit. It’s hard to know how to get ready for such an unknown like having a newborn. Prepare practically and spiritually to deeply enjoy and thrive in one the hardest and most beautiful seasons of your life.

Join Hillsong East Coast’s online experience and walk through this corresponding plan. This plan is based on Pastor Phil Dooley's November 2020 message, "Real Talk - Real Freedom." Read through God’s Word within each devotional and reflect through guided questions for both individual consideration and group discussion. We pray it encourages you to reframe your reality.

There are some names in the Bible that everyone knows: Adam and Eve, Noah, Moses, Mary, Peter, Paul. But the Bible is also full of stories with unnamed characters. People who made a difference not in the spotlight, but in the shadows. We often think they and we are insignificant if the spotlight is not on. But here's the good news: God chooses and uses shadow Christians.

Most of us are genuinely trying very hard to leave stubborn habits of sin behind and become more like Christ, but we may not be having quite as much success as we would like. When we understand how to walk in the Spirit everything changes! In this plan, learn practical steps for entering into the reality of a radically transformed life by walking in the Spirit!

Prayer can sometimes seem lonely. Often, in prayer, I try to quiet my heart and soul, and my mind races everywhere. Sometimes I just fall asleep. There are times when it feels like my prayers bounce off the ceiling. What we often don’t realize, however, is that the Lord offers us good news right in these places. Let’s spend some time considering the good news about prayer.

He is in the pain with us. We’ll look at how Jesus’s humanity shows us that whenever we hurt, God hurts too. God borrows the context of that hurt, without causing it, to redeem something from it. And that, remarkably, is where hope comes in. Hope—that even though so much here is wrong, there is a God who will move heaven and earth to make things right.

Alex McFarland and Bert Harper, hosts of the nationally syndicated broadcast Exploring the Word, have answered questions from listeners throughout North America for more than ten years. Drawing on their years of experience as pastors, scholars, and Bible researchers, Alex and Bert offer factual, biblical responses to frequently asked questions in their book "100 Bible Questions and Answers." Here you’ll find straightforward answers to 5 of the toughest Bible questions.

This devotional plan tells why people make bad decisions, and provides seven steps to ensure we make good decisions. It discusses the blessings God made to Israel if they obeyed Him, and the curses they would experience if they did not. We can learn from Israel’s example and be challenged to serve God.

A new year equals a new beginning and a fresh start. It is a time to reset, refresh, and refocus on what's most important in your life. Having the best year ever starts by knowing you are made new through Jesus. Live new in the new year!

Through this plan, we hope for you to know with great clarity and simplicity, what Jesus did on the cross, how he rose again, ascended into heaven, is now seated at the right hand of the Father, and is going to return! This event is the centrepiece of our faith through which we are being transformed, and upon which we build our lives. This, indeed, changes everything.

Life doesn’t always go the way we hope, and sometimes God doesn’t answer our prayers the way we’d like. This devotional plan by Katie Faris offers insight into our suffering and helps to enable readers to see God’s grace in the midst of struggle.

"At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of God’s hand until we learn to hear Him...” Oswald Chambers

The following reading plan will take you deeper into the three concepts of Spirit, Soul, and Body at a steady pace, building on the message of Jesus' finished work. It will stretch, challenge, and grow you as his follower. Make sure to allow the Holy Spirit space to work in you and shape you. See the impact for yourself. This is the third of four plans in this series.

If you feel overwhelmed by your mental health, you’re not alone. Mental health challenges can feel chaotic. One day you may feel fine, but then you wake up the next day feeling anxious, depressed, or burned out. This 5-day Plan can help you find hope, healing, and peace through wisdom from Scripture.

We often hear people say, "Fake it until you make it". Have you ever tried it, only to find yourself exposed and vulnerable in the end? In this plan, we will explore moments like that in Jacob's life. I hope that the next few days will inspire you to live more authentically in Christ.

I love Rube Goldberg machines. They are elaborate, complicated systems that accomplish simple tasks. Usually they are many small things that work toward one bigger goal, but sometimes they can be a few big things that do something small.

How do we pull our world back together when everything seems to be pulling apart? This Plan encourages us to learn about and lean into loving each other well in a world that is full of hate and dissension. Embracing what the scripture says about love, you are challenged to come to the family table with grace, empathy, sacrifice, justice, and love, because how we love matters.

Experience Christmas through the eyes of well-known Bible characters. This 5-day plan features Mary Magdalene, the Gospel writer Luke, Queen Esther, the Boy with the Miraculous Lunch, and the Inn Keeper, who had no room for Jesus. Get inspired by their reflections on True Freedom, Real Love, Deep Hope, Big Faith, and Genuine Peace.

Life doesn’t always go the way we hope, and sometimes God doesn’t answer our prayers the way we’d like. This devotional plan by Katie Faris offers insight into our suffering and helps to enable readers to see God’s grace in the midst of struggle.