Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Isaiah 9:7

The word "Advent" means "arrival" or "coming." On the church calendar, Advent is the beginning of the Christian year. It is a season of Great Expectation and a time not only to look back but to look forward.

Observe the season of Advent by contemplating Lessons and Carols. Grow in faith by slowing down, reading scripture, and learning songs that deepen your understanding of the incarnation. Scripture and songs are carefully arranged in a sequence that prepares us for the birth of the Christ child.

The name of Jesus is so powerful. In Him, and in His name, we have everything we absolutely need for life. In Him, we find our meaning, reason, and purpose. This plan and series go over many of the Scriptures that teach us the meaning of the name above all names.

This Christmas, take time each day to slow down and focus on the joy of the season. In this 5-day Advent reading plan, best-selling author and pastor Greg Laurie shares wisdom, Scripture, and prayers designed to help you connect with God and find hope and peace amid the holiday rush. Adapted from his brand-new 25-day Advent devotional 'Heaven's Light Breaking.'

God revealed to the prophets the signs that would indicate the coming of Christ. In this plan, we will look into the Christmas prophecies.

The holidays bring excitement and busyness, sweet moments and chaos, blessing and frustration. In the hustle, bustle, merry, and bright, we’re looking expectantly for perfect presents and serene gatherings. The reality often falls short of our expectations. And that’s why celebrating Advent is an important rhythm for our calendars. Find peace in God's story this Christmas as you take time to pause in the presence of the Lord.

The holidays bring excitement and busyness, sweet moments and chaos, blessing and frustration. In the hustle, bustle, merry, and bright, we’re looking expectantly for perfect presents and serene gatherings. The reality often falls short of our expectations. And that’s why celebrating Advent is an important rhythm for our calendars. Find time for silence and solitude with the Lord so that you can walk with joy this Christmas season.

As we look towards Christmas, can you feel that festive feeling building on the inside? This devotional is an advent based devotional, as we look with anticipation towards the birth of Christ. All of the Christmas festivities we know and treasure are founded on our expectation and hope in Christ, and what joy it is to celebrate his coming on Christmas Day!

Political hostility is tearing apart our relationships and churches. But Jesus is the Party Crasher. He is calling us to refuse to bow to partisan religions, even if we lean one way politically. As we dig into Scripture, we’ll see how he is disrupting politics-as-usual and inviting us into a grander vision for kingdom life.

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re in Christ and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to strange expectations. It’s a different kind of hope flowing from Christ’s perspective on things. This is the third in a series of 5-day plans that uses the Lord’s Prayer to show how Jesus invites us to approach life and the future.

What makes a man? This week’s devotional explores what God, not the world, says about authentic manhood, genuine strength, and how we step into God’s purpose for us.

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.

Celebrating Christmas is a tradition many of us look forward to all year. We play music, decorate trees, and throw parties all through December. This Advent reading plan aims to help in those celebrations by exploring the themes of the Christmas story. This plan can be read with friends or as a family (kids too!). Use the “Application Questions” for groups to center the conversation on Jesus. And, for families, use “Next Steps”, to find creative ways to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

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!

Are you longing to experience the true meaning of Christmas? This Advent, journey through the names of Jesus, found in Isaiah 9:6. Each day focuses on a different title: Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Through these reflections, we are invited to experience Jesus more intimately, finding wonder, guidance, strength, love, and peace in him. Let’s rediscover the power of Jesus's name this Christmas season.

We all know how easy it is to get swept up in Christmas planning, shopping, decorating, and countless gatherings. These things are exciting and festive, but they can sometimes pull us away from what Christmas is truly about—the arrival of Emmanuel, “God with us.” The Good News is that, in a world filled with so much uncertainty, He is our Hope. He is our Love. He is our Peace, our Joy, our Light. This is the gift of Christmas, for each and every one of us.

Many people know the Christmas story, but we don’t often stop to think about the immense sacrifice Christ made on our behalf. We fail to consider where He came from, what He endured, and what He offers us. This reading plan contains five devotional articles that examine different aspects of the life of the one who stepped into our world—the God who is with us.

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!

Dear Mama, Jesus wants to meet with you this Christmas! At a time of year when busyness, worries, and distractions can crowd out the reason for the season, God is inviting you to encounter Him. Join Jen Pierce, worship pastor with Help Club for Moms, for five days of Scripture, worship, and prayer to focus your heart on the One we're celebrating- Jesus! You will find peace and joy as you encounter His presence.

This five-day devotional, “’Tis the Season to Be Looking,” invites us to reflect on the hope and promises fulfilled in Jesus. Each day highlights God’s faithfulness, His abiding presence, the anticipation of Christ’s return, our call to readiness, and the joy He brings to a weary world.

Is the rush of the holiday season stealing your peace? Even with the pressures December brings, you can discover the true source of comfort. Join us for a five-day devotional with Andrew and Wendy Palau, as we meditate on the truth about Christmas. Let God calm your soul and receive the gifts Jesus is offering you this Advent season.

What happens when you meet Jesus face-to-face? It radically changes you. Saul was a man bent on destroying Christianity, but after he meets Jesus, he fearlessly proclaims Jesus as God’s Son. This 5-day plan continues a journey through the book of Acts, the Bible’s gripping sequel of Jesus at work in the life of his followers as he expands his kingdom to the ends of the earth. It’s a journey on what it means to be a Christian. It’s a story in which you have a role to play.

Waiting is a fundamental part of the human journey, marked by tension between hope and uncertainty. In this devotional, we will walk alongside Abraham, a man who walked through his own long season of waiting to see God’s promises fulfilled. Through his story, we’ll discover what to expect and how to grow as we navigate our own seasons of waiting on God’s promises. And ultimately, we'll see how Jesus himself—the true offspring of Abraham—brings deeper meaning to our waiting, standing as the final fulfillment of God's promises to all who follow in Abraham’s footsteps of faith.

Join us on this journey to deepen your relationship with Jesus. This is part one of eight in the "Jesus, I Need You" series by Thistlebend Ministries. See also Jesus, I Need You (companion prayer).

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.