Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to James 1:6

Suffering can be perplexing. God’s people—and even Jesus himself—have often asked the “Why?” question when facing suffering. Scripture pulls back the curtain to reveal some, though not all, of God’s purposes in permitting suffering to enter our lives. Through it all, we are called to persevere faithfully, resting in the assurance of ultimate victory and eternal reward.

While anxiety and stress are a natural part of life, they can become overwhelming, especially for families facing challenges such as serious illness, financial collapse, raising children with special needs, or caring for aging parents. God gave us human emotions, but he does not want them to enslave us. He offers Christians the courage to overcome stress and model his love to a hurting world.

As children of the Most High God, our lives are meant to be marked by contagious, unceasing joy. We’ve been given a new nature of joy in Jesus. In this 7-day plan, you’ll discover new found joy as you learn to abide in God, and allow the Holy Spirit to bear the wonderful fruit of his presence in your life. 

From the book, “Pray While You’re Prey: How God Turned my Loneliness and Frustration into Contentment and Commitment,” this Bible plan provides an uplifting look through Scripture during seasons of singleness, bringing   encouragement to you and others while honoring God. This is the 7th, and final, part of the series. Parts I-VI are also available on this app.    

The Epistle of James is an intensely practical book for readers of every age. James' original audience had professed faith in Christ, but many were not living lives that reflected their beliefs. To address this disparity, James dealt with real-world issues that still speak to us today. This series looks at the background, structure and content of the book of James and explores the wisdom and practical instruction in James that remain relevant for modern readers.

This 7-day journey is a continuation of the study "Doubting Toward Faith." More Doubt: More Faith will offer additional hope to those who are going through a bout with doubt. In this study, we will address how doubts can be triggered by social injustices, spiritual warfare, and more. Our prayer is that these two "doubt" studies will aid you in your journey of Doubting Toward Faith.

Everything that has been created on earth by human beings started in the imagination of somebody’s mind. This is a gift from God. In this 7-day study we will learn about the relationship between your imagination and faith. I want to help you unlock your imagination in a way that has never been done before. 

This 7-day anxiety detox is designed to help restore a healthy, biblical mindset by walking through your thought patterns, exchanging fear with faith and providing practical tips for maintaining a sound mind. This devotional series integrates practical self-help therapies and actionable steps to make it useful for you. So you will have real tools for real life. 

Jesus was not just a spiritual leader. Such a perception underplays his leadership capability, considering how he transformed twelve ordinary and if we are honest, unlikely men, into the first generation of leaders of a movement that continues to affect the course of world history 2,000 years later. Jesus provides the template for Kingdom-style leadership that we can model to transform any given situation, team or organization. More than ever, good biblical leadership is required not only in our church environment but in every area of society. Regardless of your title, role or status you have an opportunity to bring about cultural transformation by positioning yourself as a Kingdom-style leader. What leadership opportunities do you have as you go about your daily activities and how can you learn to lead like Jesus? Let’s explore this over the next seven days.

Faith is the undercurrent of everything we do as followers of Jesus. Without faith we lose all that Christ died to give us while here on earth. It is by faith we access the peace, joy, guidance, love, and purpose that comes from restored relationship with our heavenly Father. In this First15 plan, we’re going to seek an increase in faith in response to God’s faithfulness. May you experience a greater depth of intimacy with your living, Almighty, and loving heavenly Father.

If you found Aladdin’s magic lamp, what would you ask the genie? Fortune, fame, solutions to your problems? There was a man to whom God said: “Say what I am to give you.” However, he asked for just one thing: wisdom. In addition, he wrote a book, Proverbs, to teach us the importance of wisdom. Let us learn from him and his experience the importance of wisdom.

Got conflict? You’re not alone. Whether within your family, your church, your workplace, or your sphere of friends, peace can sometimes be an elusive thing. Brian Noble, director of Peacemaker Ministries, offers a biblical path to healthy relationships, conflict resolution, and a life of peace in this week-long series of devotionals.

Life demands important decisions from us. Often there’s no room for do-overs when we make a bad call. As God’s Word, the Bible is a reliable guide to help us make decisions that will bear good fruit in our lives. Journey with us as we explore what Scripture says about decision-making so you can be more confident about the choices you need to make.

In this seven-day devotional, Cora Jakes Coleman shows you how to become a ferocious warrior and fight the good fight of faith. Be the winner in every spiritual battle!

Fear often holds us back from experiencing life freely as originally intended by God. In this 7-day plan, we will come to explore certain themes and discover ways of living apart from fear.

When others break our trust, when the way forward seems uncertain, we can become doubtful and untrusting. Even when we are confident that God is present, it can be very difficult to trust God at all times. Some of us might even wonder if God is there at all. When life has us on shaky ground, we can turn to God’s Word for assurance and direction, and to increase faith.

Wouldn't life be easier if it was mapped out or we had a satellite system to guide us? God will lead you along the best pathways in life. The point is to learn to first trust God, and then take delight in Him along the way. Don't forget, you're accompanied by a personal guide too! Read more to know which door of opportunity to open.

YOU are brilliant- uniquely formed and divinely woven together with the ability to light up this world through goodness and kindness, bravery and resilience. Your shimmer is multi-faceted and potential uncontainable. Created with purpose, you were destined to shine. Over the next seven days, explore who God created you to be and awaken to a life defined by radical love, bold faith, and unstoppable hope.

Life is simply too short to keep the good news of Jesus to ourselves. Every day there is evidence of how much God loves you and every day there are people who need to hear how much he loves them too. Straight from God’s Word, this 7-day devotion series shared by The Lutheran Home Association’s chaplains, will help you live out God’s love wherever your day takes you.

How would you react to the opportunity to become a partner with God? Have you ever imagined what it would be like to be a part of his projects or to be able to count on him to develop your own? If you think partnership with God would be amazing, then this week of devotions may change your life.

Trade comparison for contentment, self-criticism for confidence, and insecurity for peace! You don’t have to keep fighting to live up to the world’s ideals. Join author Crystal Stine on this 7-day plan that will help you let go of worldly standards and goals, and embrace all your heavenly Father has in store for you.

This plan takes believers through the truths and principles of Unhindered: Aligning the Story of Your Heart, explaining how sin has drawn us away from God’s perfect story for our lives, how Jesus has made a way to redeem those stories, and how we can partner with Him in discovering abetter, more abundant life—starting with our hearts!

This plan aims to inspire women toward a more consistent and greater devotion to the Word of God. These seven daily readings focus on a re-prioritization of our attention and affection toward God, allowing him to be the peace and purpose our hearts desire.

Revealing seven practices that offer help and hope for a happy and enduring marriage, The Second Happy 7-day plan is a practical resource that provides the tools necessary to tune-up, overhaul, or even rebuild your marriage.

What do you do while you wait? Do you remain stagnant year after year? Do you reject the idea of growing? Do you stop working toward your dreams? Do you stop serving God and others? The answer is NO. Singleness is a time to THRIVE