Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to John 20:3

In the final days leading up to the cross, everything shifted. This 8-day plan walks through each day of Holy Week, highlighting the key moments in Jesus’ final week and helping you see how His love, obedience, and sacrifice changed everything forever. It’s an invitation to slow down, reflect, and walk with Jesus on the road that led to the cross—and beyond.

Holy Week: Walking with Jesus to the Cross This 8-day reading plan follows the timeline of Holy Week through the Gospels—from Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem to the victory of the empty tomb. Each day highlights key moments of Jesus’ final week, including the Last Supper, the crucifixion, the silence of Saturday, and the celebration of the resurrection. Journey through Scripture and prepare your heart for the hope of Easter.

For Christians, one moment in history stands above them all: the death and resurrection of Jesus. It wasn't an accident, but God’s decisive act to defeat evil and reconcile humanity. It’s easy to lose the weight of this story through familiarity. This devotional invites you to walk those final days slowly... from the cheers of Jerusalem to the agony of the cross. Beneath the chaos lies God's profound grace. Join us daily as we encounter the love that lifts shame and offers hope to all.

Walk through each day of Holy Week, following Jesus’ path to the cross. This plan will walk you through the Biblical background of each day and give you guided prayers and meditations to help you savor the Gospel at every turn.

Easter can feel like another day on the calendar instead of a defining moment that impacts how we see every other day of our lives. Starting with Palm Sunday, this plan walks you through each day of Holy Week and draws out themes that remind us that with Jesus we don't experience new life just once a year, but every single day.

Jesus “took the bread, blessed it, broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, ‘This is my body given for you, do this in remembrance of me.’” In the same way, we too are taken, blessed, broken, given, and spoken in God’s love—that we might remember the body of Christ for a hurting world and become instruments of peace. Welcome to the Jesus Meal.

Listen to songs from "The Worship Initiative Hymns" and read along with the stories and people that inspired them.

Holy Week is loud—crowds shouting, tempers rising, betrayal unfolding. Everything moves fast. It’s easy to get swept up in the noise. But what if we slowed down? We’ll begin just before the palms are raised and, over nine days, walk with Jesus to resurrection morning. Imagine Holy Week as a film—but the camera never pans away. It doesn’t cut to the crowd or the chaos. It stays on Jesus—where he walks, what he touches, when he speaks, and when he is silent. It is an invitation to give our holy attention to the person of Jesus.

Eight Days That Changed the World invites you into the story at the center of history. From the dusty road of Palm Sunday to the dawn light of Resurrection morning, this eight-day Holy Week devotional helps you slow down and step into the final days of Jesus’ life. Written by Darrell Johnson in partnership with CREATR.

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Let’s slow down this Holy Week and learn from Christ’s final days on earth. Each day we will receive lessons or gifts that He took the time to give. Do you need a fresh reminder of what mattered most to Christ—that you love His people and follow Him? What could He want to teach you this Holy Week?

The Bible book of John describes Jesus' last days on earth. Jesus was captured and sentenced to death. He died on a cross, but also rose again from the dead! This reading plan takes you through John's account so that you too can experience the miracle and the joy of Easter.

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What does the Cross reveal to us about who God is? How can we know him more intimately through contemplating Christ's crucifixion and resurrection? This 12-day plan invites you to prepare your heart for Easter as you journey toward the Cross, reflect on the events of Holy Week, and celebrate the Resurrection.

This reading plan explores the fourth gospel. John wrote the fourth gospel to assure persecuted Jewish believers that Jesus was the fulfillment of God's ancient promises to the Jews; that Jesus really is the Christ, the Son of God. John wanted to make sure that they would remain faithful to Jesus and enjoy abundant life in him.

John 20:1-18 reminds us of the reality, the reasons for, and the results of the glorious resurrection of Christ.

The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ suffered, died, was buried, rose from the dead and reigns victoriously. He did all this to bring sinful people back to God. The Bible also tells us that whoever believes in Jesus, will suffer, die and be buried with Him; then rise to a new life and reign with Him. Follow this plan to find out what this means.

What do the miracles that Jesus performed 2000 years ago have to do with your life? Quite a lot, because Jesus is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He is a God of miracles and just as he raised his friend Lazarus from the dead back then, he can give you new life today in areas of your life that have long felt dead.

In this final phase of leadership development, Jesus’ style is radical and it flies in the face of many of the popular beliefs of leadership at the time. Get ready to see leadership Jesus-style. During this phase Jesus reveals to his committed core of disciples the Father’s master plan for reaching the world.

Throughout the Bible, leaders, kings, prophets, adults and children are blessed by God. We also read in the Bible that God is being blessed. And people may bless each other. What does it mean that God blesses us, that we pronounce a blessing on the Lord, and that people bless each other? This is the topic of these lessons.

Near the end of his life, John was the last of the living apostles and wrote a story about Jesus. It’s his testimony of who Jesus is, what he said, what he did, and who he claimed to be. Jesus has a story. He invites us to make it our story. When we make Jesus’s story our story, we have life in his name. This plan focuses on Jesus’s final moments with his disciples, crucifixion, and resurrection. It is Jesus’s last will & testament.

Is Jesus really the Lord he claimed to be? In this thought-provoking two-week devotional, featuring insights from the modern classic More Than a Carpenter, you’ll read key arguments for faith from a skeptic turned believer. Josh McDowell set out to disprove the claims of Jesus Christ. But the evidence he found suggested exactly the opposite. So weigh the facts. Experience God’s love. And then watch what happens.

Life is confusing and overwhelming at times. We wish there was a simple answer to our questions and problems, so why do we resist when people say, “What you need is Jesus”? Truth? “Jesus” isn’t just a church answer to church questions. As members of the early church discovered, Jesus is the answer you’re looking for. He really is what you need. Period.

As you celebrate Easter, take time to reflect on what resurrection means for your whole self—body and spirit. Embodied Hope explores how Jesus’s resurrection affirms the goodness of our bodies, calls us to serve others, and gives us hope for renewal. It also reminds us that the church, as the living body of Christ, is called to reflect his love in the world. Step into this embodied faith!