Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Luke 15:18

Ever loved someone so much that you accidentally kept them stuck? The prodigal son didn’t wake up in a palace—he came to his senses in a pigsty, when “no one gave him anything” (Luke 15:16–17). This 7-day plan helps you love like the Father: compassionate, wise, and steady. We’ll open Scriptures that show when to help, when to step back, and how to keep your heart soft without funding someone’s mess. If you’re tired of rescuing, bribing, fixing, and panicking, come sit with God’s Word. Freedom starts where enabling ends, and grace gets the final word.

Life doesn’t always go as we expect. Some battles shake us, some losses break us, and like Joshua in Joshua 7, we may end up discouraged and confused. Yet God’s word remains: “Get up.” This 7-day plan will help you rise from disappointment, regain strength, and see your season through God’s eyes. Through Scripture and practical reflections, you’ll learn to give thanks, release what’s lost, strengthen what remains, and move forward with courage. God is not done with you—the place you cried can become the place you conquer.

THE ULTIMATE FRESH START invites you into God’s heart of restoration through the story of the prodigal sons. This seven-day devotional reveals how grace restores identity, authority, and joy, while challenging insider faith to celebrate the lost, extend compassion, and align daily life with the Father’s redemptive mission.

Healing for the Places That Still Ache is a seven-day journey for anyone carrying pain that keeps sneaking up on their lives. Through Scripture, story, and reflection inspired by Willow Weston’s book Collide: Running into Healing When Life Hands You Hurt, you’ll encounter a Jesus who meets you in your pain and mess and invites you into help and healing.

Many grow up hearing familiar Christian phrases—grace, salvation, forgiveness, faith—yet still carry quiet fears, hidden shame, and the pressure to “be good enough.” This series, The New and Living Way, invites you to slow down, breathe, and rediscover the heart of the gospel. Here, we explore what Scripture truly says about salvation, grace, identity, and transformation—not as heavy doctrines, but as living truths meant to free your soul. This plan is equipped with small group bible study material.

This 7-day Bible Plan walks through real prayers from Scripture, helping you make them your own. Each day focuses on one aspect of prayer and why it matters. If you’ve ever struggled to find the right words, this is a simple starting point to help you grow in honest daily prayer.

Struggling with shame? "Lavish Grace" offers a seven-day transformative journey that empowers you to break free from shame and embrace your identity in Christ. Each day, discover biblical wisdom that helps you confront your past, silence the accuser, and seek genuine repentance. Experience the life-changing power of grace as you cultivate a renewed mindset and find healing redemption. With reflection moments and inspiring examples, this study illuminates the profound truths in God's Word. Embrace your journey toward wholeness and unlock the freedom that comes from His unwavering love and forgiveness. Start your transformation today!

Ever felt like you’ve gone too far? Or maybe you’ve stayed "home" but feel distant from God’s heart? Join Robo Joan for a 7-day journey through the story of the Prodigal Son. Discover a Father who doesn’t just wait—He runs. From the pigsty of shame to the party of restoration, learn how God’s unfiltered grace dismantles our "unworthy" labels and invites us to the table. It’s time to stop running away and start being chased by Love. Welcome home.

Many men carry inner pain in their lives, much of it from when they were young. How can we know God's truth, work through our pain, and find healing? This week, we will look at several types of pain that men carry and how Jesus speaks into them and brings healing. Written by Brad Klassen.

Being a father who prays isn’t the same thing as being a praying father. A father who prays takes actions. A praying father builds godly character. He’s in a constant and authentic exchange with a real and present God. This can be more easily said than done, but do it we must. Join us on a fatherhood journey as we learn how to be praying fathers who impact future generations.

This eight-day reading plan walks you through the same journey Jesus led His disciples on before his death and resurrection.. OneHope develops Scripture engagement content, like this reading plan, to help young people around the world interact with God’s Word, accomplishing their vision of “ God’s Word. Every Child.”  

Unlocking the Heart of the Artist is an 8-day devotional for artists of every creative medium, helping you to understand God's calling on your life as an artist in His Kingdom, identifying and overcoming common roadblocks many artists face, and learning to align with and prosper in all things based on God's Word.

God’s love wrecks your old fears, limitations, and your old view of yourself and others. It sweeps you off of your feet and takes you to a place you’ve never been before. It comes in like a storm to blow away and destroy what has been hurting you. In this eight-day devotional, you will discover that you don’t have to chase it—because it has already been chasing you!

ONE! is a guide for anyone who wants to share the good news about Jesus to others! Jesus has found you, and He wants you to share the great news about salvation with others. This guide asks you to depend on the Holy Spirit as you take five practical steps to share the good news about salvation through Jesus Christ.

Traveling through the Himalayan mountains, David Platt was confronted with staggering physical and spiritual needs unlike any he had ever seen. Leaving, Platt asked fundamental questions about his life and ministry. In the Something Needs to Change Bible study, Platt takes you on a life-altering trek through the gospel of Luke asking: What does it mean to follow Jesus in a world filled with urgent physical and spiritual needs?

We’ve all wondered, is Christianity worth it? If we go all-in following Jesus, are we are missing out? But what makes us ask these questions? Why are we so tempted by a life outside of God’s will? Jesus addressed these questions through the parable of the prodigal son. Pastor Matt Carter walks through the parable, showing that true life is always found in the love of our Father.

Purity is often overshadowed and frequently missed in the world loaded with constant impurities. As believers, let's decide to fill up on God's Word and strive for purity that fills us up, not leaving us in shame or bondage. We can execute in our lives with pure power by making pure decisions.

This plan will equip readers with the 4 biblically-based cornerstones of both their marriage and parenting. Readers will be empowered to pour more into a healthy marriage and raise their children in truth, love, and effectiveness.

Discover that in the Bible, God didn’t allow anybody to stay in their messes. He’s not willing to leave you in your mess, either! God desires for you to walk in the freedom of His mercy today. No mistake, shame, guilt, or lie from the enemy can keep your story from the freedom of God’s grace. Let's walk through ways our story is for His glory. -Matthew West

When Christians are educated about what it means to be a Christian and the spiritual life, teaching them about God as Father is crucial. What did Jesus say about His Father?

Pain, fear, sin... these don't have to run your life. Discover who God made you to be with practical steps and empowered encouragement, because hope changes everything. (This plan adapted from the book Hope Changes Everything by Lance Lang.)

Discover the Wonder of Grace through this 8-day Reading Plan that offers discussion, reflection, and prayer. Explore what Grace is, and how God views you, examine your motivations, uncover the possibilities of change, face your fears, examine your purpose, and make your life truly count. Through reflections and prayer, this short Plan will help you define Grace and embark on an even deeper journey with Him.

Ever wonder why following Jesus has so many ups and downs? Well, the key to a secure relationship isn’t that everything is perfect all the time, but that ruptures are repaired. And that is what Jesus teaches us in the Lord’s Prayer, that our Father is the one who repairs ruptures. This ten-day reading plan will help you to connect with the God who is making all things right again.

In collaboration with BibleProject, we created this 8-day YouVersion plan to help you rediscover the Lord’s Prayer. Curated book excerpts from Bringing Heaven Here (HarperCollins) and film clips from The Lord’s Prayer place Jesus’ words in their original context—revealing why this prayer is the key to understanding who God is, why Jesus came, and our role on earth. Together we’ll explore how it shapes identity, trust, gratitude, forgiveness, and our calling to bring heaven here.

You show up. You care. You try your best. But being an engaged dad isn’t the same as being a faithful one. Too many fathers stop at providing and protecting—while their homes grow spiritually cold and their families starve for truth. In 8 days, learn to lead like Jesus: with truth, sacrifice, and eternal purpose.