Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 25:40

As we lean into this season of celebration with the intention of tuning into the heart of God, join us for four weeks as we: Behold Beauty, Break Barriers, Make Room, and are Surprised by God. Like all the best stuff in life, this journey is best taken with others—so grab a friend or two and your sense of wonder and roll into the Advent Season.

Only God can change hearts and bring about life transformation, but we definitely play a part in the process. In An Alphabet for Change, Steve Hallblade provides 26 attributes and practices that we can all learn to mature in our lives. This reading plan will introduce you to the first five and hopefully encourage you to grow and deepen your relationship with Jesus.

Discover a more personal relationship with God in the midst of your adversity with this devotional from the director of Rescued from Darkness, a film about a Ugandan community that survived genocide and clung to Jesus Christ! Go behind the scenes of Dan Tarrant's filmmaking journey and let the Scriptures that guided him guide you as well.

Did you know that when you show love and consideration to the broken and forgotten, you're also showing it to God himself? Discover God's heart for those we might overlook and how we can grow in our capacity to serve them in this 5-day Bible Reading Plan.

How do overwhelmed parents nourish their souls so they can help their families live out a flourishing faith? In the overwhelm of raising kids, it can be difficult to feel present. These reflections, questions, and breath prayers will help you slow down, receive God’s love, and notice the sacred in your real, messy, holy life.

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re born again and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to different values about right and wrong, and a different lifestyle to match it. This series of 5-day plans uses the 10 Commandments (following the classic Augustinian ordering) as a vehicle for an alternative, Christ-like morality and Jesus-way of living.

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re in Christ and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to “weird ideas” and alternate beliefs about reality. This series of 5-day plans uses classic Christian Creeds as a vehicle to explain the Christian worldview compared to the world’s and help us see reality through Jesus’ eyes.

We have poor people all around us. God is serious about the fact that the church needs to care for the poor - and we neglect it. This reading plan addresses that need.

Discover how God’s love can rewrite your story in this 5-day plan from Matthew West. Each day is designed to help you focus on the good news of your story as a follower of Jesus. You’ll be challenged to consider the truth of what God is doing and has done in your life and focus on allowing God to be reflected in your story. My story, Your Glory!

Salvation is a free gift of God, and we can accept it just by believing that Jesus is the Son of God, who came to earth to die for our sins and rise again. Salvation is for everyone who believes, but is believing enough? Join us as we uncover 4 checks from the Bible to be sure that your salvation is real, and can never be taken away.

In this 5-day plan, you'll discover how to cultivate a nurturing family where love and care are at the core of everything you do. Through biblical examples, practical steps, and reflection questions, this plan will help you develop a deeper sense of empathy, responsiveness, and support within your family. Learn how to overcome limiting beliefs, balance care with wisdom, and embrace your family's potential to positively impact your home and community.

There are many disciples of Jesus, like you, who want to share the good news. But maybe you find it a challenge how to do that effectively. This 5-day plan gives you 5 keys to share the Gospel in a way that is loving and reaches its goal.

The Bible has a lot to say about the poor. In fact, Jesus has clear instructions for Christians as He reminds us that the poor will always be among us. This 5-day plan will help readers gain a biblical understanding and perspective on the poor, apply it to their lives, and prepare them to share this learning with others.

God wants us to experience heaven before leaving earth. When Jesus talks about the sheep and the goats, we don’t get a leave pass because we are Christians. This short plan from Joel A’Bell looks at what it means to live like Jesus.

In a world rushing to find themselves and comparing themselves amongst themselves, the desperate cry of the human heart remains - Closeness with God. In this thought provoking 5 day Plan, Joel A’Bell poses the simplicity of helping us progress in our relationship with Jesus. Devekut is a Hebrew expression that means to cling to God. This Study Plan will be good for anyone who wants to get closer to God and live a more meaningful Christian life.

Networking may sound transactional and feel uncomfortable at first. Seeking out relationships for the purpose of getting clients or partners is not a common experience. However, networking is a potent tool to assist in business development. The more relationships you build the bigger community you create and, after all, business is little more than mechanized community.

Spend time in intentional preparation as Easter draws near. Walk through each day of Holy Week in this 5-day devotional and discover what Jesus taught and did the week before his death and resurrection.

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 John 13 and Jesus's prediction of Judas's betrayal, Peter's denial, and Jesus's new commandment to his disciples. It is part of an ongoing series through John.

When you serve more, you take less. When you give more, you need less. When you thank more, you want less. When there’s more of God, you’re selfless. If you’re ready for more of God, start this new Life.Church Bible Plan to accompany Pastor Craig Groeschel’s series, Selfless. 

In Matthew 25:35-40, Jesus identifies with those who are hungry, thirsty, in need of clothing and shelter, sick or in prison. During this reading plan, you’re invited to do the same. Each day, there is a challenge and a devotional designed to cultivate empathy. Empathy is not about pity or guilt. It’s about seeing life from another’s perspective to build connection and be moved to action.

There’s someone strong, wild, and full of courage inside ready to get up and fight for what matters. This Life.Church Bible Plan to accompany Pastor Craig Groeschel’s series, Warrior, will call you to find purpose, defy hesitation, heal from wounds, fight addiction, and rise up a champion.

Night is a special time of day. Not it's active part, but the time when we move from all our meetings, conversations, and business – to sleep. There were some special nights in the lives of Jesus' disciples. A few nights before Christ’s Resurrection. Let’s take a look at them.

Feeling like your life is stuck on autopilot? It’s time to recenter on the things that matter most. In this 6-day Bible Plan accompanying Pastor Craig Groeschel’s message series, True Virtue, we’ll discover how to move beyond empty virtue signaling into real living that honors God and inspires others.

This six day devotional is geared towards helping you to engage with scripture in quiet reflection. This series offers a guided experience that is broken up in four parts: prepare, read, reflect, breathe. These can be used in facilitating group/family engagement or for your personal time of devotion. We would like to invite you to engage with this written meditation and the accompanying audio.

We each want to pass on our faith to the next generation, but sometimes we wonder what that looks like in today’s world. In this six-day devotional, Anne Graham Lotz and Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright—the daughter and granddaughter of Billy Graham—use story and Scripture to give us ideas, biblical inspiration, and encouragement about living in a way that invites others to experience God’s incredible grace and love, with joy!