Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 26:49

Resurrection is more than an event we celebrate during Easter; it’s a person we get to walk with every day. As you step into Holy Week, sit in the emotions of those who lived through it and allow their stories to fuel your faith. Learn how to pray through pain and process disappointment in the presence of the One who can reveal hope in the middle of it all.

Jesus is God, but He’s also human. He felt the same emotions and faced the same temptations we do today. So as we experience pain, setbacks, and heartbreak, we know that Jesus will lead us through it—not just because He’s God, but because He’s been there. Find comfort and guidance through the relatable stories of Jesus in this 7-day Bible Plan.

Can God truly forgive someone like me? This is a question we may have asked or wondered. In this devotional, we will journey through the Bible and explore countless examples of God's forgiveness of those many had written off. This plan will show you God's ability to forgive and love us beyond our sins. It will also show the beauty of love and redemption found in God's forgiveness.

Join us as we seek to engage in Holy Week in a more meaningful way. These devotionals will have verses associated with what Christ did each day leading up to the crucifixion. As well as ways that you can personally reflect and act on what you have read.

No matter where you are in your faith journey, the Easter story has the power to change your story. In this seven-day Plan we’ll walk with Jesus through the events leading up to His death on the cross and His resurrection. Along the way, we’ll explore how His words and actions invite us to know Him, follow Him, and experience His love in a personal way.

This week, we will explore various perspectives on Passion Week through familiar stories found in Mark’s Gospel. Jesus knew His time on earth was ending, so what were His priorities in His final week, knowing He was destined to die? Seeing the things Jesus focused on will help us see what He is most passionate about. Written by Dean Brenton.

Are you confused? Lost? Anxious? The story of Easter is filled with the clarifying hope of Jesus. When we don't know where to turn, Jesus is our guide. This plan concentrates on how Jesus held onto the Father through his death and resurrection. We, too, can cling to the hope of God during confusing times.

The Artist Bible is a living response to the Living Word. Join us this Easter as poets, musicians, artists, and creatives use their gifts to illuminate the verses surrounding Holy Week in 8 inspiring and challenging videos. This devotional is a multimedia experience.

The final week in the life of Jesus was no ordinary week. It was a time of bittersweet goodbyes, lavish giving, cruel betrayals and prayers that shook heaven. Experience this week, from Palm Sunday to the miraculous Resurrection, as we read through the Biblical account together. We will cheer with the crowds on Jerusalem’s streets, shout in anger at Judas and the Roman soldiers, cry with the women at the Cross, and celebrate as Easter morning dawns!

The final week in the life of Jesus was no ordinary week. It was a time of bittersweet goodbyes, lavish giving, cruel betrayals and prayers that shook heaven. Experience this week, from Palm Sunday to the miraculous Resurrection, as we read through the Biblical account together. We will cheer with the crowds on Jerusalem’s streets, shout in anger at Judas and the Roman soldiers, cry with the women at the Cross, and celebrate as Easter morning dawns!

This 8-Day devotional pairs Scripture with study notes and images adapted from the ESV Archaeology Study Bible —all designed to help you enter into the story of Jesus’s final days and travel through Scripture on his path to the cross, learning more about the people and places he encountered along the way.

Experience Easter in a new way as we journey through the Holy Week activities that led up to Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. From clearing the temple to embracing solitude and rest, the Holy Week of Jesus prepares us to encounter resurrection life in a new way!

A reflection and reading plan over the 8 days of Passion Week following significant events in Jesus's final days on Earth including His crucifixion, burial, resurrection and ascension.

The devotionals in this eight-day series focus the reader’s attention on the final week of Jesus’ life and the circumstances surrounding his death, burial, and resurrection. When Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, he entered a city filled with political strife, fear and uneasiness. Following Jesus’ actions and interactions each day gives readers a clearer understanding of the context of the events that serve as the foundation for Christian faith.

Every year, the whole world comes together for a week-long celebration of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As one church, let’s look through the eyes of different people surrounding the finished work of our Lord and Savior on the day death died and how we too can experience a resurrected life today.

An Easter devotional featuring podcast teacher Tara-Leigh Cobble from “The Bible Recap.” This 8-day exploration of the events of Holy Week allows you to walk with Jesus through the momentous days from Palm Sunday through Easter. Along with devotional content that helps bring the personal experience of Jesus to life.

This plan will guide you through the events of each day in Holy Week, from the triumphal entry on Palm Sunday to the resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Jesus Christ is the most glorious and tragic figure in history. No one was better, yet no one suffered more. His suffering reveals God’s greatest glory: “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8). The Suffering Servant invites you to reflect on: Jesus’ suffering, Old Testament foreshadowing, and how His suffering brings salvation. May these reflections deepen your understanding of God’s love and inspire you to follow Christ faithfully in today’s world.

The story of Easter in holy scripture gives us exact times, dates, and sequences of the events during Passion week. This audio plan will walk you in real time through each day. We hope you will join us for what will most certainly be an extraordinary and life-changing experience.

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Everyone immediately thinks “betrayer” when they hear the name Judas. The story is legendary but is actually true and historically accurate. What was he like, and what about the God whom he betrayed?

Missional Friendship is a commitment to a lifestyle of intentional relationships that are: authentically truthful, biased toward trust, committed to being present with and for each other, so that we can be fully known and fully loved. In this, we will have people in our lives who know us and our world, and can speak into our lives.

This plan is a guide to discover God’s story as it unfolds in the Bible - from Genesis through Revelation. Over 12 days, each devotional will introduce one part of that story. Each will list the Scripture passages covering that period, and dates, highlight its main points and briefly summarize the part it plays within the context of God’s redemptive plan. The Bible reading each day should take about 30 minutes.

This reading plan explores the first Gospel. This Gospel explains that Jesus was the king of Jews that brought the kingdom of heaven, even though Jesus didn't arrive in the way people expected.

You may be incarcerated, but you are not forgotten. Here is two weeks' worth of hope, including devotions and encouraging testimonies from former inmates in a reading plan developed by Hope is Alive Ministries, with the assistance of Beth Niestemski, LCSW, former Associate Director of Mental Health for New York City's Rikers Island.