Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 5:15

Advent is a church tradition to help believers across the globe prepare their hearts for the arrival of Jesus. Over four weeks, we’ll look at themes of hope, peace, joy, and love in the biblical narrative leading up to Jesus’ birth, and how these themes can be applied to our Christmas season this year.

Join us for a 25-day journey to get closer to God. Each day, you’ll hear a short audio message with simple ideas to help you grow in your faith. The messages include real stories, personal thoughts, and tips you can use right away. The plan uses the walk, pray, care, and share outline. Each day will help you trust God, live with purpose, and care for others. Start today—and let God do something great in your life, one day at a time! You’ll be surprised by how small steps make a big difference.

Jesus is undoubtedly famous. You are likely familiar with some of His teachings, His story, and His impact. However, the more you get to know Him, the more you realize—there’s so much more to know! You are invited to spend 25 days not only deepening your knowledge of Jesus but also strengthening your relationship with Him. As you do that, it will open you up to Him and to more life-changing friendships with others.

The Promise of Light: An Advent Journey of Hope Fulfilled invites readers to follow the thread of God’s light from creation to Christ’s birth and the promise of eternal glory. Through 25 days of Scripture, reflection, prayer, and simple daily actions, this devotional traces how God’s light breaks into darkness, fulfills ancient promises, and transforms our lives today.

Draw near to God as we celebrate that Jesus came to make His dwelling among us. Each day of this 25-day Christmas Advent reading plan includes two Bible passages and a daily devotional to deepen and encourage your faith walk.

Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is one of the best-known sermons ever preached. This 26-day study through Matthew 5–7 gives you an in-depth look at Jesus’ teaching on what it means to be a Christian, how to live for God’s kingdom in a fallen world, what relationship Christians have to God’s law, and more.

If we’re honest, some things we read in the Bible leave us shaking our heads. Is it really even possible to sincerely love people who are different from us? Can we really be content with what we have? How about prayer? Does God really hear us? During this study, we’re going to talk about how things that can seem so impossible to us are completely possible with God. Really!

Based on the "The Stories We Tell: Real Women. Real Lives. Real Love" Church Edition.  This twenty-eight-day devotional experience has been created for you to, in effect, think more carefully about what you’re thinking—about who you are and why you’re here and the role God longs for you to play in impacting the world around you for good. Consider carving out ten or fifteen minutes each day for twenty-eight days, during your first waking hours, perhaps, or just before you close your day and head to bed. 

REAL focuses on equipping and inspiring you to effectively communicate the story of the gospel and your faith by living a relevant, engaging, authentic life. Over 28 days, pastors and leaders at Gateway share the key ingredients to being a good witness and sharing your story with others.

Journey through the 28 days of Advent by exploring every good gift that God has given through Scripture and stories from around the world. Walk through the themes of a good life, the good news, good deeds and good gifts found in the book of James.

Meditate on the rich legacies of famous and lesser-known African American heroes this Black History Month. These 28 testimonies from Our Daily Bread Ministries remind us of God's faithfulness and the resilience of men and women who changed history forever.

Matthew’s Gospel opens the New Testament by brilliantly introducing the culmination of the entire Old Testament story. After thousands of years and dozens of generations, Jesus had come “to save his people from their sins” (Mathew 1:21). Matthew focuses on Jesus as King of Kings, who had come to reign on the throne of David forever.

Attributes of God on F.I.R.E. is a topical study on the nature of God. We will examine fourteen of God’s communicable attributes or perfections that belong to Him that He also shares with us. This study will help us better understand the amazing nature of the Lord, and to pattern ourselves after Him. F.I.R.E. stands for familiarity, interpretation, relationship, and employment. We will use this methodology as we travel through the Scriptures together. Adapted from the book Attributes of God on F.I.R.E., by Dr. Ken J. Burge, Sr.

The shepherds were ordinary, unseen people, yet God chose them to receive the greatest news in history. This 28-day devotional explores their story to remind us that God sees the humble, speaks to the willing, and sends the faithful. Discover how His presence transforms ordinary lives into extraordinary testimonies, and how you too can live as a messenger of hope and light in every season.

The Christmas story is more than a moment in history. It is a living message for every season of life. In this 28-day devotional, journey through faith, humility, obedience, and hope as revealed in the birth of Christ. Discover timeless lessons that strengthen your walk with God, renew your worship, and inspire you to live out the true meaning of Christmas every day.

Join us as we dive into God’s Word each day!

These 29 daily devotionals, created by Dr. Walt Larimore, are structured around the four traditional pre-Christmas Advent candles—Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love and one final devotion for the penultimate Christ candle. Each of the first four weeks focuses on one candle, with seven daily devotions exploring a specific aspect of that theme through Bible verses, a reflection, and a prayer prompt—then, of course, the final Christmas Eve or Christmas Day devotion. All Bible verses are quoted from the NIV, 2011.

Daily moments with God, seeking His spirit, transforms your heart, work, family, and ministry. Receive encouragement and inspiration in this 30-day devotional, and discover the power and presence of our living God.

Discover the wisdom of Oswald Chambers, author of My Utmost for His Highest, in this treasury of insights about joy. Each reading features quotations from Chambers along with questions for your own personal reflection. As he inspires and challenges you with his simple and direct biblical wisdom, you will find yourself wanting to spend more time communicating with God.

Our God provides comfort and encouragement for people who are broken and disappointed with the circumstances and events of life. Through biblical, practical, helpful, and hopeful insights, this devotional will help you find joy when your world is falling apart. Regardless of what you are facing today, know that you are never alone, the Bible holds significant answers for you in your pain, and the God of the universe loves you!

God’s Word transforms our lives—healing, guiding, and changing the way we live. When we need encouragement to begin the day, a reminder to keep us going, or the comfort only God can give, Rooted in His Word will keep you grounded in His Word. Rooted in His Word Daily Devotions give us helpful, everyday lessons so God’s Word will accomplish its purpose in our lives.

Have you ever wondered, “Is it possible to experience joy in all seasons of life?” Carol McLeod believes that God has an enormous joy for you that is within your reach. In this devotional, you will discover how to trust God when life isn’t fair, how to ponder Scripture that transforms your thinking and how to turn disappointment into a heart that rejoices in the middle of uncertainty.

God is moving today! God desires to draw all people to Himself. What if God was already awakening you, your family, your church, your city? He is awakening the world through the reconciling love of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. Are you willing to let His Spirit, without warning, sweep through your own life?

How do we live for Christ? That's a big question, and ultimately we can't figure that one out by ourselves. In order to do so, we have to seek God, live by His Spirit and get to know Him more.  Join with us over these next 30 days as we journey together and learn how to live a life more Christ centred and ways we can become more in love with Jesus.

We all know how important and powerful prayer is. The disciples didn't ask Jesus to teach them how to preach, they asked Him to teach them how to pray. Prayer changes things and Jesus was always praying. Let's be like Jesus and learn how to pray Kingdom Prayers.