Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 7:2

We all work with challenging people: negative Nancies, belittling bosses, vendors and co-workers who can’t seem to meet a deadline, etc. What does Scripture say about how we can glorify God as we resolve conflict and pursue peace with the most difficult people we work with? Join me as I share seven answers to that question over the next few days.

How to Deal with Complicated People is a 7-day YouVersion devotional by Ryan Leak designed to help readers navigate challenging relationships with wisdom, grace, and humility. This devotional explores practical and biblical strategies for understanding others, embracing differences, and handling conflict while fostering peace. Each day invites readers to reflect on their own complexities, reframe their perspective on difficult people, and align their actions with God's love and forgiveness. Through scripture, prayer, and actionable insights, this devotional equips readers to approach complicated relationships with empathy and purpose, ultimately pointing to God’s transformative power in human connections.

Judging others is easy; mercy is hard. Yet, Jesus calls us to a better path that leads from judgment to compassion and forgiveness. Over the next 7 days, we'll explore what Scripture says about the human tendency to judge, God's view of sin, and the incredible power of mercy. Together, we'll confront our critical hearts, learn how to correct others with love, and ultimately discover the freedom that comes through forgiveness. Join this journey and allow God to transform how you see others, not through the lens of judgment but with the eyes of grace.

In these days of chaos and confusion, hopelessness and helplessness, what would happen if everyone hit life’s pause button and made time to listen to what God has to say? Anne Graham Lotz and Faith Comes By Hearing® invite you to listen to God’s Word together with hundreds of thousands of believers around the globe for 8 historic days.

The book of Romans provides incredible instruction and encouragement for followers of Jesus Christ. Over the course of 8 days, we will examine Romans 1-4 to better understand how the Gospel of Christ empowers us to live on mission without shame.

Communication is the number one issue couples ask for help with. Learning to communicate effectively as a couple will reduce unnecessary arguments, decrease stress in the home, and strengthen your bond. Growing in communication will not only provide your marriage with more peace but it will deepen your friendship and intimacy with one another. This plan by Christina Dodson gives you Biblical principles to achieve awesome communication in marriage.

The Big Questions About the Christian Life will look at some controversial questions about Christianity in our societies today. The issues around abortion, same-sex marriage, and fighting in wars: they're all here! Rather than simply telling you what to think, this reading plan encourages you to think from a Biblical perspective. Being a Christian means looking at life differently, and this reading plan will help you discover how.

Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount resounds in history as the most compact teaching, full of wisdom and truth for our daily lives. Christ’s teachings aren’t just practical; they’re a radical call to love others and follow him. Far from pithy advice, Jesus’ sermon represents a heavy demand for those who want to become his disciple. Sit at the feet of Jesus with this companion to the Sermon on the Mount.

This series will take a look at the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew. 5 - 7). It will benefit readers by helping them to better understand the content of the Sermon and also to understand its relevance and application today.

We all know that we should read our Bible, pray, and be the church, but what if we actually started doing that? Zúme Accountability Groups are small groups of 2 to 4 people that don’t just want to be hearers of the word, but doers! If you want simple and practical “HOW TO” steps to be and do what Jesus called, commanded, and created us for then start this plan. 

God’s design for couples is to pursue oneness through speaking words of truth and kindness. This 10-day reading plan by Tim Cameron will help make clear the ramifications of complaining, criticism, judgments, gossip, and negative words on a marriage. Through fasting from negative words, you will discover a biblical way to change the atmosphere of your marriage.

Every man needs a CREED. Something to stand by as the Man of the House. As we journey through Nehemiah's account of rebuilding and fortifying Jerusalem's walls, we also discover how we can be men, husbands and fathers with a godly CREED - Courage, Responsibility, Excellence, Enthusiasm and Devotion

Learn how to Love Well in a Divided Culture. Get ready to be transformed as you are challenged to lay down your own agenda and fully lean into the Holy Spirit’s direction. Engage with spiritual disciplines to help you put on the full armor of God and learn new ways or reignite old ways of having Christ’s love influence your behavior and soften your heart toward others.

BibleProject designed this plan to help individuals and groups reflect upon Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Over the course of 10 days, you will read Matthew 5-7 and explore topics like the good life, worry, conflict, love for enemies, and more. Each day includes a video from our Sermon on the Mount series, reflection questions, and a fresh biblical translation from the BibleProject Scholarship team. Follow this plan to better understand and engage with Jesus’ revolutionary teachings.

The Gospel is about living for Christ and letting others find their lives in Him as well. By digging deeper into the Sermon on the Mount and its correlation to the Prodigal Son, we rediscover what it means to live and let live!

The Bible tells us that God will judge humanity. What does this mean? Is God’s judgment something to be afraid of? Yes- it is if you don’t believe in Jesus Christ. But if your sins have been forgiven, God’s judgment is instead something to look forward to! This plan explains why.

In It’s All Good: 12 Devotions to Embrace Your Now, Heather Hair helps readers discover that no matter where their feet are planted, God is working out His plan in that moment. They will find that God is a healer who longs to release them from their past, and from the struggle of striving for their future, and longs to give them peace and rest and goodness right now.

These days, it is commonly believed that all religions are more or less the same. The idea of a unique Saviour is not popular. Yet the Bible teaches that Jesus is unique. There has never been anyone like him. How can this be? How is he different from all others.? In this stirring Bible Plan, Australian author and teacher Dr Barry Chant explores eight ways in which Jesus is unique.

So many people struggle with pain and behavioural problems because of the treatment they received from their parents. This Reading Plan wants to help you understand what happens to many people and how to look at the character of God for healing and guidance.

When Jesus saw the crowd and sat down to teach them on some unnamed hillside in Palestine, he refuted forever the false idea that somehow we can be Christians and citizens of the Kingdom of God in good standing without experiencing life change. Let the words of Jesus land on your ears and leave you astonished. The standard of righteousness described in the Sermon on the Mount should leave us feeling utterly helpless when we think of our own small obedience, but gloriously encouraged as we depend upon the indwelling Spirit who brings us into union with Christ’s perfect righteousness

Looking for the next big thing? Look no further than your church! God has placed you in the greatest movement in history even on the days it doesn't feel like it. The church is imperfect. But something beautiful happens when we commit to what’s in front of us and catch God’s heart for his Bride! The next big thing is here. It’s always been here. It’s the local church.

Navigating your teen's rebellion can be scary, challenging and even heartbreaking. In this Bible plan, Roxanne Parks shares ways that she and her husband kept their sanity during some of the confusing and murky days raising 4 teenagers.

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.

Theologian Krish Kandiah had been a missionary, a youth worker and a pastor – but for all his Christian qualifications, he found himself lost in his relationship with God. That was until he rediscovered his Christian faith through a simple secret: he was adopted by God. Krish shows us how the doctrine of adoption helps us to understand everything; it gives us purpose and power, perspective and peace.

Real wisdom is a precious commodity that many are looking for, but few ever find. The Bible contains a whole book of wise lessons, called Proverbs. These proverbs were written down by men, but inspired by “the only wise God” (see Romans 16:27). This Reading Plan studies fourteen gems of wisdom from this Bible book. Do read with us and become wise...