Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Psalms 73:24

As a Christian, what do you think about when Africa comes up in conversation? Africa is a diverse continent with amazing people, cultures, and natural resources. It is also a continent that has struggled through famine, wars, disease, and instability. The good and bad have much to teach us. So let’s learn from our African brothers and sisters in Christ. Here are some examples: Can you quote any African proverbs? Do you know what African Christians are reading? How long has it been since you thought about AIDS or Ebola? Have you prayed for the leadership of Africa? Adventure into Africa the next 7 days with your eyes and heart open, ready to consider the challenges and opportunities that God might place before you.

When your marriage is in a fragile state, there have been many misunderstandings, you are hurting and feel all alone, sometimes a little practical help can make a big difference. These 5 dos and don'ts may surprise you, but they are tried and true ways to find comfort, strength, and healing as you trust in the Lord to re-establish oneness and intimacy in your marriage.

Psalm 40 is the good news that God hears our cries and delights to rescue us. In this 7-day reading plan, ask honest questions of yourself and the Bible and learn how to stay faithful to God amidst painful and hard times. Trace the thread of joy and purpose that comes from delighting in the Lord and the healing that only He can bring to His children.

God designed us to see him, know his character, and let the truth of his goodness lead to deeper relationship with him. Augustine wrote, “Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.” In seeing God for who he is, our hearts are stirred to find rest in his goodness. May your heart stir at the revelation of God’s wonderful character.

Mama, we know that the holiday season can be so busy and full of endless commitments. It can feel incredibly overwhelming. But what if this year was different? What if you were able to enjoy your holidays in a more peaceful and life-giving way? Join the Help Club for Moms as we journey together, encouraging one another to focus our hearts and homes on Jesus this season!

In this seven-day devotional from Gateway Worship, songwriters share the Scriptures and stories that inspired the songs on the album, See You Move: Acoustic Sessions, Vol. 2.

Has anyone spoken words against you that have broken your spirit? Have those words taken root and led to negative patterns like persistent disappointment, a critical mindset, illness, or even disaster or despair? This reading plan focuses on five areas of our lives where negative thoughts turn into areas of unbelief that can hold us back from experiencing peace, hope, and healing.

No one wants to hear “no” from God. Some nos are smaller, their pain short-lived; others are huge, their consequences life-altering. We may face doubt, discouragement, and depression. This plan will help you find courage to step into a different life than the one you had planned, discovering that when God says, “no,” your story isn’t over.

Reading and praying the Psalms is a humble pilgrimage. The various authors, including King David, share their innermost thoughts and struggles in their relationships with others and the One True God. They doubt. They ask questions. They marvel. They believe. Don’t we do the same? Ancient writings? Yes. But relevant for each of us today. Each day’s study includes an option to pray through that day’s Psalm with grace-filled intentionality.

Do you ever wish you could have a do-over? Are you looking for an opportunity to start fresh and create a new trajectory for your life? If so, then the Book of Ruth is a story for you. Over the next 7 days, we’ll explore this incredibly honest and inspiring story of two women who overcame incredible tragedy and changed the story of God’s people forever.

The Bible tells a lot about the Lord Jesus. There are four Bible books devoted to His life, and later letters often describe Him as well. But even before the Lord Jesus was born, prophets wrote about Him. This reading plan is about a prophecy by Isaiah that tells us how special Jesus is.

The soldiers in battle, and the women and children they left behind endured mighty sufferings during the Civil War. This collection of first hand-accounts attests to the faith and forbearance of statesmen, ordinary soldiers, chaplains, their wives and mothers. The courage and faith of the featured writers will encourage and uplift you as you read about their perseverance in trials.

When David wrote this psalm, he wasn’t relishing in abundance, propping his feet up in the palace. David was really in the valley of the shadow of death – it’s possible there was a death warrant on his head. Yet, he spoke of peace in the valley because he knew the Good Shepherd. What he discovered there in the valley is yours for the asking, as well.

Being a young adult in your 20s and 30s comes with challenges. Whether in college or the workforce, life's struggles, pain, and joys appear often. In this plan, six young adults share their stories and how God has worked in their lives regarding family hurt, anxiety, community, self-worth, sex, and loneliness. We welcome you to come along, and then consider sharing your own story with us.

A hospital stay can feel scary, overwhelming, and uncertain. This 7-day Plan will guide you straight to helpful Scripture and provide a place to start in prayer as you make your way through this challenging life event. Whether your visit was planned or an emergency, you can find encouragement and comfort in the Bible and in reaching out to God in prayer. You are not alone.

Do you want to experience God's presence in your daily life? Through a lifetime of walking with the Lord, David learned how to “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.” This plan will encourage you towards a rhythm of life modeled in the Psalms, through which you can abide each day in the stillness of God’s presence.

Whether you realize it or not, you were designed to long for God. Not just to long for him, of course, but to seek and find, thirst and be satisfied, cry out and be answered beyond your dreams. Those desires come through strongly in Psalms, and several “songs of searching” show us how God enters into our own experience at our points of need to satisfy our longings forever.

Walk with Jesus through Holy Week as a living lesson of living and dying in God’s will. We will explore the days of the Holy Week and Jesus the Masters example of living with an earth timestamp. Dr. Pyle, bestselling author of Anticipating Heaven shares her bedside experience of living and dying in faith. We face suffering, the unknown, and our own timestamp. Christ reveals to us the journey of ending in God’s will. This leads to hope that exists beyond our age, our frailties, our diagnosis, our dying, and death. It is hope that transforms endings into eternal beginnings.

Over these seven days, this devotional will lead you to view your processes from a different perspective—not as punishment, but as refinement. Not as an ending, but as a transition. Because when God is your Absolute Value, even the fire becomes a tool of formation. The test may hurt. The process may be uncomfortable. But in the end, what will remain will not be the loss, but strengthened faith. And when faith comes out of the fire, it shines with a purity it did not have before.

Why doesn't God do something about suffering and trouble? This ancient question is still being asked today. Doesn't God care? Jesus suffered for us and was well acquainted with grief. Christianity was born in suffering and the Bible has much to say about it. This Bible Plan features lively coversations between Lyn and Sam who raise provocative questions and offer intriguing responses.

Between Psalm 1 and Psalm 150 we find every kind of prayer; prayer that includes every emotion, complaint, resolution, lack of resolution, marvel, wonder and praise, and everything in between.

Listen to songs from The Worship Initiative's original record, "Psalms From the Well Vol. 2 (Live)", and read along with the Psalms that inspired them.

Our Daily Bread: Remembering 9/11 tells stories of how God carried people through that difficult time and gave them hope for the future. This reading plan can help us all find hope, encouragement, and the assurance that God is always with us even in our darkest moments.

When life hands you news you never expected and burdens you can barely hold, you don’t have to walk through the hard things alone. From Sarah Freymuth, this YouVersion plan offers 10 days of gentle affirmations, scriptural insights, and uplifting reminders of God’s intimate goodness for those moments and seasons you need them most. Cling to God’s character each day and find encouragement for each step of the journey.

Need help and ideas for savoring this Christmas season and enjoying each day with your family and friends? Join the Help Club for Moms community for encouragement and helpful tips for taking in each moment and focusing on what's really important this year!