Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Romans 5:5

Do you ever feel surprised by the suffering in your life? Are you tired of waiting for your prayers to be answered and your dreams to come true? The truth is, the Christian life often includes pain and loss, but God uses the struggles in our lives to refine us and to transform us into His Likeness. In this 7-day Reading Plan, based on her book "Still Standing: Following Jesus Even When It Hurts," Lina AbuJamra will guide you through life-changing Truths from Scripture that will help you stand strong in following Jesus even when it hurts.

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, perseverance, sex/addiction, dating, control vs. surrender, and identity. We welcome you to come along. Please consider sharing your own story with us.

In this 7-day plan, Prophet Leon du Preez unveils how God uses life's trials and challenges to refine and prepare us for greatness. Through biblical insights and real-life examples, you'll discover that enduring the process is essential for spiritual growth, character development, and fulfilling your divine purpose. Whether you're facing hardship or in a season of waiting, this devotional will encourage you to trust God's timing and embrace the journey. Commit to these seven days and learn how God's refining process shapes you for His greater plans.

Susan Binkley is the founder of Blue Monarch, a long-term residential recovery program for women and their children. As a child, she avoided eye contact with God so he wouldn’t send her to Africa as a missionary. However, he found her anyway and her incredible journey of Blue Monarch began, strengthening her faith, and teaching her aspects and nuances of God’s personality she never knew.

There is only one way to God and it's through Jesus, but in Jesus, there are many ways to connect with God. One way you can connect with God is through fasting. Fasting is a spiritual discipline that calls us to deny the desires of our flesh and fill ourselves up with God, His Word, and His presence. Through this 7-Day devotional, our goal is that you would walk away understanding the importance of fasting and be equipped with the tools to connect with God through fasting.

Do you ever wake up wondering where your healing is? Do you ever question if God has forgotten you in your pain? I am here to tell you He hasn’t. Not once has He forgotten you. This study explores the definition of healing and what it means for believers. We don’t get a free pass from pain and suffering because we are believers, rather it gives us the opportunity to use it for His Kingdom. While healing can be brutal and devastating it can also be beautiful and encouraging, if you allow it, our God will use you.

Jesus left the church the vision of a movement when he challenged us to reproduce from our own Jerusalem into “Judea, Samaria and the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8). For us to see a movement, we need every Christ follower to adopt Jesus' personal mission to “seek and save the lost.” (Luke 19:10). Evangelism is core to the mission of Jesus and essential to accomplishing his vision. In this reading plan we will explore why is worth to be shared.

Do you find yourself reacting when you want to respond constructively? Honestly, some relationships can be very difficult to navigate when our buttons are pushed. In this 7-day Bible reading plan, I share practical tools for redeeming anger and turning your pain into purpose.

The gift of God’s grace is boundless, both in beauty and its many dimensions. In these devotions written by incarcerated students from North Park Theological Seminary’s School of Restorative Arts program, we are inspired to freshly encounter and receive God’s grace. Through the theme of “reconciling grace,” we will pray together through the many dimensions of God’s grace. Let us be reminded that we can never fully plumb the depths of the riches of God’s amazing grace!

Are you exhausted from trying to keep it all together—only to feel like you're still not enough? Perfectly Imperfect: Discovering Grace When Perfect Isn't Possible is a 7-day devotional journey for every woman who's weary of striving and ready to start living. Rooted in scripture, truth, and grace, you'll uncover the beauty of embracing who you are, not who perfection says you should be. It's time to trade pressure for peace—and discover the freedom of being perfectly imperfect.

About This Week's Plan: This week, we'll explore the first three aspects of the Fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, and peace. These foundational qualities form the bedrock of Christian character and reflect God's own nature working within us. Each day, we'll examine what these fruits look like in action, how they're cultivated, and practical ways to express them in our daily lives. Whether you're facing relationship challenges, emotional struggles, or seeking deeper spiritual growth, these devotionals will help you experience the transformative power of God's love, joy, and peace.

Some hallelujahs come easy. Others are hard fought. This 7-day devotional is for the days when praise feels like a battle cry - when worship comes through tears, questions, and deep soul aches. Inspired by my song “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” this plan walks through Scripture stories of suffering, perseverance, and unshakable faith. Whether you’re in the middle of loss, walking through fire, or just holding on, you’ll be reminded that God is near to the brokenhearted. Dive in now and join the fight for the kind of hallelujah that changes everything.

In this plan, we'll focus on the practical application of all nine aspects of the Fruit of the Spirit in daily life. We'll explore how to overcome common obstacles to spiritual fruitfulness, how these qualities work together in various contexts, and how to maintain spiritual growth over the long term. Whether you're seeking to apply these qualities in challenging relationships, workplace ethics, family life, or personal spiritual disciplines, these devotionals will help you move from understanding to implementation, becoming a living demonstration of Christ's character in the world.

I know that life has a way of knocking the wind out of you at times, but God sent me to offer you rescue breaths. I pray that you receive them today. Let the Holy Spirit blow a fresh wind into the lungs of your life, the lungs of your marriage and family, the lungs of your business, the lungs of your finances, the lungs of your ministry, the lungs of your dreams, and into the lungs of anything else the enemy has tried to suffocate.

Preparing for Christmas takes on many different forms for us all. Although we might become entangled by the flurry of decorating, family, cooking, or wrapping gifts, we must not miss the true celebration. Since the sixth century, Advent has served as a time of preparation for the event of Christmas. It reminds us to prepare our hearts as well as our homes for the glorious celebration of Christ’s birth. The hymn writer said, “Let every heart prepare Him room.” Truly, we must set aside time and make room for the Prince of Peace to reign in our busy lives. He alone is the One who brings true hope, love, joy, and peace.

Drawing on his own family's experience with prolonged physical pain, Kelly Kapic reshapes our understanding of suffering into the image of Jesus, and brings us to a renewed understanding of—and participation in—our embodied hope.

What if we’re not measured by our accomplishments, but empowered by our relationships? Through refreshing stories, author Roger Thompson reveals the kind of power relationships wield to shape a man. Start this Life.Church Bible Plan with some friends today.

Scaling our leadership is critical today. We must enlarge, magnify, maximize, and grow our leadership capacity to navigate our ever-changing environment. Rapidly evolving technology, changing employee/team dynamics, and shifting economics are just some of the issues we encounter. But don't think scaling our leadership is just for the workplace. We must scale our leadership at home and in our relationships. Dive in today to gain practical, relevant leadership insight.

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.

The Bible says love is great and indispensable. It tells us to love the people around us. But most of all, the Bible speaks about God’s amazing love for us humans and invites us to love Him back with all our hearts. Do you love God?

As an athlete, you've likely striven for success but noticed that you lack the ability to live up to the expectations placed on you. On this eight-day journey, see how God can do more with your surrender than your performance. Learn how who you are and your purpose both stem from God as you reflect His glory while seeking His Kingdom first.

Written to early Christians facing cultural pressures and spiritual confusion in the first century A.D., the apostle Peter’s second epistle provides a framework for living a fruitful life in Christ. Second Peter 1:5-8, in particular, represents a call for believers to grow spiritually by strengthening the foundation of their faith through endurance, godliness, and the like. Over the next eight days, we will explore the virtues Peter identified as underpinning a Christ-centered life and why they still matter today.

How do you walk in Christ? Like eating right and regular exercise, you have to be disciplined in exercising your faith to grow in your walk with Him. God's Word outlines many practical principles that will help you successfully walk in Christ. The aim of this devotional is to guide you through nine of the keys to help strengthen your walk.

We all have our ideas about what it means to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ. This study takes a look at what God's word says about genuine discipleship. 

We are told to reject suffering and pain, but what do you do when you are confronted with suffering through sudden illness, loss, abandonment, heartbreak and more? This devotional draws you into the journey of suffering, healing and finding beauty in the beast of pain. We ultimately learn how to suffer 'well' through the counsel of Scripture and develop a renewed faith in the power of prayer.