Nurturing Your Desire for More in a Healthy Way

Back to school season isn’t just for your kids, it’s also an invitation for you to pause, reset, and reclaim your intentional time with God. If you’re tired of ending the day with wine o’clock, only to wake up groggy, this 5-day plan will help you find true renewal. Through Scripture, reflection, and simple routines, you’ll create peaceful rhythms that restore your mind, body, and soul. You don’t need a label or perfection. Just a willing heart to say, Back to school? Back to me. Let’s go!


Back to School, Back to You

Men, this week we are learning about addiction and how to walk side-by-side with those among us who are struggling with addiction, who often feel isolated, and who need to know they are not alone. 

Battling Addiction

What happens when you feel like you’ve done everything right, but things go completely wrong? Kris Darrah and her husband Mike did all they could to raise their four kids in a loving Christian home. But when the grip of mental illness and addiction overtook their oldest daughter, Lexi, Kris soon realized that life doesn’t always go the way we hope and plan. Her story is a testament to the fact that hope can be restored when we lean on our loving and sovereign Savior.

Losing Lexi: One Mother's Story of Grace in the Midst of Addiction and Loss

Jesus is not dead--He is risen! The ultimate hope of Christianity lies in the resurrection; here are readings reflecting on that hope and welcoming the resurrection into our everyday lives.

Risen: Readings for Easter

Did you know that gratitude--giving thanks, praise, and worship--can change your life? We get stuck in negative thoughts, ruminations, and how things aren't going our way. But there is a better way: we can learn to practice daily gratitude to change our thoughts which will change our lives. This 5-day plan will walk you through how gratitude can be a GAME CHANGER! 

Gratitude: The Game Changer

We all struggle with controlling our thoughts and making them honorable and glorifying to God. In this six-day reading plan, based on Louie Giglio’s book, Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table, you’ll learn how to take authority over your thoughts and emotions—through the power God has given us the power, through Jesus Christ, to defeat the Enemy.

Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: Win the Battle of Your Mind

In this honest and hope-filled 3-day plan by popular devotional writer Heather Hair, you’ll walk through Breaking Soul Ties, Breaking Generational Curses, and Freedom from Shame. It's not about spooky rituals or pretending the past didn’t happen—it’s about letting Jesus untangle what’s been weighing you down. 

With Scripture, grace, and a little grit, you’ll cut ties with what’s held you back and step into the kind of freedom that actually sticks. Because the cycle stops here—and your story doesn’t end in bondage.

The Chains Stop Here

The Shift: Part 4 - Deliverance from Spiritual Ties
Spiritual ties—whether from sin, unhealthy relationships, or generational patterns—can hold us back from living in the freedom Christ offers. This plan will help you identify and break these ties through the power of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. The Shift: From Bondage to Breakthrough is a 5-part devotional series created for believers ready to disconnect from the world’s noise and fully embrace the life God designed for them.


The Shift: Part 4

This devotional is for believers who desire to have their minds cleansed and refocused on Christ. If you struggle with impure thoughts, pornography, or lust, this devotional will help you replace those mental images with Christ-centered ones and develop new habits in your thinking. Let Jesus free you as you cultivate purity one thought at a time. 
Part 2 of the Purify Your Mind Series by Joe Kirby. 

Purify Your Mind Series (Part 2) by Joe Kirby

Living faithfully starts with a transformed mind and daily decisions. It’s a partnership with God, living a life worthy of Jesus’ calling. His work was finished on the cross; our role is to stay faithful and finish the race. As Paul said in Philippians 3:14 (NLT), “I press on to reach the end and receive the heavenly prize.” This 6-day study offers practical steps for living with integrity and leaving a legacy of faithfulness. Provided by Legacy Book Publishing, co-written by Greg and Suzanne Grimaud. Find more resources on our website: www.SpeakLifeCoaches.com 

Faithful: Leaving a Legacy of Integrity

Come get your masculine heart back. A six-session film series features the teaching of John Eldredge and the stories of men pursuing their warrior hearts through God’s invitation of battle, adventure, and beauty. This is a great Plan to do together with the guys in your life. Based on the bestselling book "Wild At Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul." 

Video Study | Wild at Heart Experience With John Eldredge

Some moments change everything. A phone rings. A door slams. Words are spoken that can’t be taken back. Suddenly, the life you were holding onto begins to slip through your hands.

You start to pull away, not because you’ve stopped believing, but because you don’t know how to pray from a place like this. It hurts. It’s messy. It’s not what you pictured.

God hasn’t gone anywhere. He isn’t asking you to be fine or to have the right words. He’s just waiting for you to let Him in.

Letting God in When Life Falls Apart

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.

Making Eye Contact With God - Discovering God's Personality

You don’t have to fix yourself before coming back to God—you just have to turn around. Coming Home is a 7-day devotional for those who feel distant, disqualified, or ready to return. Through honest storytelling, biblical parallels, and rooted scripture, this plan invites you into a relationship, not religion. Whether you've faced addiction, shame, or the pressure to control it all, you'll discover that grace still reaches for you. Each day includes a devotional, takeaway, prayer, and journal prompt—guiding you to walk in healing, wholeness, and the joy of being fully known and deeply loved by God.

Coming Home - a Devotional for the Prodigal Heart

Most of life’s battles are won or lost in the mind. So how do we start winning more of those battles? In this 7-day Bible Plan from Life.Church Pastor Craig Groeschel’s book, we’ll discover how to fight toxic thoughts, overcome out-of-control thinking, and start winning the war in our minds using God’s truth as our battle plan.

Winning the War in Your Mind

Whether you’re on day one of your recovery or day one thousand, this plan from Hope is Alive will help give you the tools and encouragement to maintain your sobriety.

Hope for Recovery: A 7-Day Plan for Those in Recovery

The rich young ruler walked away sad because he couldn't give up his wealth. Today, we're walking away from God's best because we can't give up our screens. Discover how your attention has become your scarcest resource and learn biblical principles to protect what matters most from digital distraction and exploitation.

Why You Check Your Phone 96 Times a Day—and the Biblical System That Breaks the Cycle

Losing a loved one to addiction brings a range of emotions, from shame to regret to agonizing sorrow. This plan will help you process your grief and move forward on the journey of healing and restoration. (Plan written and developed by Kris Darrah and Amy LaRue of Hope After Loss, a ministry of Hope is Alive.)

Hope After Loss - Leaning on God After Losing a Loved One to Addiction

When we’re held in the grip of addiction, it can be difficult to see a way out. But with God’s help and strength, we can break out of the chains and find new freedom with Him. Read this 30-day reading plan from UCB to face the 'giant' of addiction with the help of God's Word.

Facing the Giant of Addiction

In this devotional, I will share why I chose social media as a form of fasting and four ways God revealed that it had become a distraction. As fasting from food serves to cleanse the body of its impurities, a fast from social media will help you return to the Lord, change your habits, and redirect your impulses to healthier choices.

Fasting From Social Media

Does your life feel like a pile of broken pieces? Maybe it's addiction, sickness, depression, or trauma—you're surrounded by brokenness. That said, shattered pieces don't have to stay that way. Jesus is known for taking what we think is too far gone and turning it into a work of art. Read seven true stories of redemption and then use the tools you learn to start your process of healing.

Plan based on the book, From These Broken Pieces: True Stories of Redemption by Katie Hauck Ministries.

Bring Your Broken Pieces (And Start New)

Do you struggle with impure thoughts or sexual strongholds and want to cry out to God for deliverance but do not know what to pray? If you are ready to overcome sexual temptation, this Bible plan is for you. Over the next seven days, we will provide you with key Bible verses and effective prayers to help you receive the grace and strength to walk in sexual purity and holiness.

Seven Prayers for Overcoming Sexual Temptation

Celebrate Recovery is more than a 12-step recovery program; it is a means toward lasting life changes through Christ-centered 12 steps and 8 principles based on the Beatitudes. These devotions are designed to inspire readers during moments of strength and growth and encourage them in times of struggle and weakness. 

5 Days From the Celebrate Recovery Devotional

How does a person renew their mind and experience a personal transformation with Jesus? 

In this 6-day plan, we'll look at precisely what the Bible says about the Renewing of the Mind—partnered with tips and steps on how to step into the personal transformation you've been desiring with your Lord and Savior, King Jesus. The plan is simple, and your transformation with Jesus starts today. Enjoy!

The Renewing of the Mind

Addiction

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed, ill-equipped, and just plain lost when it comes to God's Word. My aim is to simplify the process of Bible Study for you in a few ways by teaching you three of the most important principles of successful Bible Study. Join this plan and discover how to read the Bible not just for information, but for life transformation today!

How To Study The Bible (Foundations)

Now that you are a Christian, you may be asking questions. What just happened? How do I learn more about God? If you will plan to spend at least five or ten minutes a day alone with God reading this short Bible study, you will learn a lot about God and what has just happened in your life.

The Pursuit: Chasing After Your New Life in Christ

Do you struggle with prayer? This study will help you turn your prayer life from obligation to a delight so that it becomes so much more meaningful and joyful. Join Rob White on this exciting new discovery as you journey into prayer.

Teach Us To Pray

Over the course of five days, read through the first chapter of the book of James and follow along with video instruction from Jen Wilkin, author of "Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds," as she walks through six helpful ways to study the Bible and let it, as she says, “get under your skin.” 

How to Study the Bible: A 5-Day Plan with Jen Wilkin

Every day, we make choices that shape our life story. What would your life look like if you became an expert at making those choices? In the Divine Direction Bible Plan, New York Times bestselling author and Senior Pastor of Life.Church, Craig Groeschel, encourages you with seven principles from his Divine Direction book to help you find God’s wisdom for your daily decisions. Discover the spiritual direction you need to live a God-honoring story you’ll love to tell.

Divine Direction

What is the most meaningful pursuit in your life?  In this reading plan from Joshua Becker’s bestselling book, The More of Less, we explore 6 questions to help us find our most meaningful pursuit.

Finding Your Meaningful Pursuit

Would you say you’re good at sharing your faith with your friends? It can be a scary thing to do. If you want to gain courage in sharing your faith and learn how to do it without coming across as weird, then this Bible Plan’s for you.

How To Share Your Faith

Ok, we know how weird it is to try to give you reasons to read the Bible... that are actually in the Bible. That's why we created this plan; an opportunity to honestly look at what the Bible says and wonder why it says it.

Why Read the Bible?

Ever wonder what the big idea of a chapter of the Bible is, or how it fits into the Bible? Want an overview, but are a little short on time? How about 90 seconds? Join us as Through the Word explains the opening chapters of Genesis - in 90 seconds.

The Bible Explained In 90 Seconds | Genesis 1-11

This reading plan will provide an overview of the key historical events that are told about in the Bible. All of the Bible was written in the midst of real people’s lives in specific time periods. Understanding these events will help Bible readers understand all of the Bible better.



Key Events: Key Historical Events Of The Bible

The concept of being one with Jesus is spiritual and it is mysterious. Yet once it’s embraced, nothing is more practical for enjoying the Christian life. Discover how union with Christ is not only possible, but it is possible now.

Union With Christ

Are you feeling stuck in life? You have a deep faith—but you also have deep feelings of inferiority and insecurity. I’ve been there. And I’ve discovered the joy of moving from  knowing  truth to  believing  it and  living  it out with boldness. I hope this week-long devotional gives you a taste of what it looks like to step out in faith with confidence and take hold of the life you were made to live!

Take Hold Of The Faith You Long For

Taking a look at the evidence that supports the existence of Jesus as the Messiah using Biblical references and clips from God’s Not Dead 2, the film. Always be able to give an answer for what you believe. This study will aid you in learning the factual support of Biblical truths and encourage you to live out that truth in your life. 

Evidence

New to reading the Bible? Want to know what the Bible says it takes to get into Heaven? The answer may surprise you. Want to know what is true of YOU once you’ve trusted in Jesus Christ? Learn these truths and much more! Take the challenge and read a few verses of God’s Word everyday for 30 days!

Essential Scripture For 30 Days

In this plan passages supporting the basic beliefs of Christianity are read. There are five readings per belief. If weekends are used for reflection, the plan will require 90 days. Notes are also included to assist with understanding.

Key Beliefs: Supporting Basic Beliefs

The Gospel is the most amazing, life-changing, world-altering news! Jesus paid the ultimate price to welcome believers into a living, breathing, real relationship with God! The Bible makes it clear that one of our first priorities should be sharing God’s incredible Gospel message with others. Pastor Bayless Conley shares five ways you can make God’s Good News known to those in your world.

The Five P's Of Evangelism

Are you looking for more out of life? Wanting more is really a longing to return to God—wherever your relationship with God is now. We all experience mile markers—or awakenings—as we find our way back to God. Journey through each of these awakenings and close the distance between where you are now and where you want to be. We want to find God, he wants even more to be found.

Finding Your Way Back To God

At Hope Church Movement, our mission is to help people find and follow Jesus, walk in freedom, and live on mission. This devotional is designed to help you as you begin to follow Jesus!

We believe to get the most out of this content, you should go through it with others who can help you along the way. Please take time to discuss your takeaways and questions with others, and allow yourself to be known, loved, and challenged.

Devotional for New Believers

When you hear “holiness,” do you feel overwhelmed? You’re not alone. It can seem reserved for monks or “super-Christians,” but that’s not God’s heart. He’s not asking for perfection, just a sincere, daily walk with Him. This Bible plan offers a simple, practical journey to discover that holiness isn’t a cage, but true freedom.

Holy, Not Superhuman

Christians often talk about their ‘calling’ as an assignment they have received from God, for example to go into missions. They want to serve the Lord by committing themselves to His Kingdom. Hearing this can make you wonder: What actually is my calling? What does God want me to do? This reading plan gives you answers from the Bible.

What Is My Calling?

This devotional by CREATR is designed to help you explore the heart of worship, beginning with a revelation of who God is and a deeper understanding of His nature. True worship flows from a relationship with God, leading to a life of wholehearted devotion.

Heart of Worship

At Christian Vision for Men (CVM), we’ve pulled together some thoughts on how this stuff works—prayer, the Bible, and church. If you’ve never really been to church (apart from the occasional wedding or funeral), never properly opened a Bible, and haven’t done much praying, then this might be just what you need. Here at CVM we work hard at communicating who Jesus Christ is—the truth—without any gloss or confusing "Christian" language; just simple stuff and honest answers about how this stuff works.

How Stuff Works: The Church

Paul invites us to understand the vastness of Christ’s love, which goes beyond all human measure. He speaks of being rooted and grounded in this love, so that together with all the saints we may grasp how wide, long, high, and deep His heart is. It is a call to live a deep and stable faith, rooted in the concrete experience of God’s love that sustains and transforms every believer.

Measure the Unimaginable

“The Lord’s prayer is one of the most famous parts of the Bible. Even if you have not thought about Jesus’ best-known prayer for a while, you probably know it off by heart. But do you know where to find it in the Bible, and do you know why Jesus was giving a prayer tutorial?” (The Lord’s Prayer – Ben McEachen)

The Lord's Prayer

At Christian Vision for Men (CVM), we’ve pulled together some thoughts on how this stuff works—prayer, the Bible, and church. If you’ve never really been to church (apart from the occasional wedding or funeral), never properly opened a Bible, and haven’t done much praying, then this might be just what you need. Here at CVM we work hard at communicating who Jesus Christ is, the truth, without any gloss or confusing ‘Christian’ language, just simple stuff, honest answers about how this stuff works.

How Stuff Works: Prayer

New to Faith

Are you or someone you love walking through sickness right now? This 5-day devotional offers honest encouragement and real hope. You’ll discover how illness – whether it ends in healing or heaven – can draw you, and those around you, closer to God. Through Scripture, stories, and reflection, you'll discover that even in your illness, God is at work. Join us to find comfort, purpose, and renewed faith. You're not alone.

Sickness Can Draw You and Others Closer to God, if You Let It – Here’s How

In the soft rhythm of a purr, the warmth of sunbeams, and the quiet bond you share with your cat, God is speaking. Whiskers & Prayers is a 3-day devotional that honors your cat’s gentle wisdom and draws spiritual insight from the everyday moments you share. 

Each entry invites you to slow down, pray, and rediscover God's presence in the sacred ordinary, right where you are.

Whiskers & Prayers: Devotionals for Cat Lovers

In our busy lives, if we want to experience true, biblical rest, we have to be intentional about it. We have to make space for it, but don’t come looking here for spa recommendations or pedicure how-tos. Instead, let's be trusting for grace to slaughter our idols of productivity and effectiveness, all the while asking God for wisdom to know and then to do what’s most important with the energy and ability he provides.

Together, we're going to be learning about soul rest.



The Meaning and the Method of True Rest

What does living like Jesus even mean?  Just like the words of Christ, His actions and the way Christ lived is rich in teaching as well. In this devotional, we will study the characteristics of Jesus as a human here on earth, and the model of His ministry that shows us how to live as He did - body, mind and spirit.

What Does Living Like Jesus Even Mean?

Are you ready to increase your health in every area of your life? Join us for this 35-day study as a part of our 365-day “Living in Increase” plan to experience the fulfilled and abundant life God always intended for you.

Living in Increase (Part 9) - Increase in Health

Maybe you started out with lots of hope, but you or your loved one has been sick for a while, you feel weary, and your hope is hanging by a thread. I want to embolden you to believe God for your miracle. No matter your situation, no matter what doctors say or what you’ve read, there is always hope with God. He has all power. He can do the impossible! 

God Heals

I was diagnosed with Essential Tremors, a disorder of the Central Nervous System years ago.  Tremors affected my head, hands, and voice which stopped my public speaking.  If you are battling a health issue, this plan is for you!  God wants you to know that He can work through you, even when the door you planned to walk through, closes!

Discover the New Door!

Do you feel good about who you are? Do you believe God is pleased with the direction you’re headed? If not, it’s time to take back your life. How? Through the power of pre-decision. In this 9-day Bible Plan, Life.Church Pastor Craig Groeschel offers seven life-defining pre-decisions you can make today to set you up for the God-honoring life you want tomorrow.

Think Ahead: 7 Decisions You Can Make Today for the God-Honoring Life You Want Tomorrow

Jacob Coyne, founder of Stay Here, infuses life into the dark corners of mental health. Giving hurting souls a reason to live, he shows not only how Jesus brings life to the full, but also how anyone—regardless of their past or pain—can find healing.


Stay Here: God's Plan to Restore Your Mental Health

Seven days of meditations and prayers will comfort and encourage you as you seek God for healing and restoration. Woven throughout are compelling true stories—both biblical and modern—of God's healing power at work, leading you to discover God’s heart is to heal you, and He still heals today.

Jehovah-Rapha: The God Who Heals

Each of us is broken in one way or another. The pain of feeling unloved, unseen, or forgotten causes us to doubt God and ourselves, but God chooses us, heals us, and works through us in our brokenness. He is our hope for a broken world. 

Broken Still Chosen

If you are struggling with regrets, poor decisions, or need a do-over in your life, this plan is for you! Jesus wants to redeem every part of your life, from finances to relationships. Let the next five days fill you with hope and encouragement because you are REDEEMED!

I Am REDEEMED!

Nowadays, you don't have to be a believer to fast. There are therapeutic fasts, intermittent fasts, sweet fasts... The list could go on and on. This reading plan deals with fasting as a gift from God for us. Because through renunciation we can gain a new perspective on our lives and get to know God in a completely new way.

Experience Fasting in a New Way

Worry is a thief of our time, energy, and peace. So why do we do it? In this 3-day devotional, we will look at worry, why we do it, and how we can stop.

Worry for Nothing

Do you feel like you have the desire to change, but not the power to change? In this 7-day Bible Plan, Life.Church Pastor Craig Groeschel will show you that it’s possible to start living the life you’ve been hoping for. Stop believing the lie that you’re stuck–because through God’s strength you have the power to change.

The Power to Change

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.

Healing: Embracing God in the Lowest Valleys

Relationship... so often we fail to consider where someone is going and if that’s where we want to end up. If that's you, it's time to re-evaluate. God has something unique just for you and it's important to find friends who will help you reach that goal. Join Natalie Grant & Charlotte Gambill as they dive into finding an inner circle that that brings you closer to God. 

The Company You Keep Matters

Body Image God's Way is a 5-day devotional that offers a biblical approach to healing your relationship with your body. Through daily readings, reflection, and scripture, this plan will help you discover God's love and purpose for your body, and provide tools for developing a healthy body image. If you are unsure how to bring God into your journey, this devotional will guide you towards a deeper understanding of God's design for your body.

Body Image God's Way Part 2

Adapted from the book The Body Revelation by Alisa Keeton, this 7-Day Journey offers devotions on the six stages of metabolizing pain, banishing shame, and connecting to God with your whole self. Don’t let the bad things that happened to you rip you off from the good God has for you! The Body Revelation will take you from feeling stuck in your body to living wholeheartedly.

The Body Revelation 7-Day Journey

Healthy relationships don’t happen by accident—they’re built on purpose. In this 6-day Bible Reading Plan, we’ll reflect on the key reminders worth writing down when it comes to doing relationships well. Whether you’re feeling stuck, starting over, or looking to grow, these Scriptures and prompts will help you move forward into healthier relationships.

Note to Self: Helpful Reminders for Healthier Relationships

At least 366 times, the Bible tells us not to be anxious. But do those commandments really count in the wake of a pandemic, financial struggles, relational brokenness, or middle-of-the-night fears that seem beyond our control? Absolutely! Freedom from fear doesn’t have anything to do with our personal or global circumstances.   

We’re All Freaking Out (And Why We Don’t Need To)

Do you relate to words like anxiety, fear, mental unrest, or hostility? If so, there is hope for you in Christ and I pray this devotion will direct you to abide in the Prince of peace. This devotion is taken from my new book, "Abiding in the Prince of Peace," and I want to share some raw and transparent truth that can help you on your journey to mental victory. 

Abiding in the Prince of Peace | How to Win Your Mental War 

Self-care has become all the rage. Clean eating, rest, exercise, essential oils, "me time." Yes, all these types of self-care are great, but do you continue to find yourself struggling with stress, anxiety, anger, insecurity, or self-doubt? Maybe there’s some deeper spiritual care needed. This Soul Care series will explore how to take care of your soul ... the most important part of you.

Soul Care Part 4: Sabbath

This 28-day study examines the healing accounts of Jesus in the Gospel of John. How did He heal, who, when, why and what can you learn from Him? Jesus' healing ministry addresses body, soul and spirit. This study may change the way you view healing, and most importantly draw you closer to our Heavenly Father.

HEAL - God's Heart for Healing in John

Does pain from the past still haunt you to this day, preventing you from opening up to others and being real? In a society of facades, this plan will help you learn to be comfortable with being vulnerable and open with your Heavenly Father, yourself, and those around you. It’s time to stop being fake—It’s time to keep it real.

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