Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 John 4:9

God doesn’t just love—you. He is love. And His love for you is deeper, stronger, and more personal than you may have ever realized. This plan will guide you into the life-changing reality of God's personal, passionate love. Whether you’ve heard about God's love your whole life or are just starting to seek Him, this journey will help you move beyond theory into a closer relationship.

The best-selling book of all time is also the least read. God's Word will speak to you...if you take the time to listen.

We see and hear about evil in our world on a daily basis. We often ask the question, "where is the good in all of this bad?" The answer is in the Scriptures. The Word of God reveals to us not only the things God has done for us in the past, but also his goodness for today and tomorrow.

No, we're not talking about butterflies, fields of flowers, or starry, romantic nights. Those things are nice, but real love is shown through action, not feelings.

God has done more than we could ever imagine. Follow after the one who gave it all with this Fully Devoted Bible Plan, featuring songs from the 2016 Life.Church worship release. Start this seven-day plan now.

Does your faith in God touch every aspect of your life? Does your understanding of the gospel affect everything that you do? Many of us operate daily with a gospel that only answers questions about our sin and salvation. That is true, but it's not everything. This plan will explore scripture and guide you through a comprehensive gospel explanation for questions like, "Why am I here?", and "What is the point of my salvation?".

This reading plan includes seven daily devotions based on Louie Giglio’s curriculum Relat(able): Making Relationships Work. This study will explore what makes us relatable to others, how God can bring peace in the midst of conflict, and how we can help restore relationships that seem broken beyond repair.

Known for winning three Dove Awards and blindness, Ginny Owens' biggest struggle has been battling with critical voices that distract her from what’s important. In her latest album Love Be The Loudest and in this 7-day devotional in partnership with The Overflow Christian music service, Ginny aims to direct us to God’s perfect voice of love and truth with the goal of moving us to action.

Referred to by some as the “forgotten member of the Trinity,” the Holy Spirit was referred to by Christ as our Counselor and Helper. In this 7-day devotional in partnership with The Overflow Christian music service, we’ll look at the theology in 7 songs that describe how the Spirit transforms our hearts, soul, and minds, and how we are then directed to respond with praise.

Jesus loves me, this I know … how? For the Bible tells me so. What else can we know because of the Bible? What does the Bible do for us? If you want to love reading the Bible every day, start this seven-day Bible Plan with Life.Church. In seven days, you’ll discover the life-filling power of your new Bible reading habit. 

Presence Carriers is a compelling call to connect with God’s presence on a deeper level, making it integral to every part of our lives. God is committed to shaping each of us by His presence, according to His purposes. No event or circumstance is wasted in His diligence to form Christ in us. We must, however, be open to embrace change as a constant factor in our lives. 

Jesus promised that we would grow into the fullness of life by His Spirit. To do that we need to keep encountering the basic truths of faith more deeply and profoundly. If we do, there is a vibrant and supernatural life that exceeds our hopes and dreams, as we experience partnership with God, extending His Kingdom here on earth.

Knowing God’s heart changes everything. His love draws us in. His power fills our hands and hearts with might. His redemption rewrites even the worst stories of our lives. In this 7-day plan, you’ll discover to greater depths the heart of your heavenly Father, and learn how to live your life as a response to his unceasing love. 

Are you living “religiously” out of obligation and a desire to please others, or are you living with a passion to follow Jesus? This week, we will dig deep to ask our hearts and minds the tough questions. I pray that these seven devotionals will help you awaken to the love of Jesus Christ—because faking it can never compare to the joy we find when we truly follow Him.

God has shown us what He requires (Micah 6:8) - to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with Him. In this seven day plan, we go deeper into His mercy with real testimonies from Mercy Ships, questions to help us apply God's word, and passages which draw us into His ways. We start with His great love and mercy for us, and only then do we look outward.

Can you imagine feeling so seen by God that you can’t help but see others? Can you imagine your everyday, ordinary life having a significant eternal impact? This 7-day devotional from Christine Caine will help you discover how God has seen you, chosen you, and sent you to see others and to help them feel seen the way God sees them—with 20/20 vision.

While making an important decision, have you ever wished you could hear directly from God? The truth is, God wants to give us ideas, plans, and dreams to help us follow the best paths for our lives. Over the next 5 days, you will learn to think in line with your Creator. Don’t base your life on just good ideas. Learn to hear and recognize God ideas.

Our greatest challenge in love is not that we don't love God and others enough, but that we don't realise just how much God loves us. Join with Hope 103.2 to explore what it means to be equipped with everything you need to impact your world with hope.

You probably know that Christians are meant to be loving people. But sometimes that ideal can seem far from the reality. Perhaps we’re not starting from the right place. Loving others can only happen if we understand what God means by love. Let’s take a look at the biblical call to love.

It is no secret that in order to trust someone we have to know them first. This 7-day reading plan on the love of God will open our eyes to new aspects of God that we did not know before, and it will show us some truths of God’s crazy love for us!

The Bible is full of powerful metaphors and word pictures to help us not only understand who Jesus is, but who we are and how we can relate to Him. Because when we know who we are, we will know what to do. During this seven day reading plan we will look at five Mantras of Jesus that will encourage, motivate, and direct the church in the years to come.

There are seasons where most stepparents feel that they do most of the giving and get very little in return. Stepparenting is hard. A relationship plagued by love conflicts and a child's lower motivation toward love and bonding are usually at the roots of this. For these seven days, learn to get past these stepparenting challenges and get on the road to building love together.

Through scripture and personal transparency, Ready or Not helps families growing through foster care and adoption to explore God's heart for the fatherless. In both the beauty and the brokenness of foster care and adoption, God is near. This short plan is designed to help you count the cost of God's call to minister to the fatherless and the orphan.

In this devotional, we will dig into what Scripture says about love, and I will share my story of discovering God’s love, to the point of forgiving the person who hurt me the most in my life. God desperately wants to show you the depths of His love and the person(s) in your life who you have struggled to love and forgive. Will you let love in?

Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent—a time for reflection, repentance, and renewal when Christians are invited to prepare themselves for the celebration of the Lord’s resurrection. Throughout the forty weekdays and six Sundays in Lent, pray and reflect on God’s renewing power.