Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to John 15:13

This study will focus on John 15:1-17 and Jesus' use of the Gardner, Vine, and how branches in a vineyard relate to our lives as Christ-followers and disciples in the context of our lives in the world with some emphasis on abiding and fruit-bearing.

Since the beginning of time, humanity has yearned for love that is short of perfect. The kind of love we want and which we spend a lifetime pursuing. But there’s a kind of love that we need, and that love has pursued us all along. A love fully demonstrated by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. This Bible plan will help readers draw closer into God’s everlasting love.

A 5-Day Easter Devotional provided by The Belonging Co with more information available at thebelonging.co.

In this five-day guide based on Hosanna Wong's book, How (Not) to Save the World, be equipped to fight for someone you love through the power of prayer, discover how to pray when you don't feel you have the right words, and overcome discouragement when you feel your prayers aren’t being answered. There is hope.

“Where were you, God? I can't see your hand in my story. Your heart might be good, just not to me.” In this devotional, you will learn that God offers a clear way out of our doubt—by getting our eyes off our surroundings and raising them to places that serve as symbols of God’s faithfulness. Because God’s brought you this far, He won’t stop now.

Are you ready to finally see God's hand at work in countless moments that lay behind you—and more than that, trust His heart and see His vision for the moments ahead? Then look up with Alexandra to the Ebenezer stones that God has not only built in your story, but wants to use in mighty, missional ways.

At the start and middle of the year, we gather together to pray and fast so we can continue hearing from God and align to His will. God calls us into a greater desire for His Word so it may nurture, nourish, sustain, ignite, and bear fruit in our lives. Let’s reflect on how God’s Word transforms us and allows us to grow in our relationship with Him.

In 100 carefully selected passages from the Bible, you will discover who Jesus is and why he is so significant – even life-transforming. Through both Old and New Testament readings, you will discover why God sent Jesus, what Jesus taught, how he treated people, why he did miracles, the meaning of his death, the significance of his resurrection, and what the Bible says about his second coming.

As a new school year begins, we can build a firm foundation of prayer for our children and school communities in just a few minutes each day. Back to School Prayers has five days of reminders, Scripture, and prayers to guide you as you pray for the new school year.

Galatians 5 tells us about the fruit of the Spirit, which includes love. In this plan, Ronni Kurtz shows us how love is the greatest spiritual fruit and how God, through His Holy Spirit, can make us more like Him.

Is it unchristian to set a boundary or sometimes have to say a necessary goodbye? Lysa TerKeurst has asked these questions. But after countless hours of counseling intensives and theological research, Lysa is more committed than ever to loving people without losing the best of who she is. She wants to help you begin to do the same through this 5-day devotional.

The past few years have shown us an ugly side of humanity thanks to a perfect storm of politics, pandemics, and protests. Still, this plan reminds us that when we are truly human, as God designed us, we are compassionate, kind, and loving people who want to help those around us. In this devotional, we will look at five ways we can be the humans Jesus calls us to be.

Sharing your love, faith, and friendship is a key part of staying alive and vibrant in Christ. This plan encourages you to better support those dear to you while drawing nearer to God. You’ll discover eternal truths about God’s goodness and design while learning to use your own unique gifts to share with others the beauty of a life redeemed by Christ.

Remaining in Christ has frequently been misunderstood by Bible readers, as though it were a special, mystical, and indefinable experience. In John 15:1-17, first, Christ helps us to understand what it means to remain in Him. Second, Christ helps us to understand the methods that strengthen our remaining in Him. Third, Christ describes three ways in which our lives are marked by our remaining in Him.

Near the end of his life, John, the last living apostle, wrote a Gospel. And it seems some people were distorting it. John writes to believers caught in the aftermath, bringing clarity and commentary on what he wrote. He shows them what it looks like to be people of light and life instead of people of death and darkness. This plan takes us through 1 John and how to live in the face of distorted Christianity.

In Luke 15, Christ shows us that the reason we all need the gospel is because of the hopelessness of our sin. He reminds us of the amazing, and even scandalous, love of God our Saviour, that is displayed in the gospel, and He teaches us the only way we can receive the salvation of God that He offers to us through the gospel.

God’s Word is living and effective. It’s where we encounter the good news and where we find practical wisdom for our everyday lives. Discover hope and let the gospel of grace speak transformation into your life’s toughest issues with this 5-day plan.

We all want to be liked, accepted and included. It hurts when others reject us. But the enemy isn’t the person who leaves you out—Satan wants you to feel you don’t belong anywhere. How do we recognize and thwart Satan’s tactics to enjoy a deeper relationship with God and others? It starts with knowing that God made us to belong with him.

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re born again and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to different values about right and wrong, and a different lifestyle to match it. This series of 5-day plans uses the 10 Commandments (following the classic Augustinian ordering) as a vehicle for an alternative, Christ-like morality and Jesus-way of living.

Come back from disappointment and failure and build resilience to go again.

Male or female, single or married, lonely or embraced, we all need friendship love. This study will help us give and receive in a way that calls us back to Jesus’s commandment, that we love each other just like He loves us.

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re born again and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to different values about right and wrong, and a different lifestyle to match it. This series of 5-day plans uses the 10 Commandments (following the classic Augustinian ordering) as a vehicle for an alternative, Christ-like morality and Jesus-way of living.

When Jesus said that the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few, he also provided the initial step for solving this dilemma. “Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field” (Matthew 9:37-38, Luke 10:2, NIV). This plan examines how praying “sending prayers,” enables followers of Jesus, to have an impact in advancing the gospel.

Are you experiencing a wilderness season, finding no water or oasis for your soul? What if this season held the greatest hope of all: to know God’s Presence intimately, authentically, and passionately? This devotional encourages you that this time is not wasted, though some days you feel as if you are going nowhere. Because no matter what terrain you tread, God is journeying with you as Comforter, Life-giver, & Friend.

Life is messy, unpredictable, painful, sloppy, emotional, slippery, and oftentimes unbearable, with hard places we could never have fathomed when we started this journey. But God is not surprised by our slipups and screwups. Each day we are given the opportunity to live with meaning and significance as we acknowledge our struggles and then surrender them to Jesus.