Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Luke 15:15

When life gets challenging, it is easy for us to fall prey to the enemy’s lies. We may believe that God is punishing us when situations do not go the way we planned or hope. The enemy’s agenda is for you to think that God is against you, but my prayer is that after completing this plan, you will have a revelation of the Father’s heart for you!

We can easily fall into believing things about God that aren’t true. At times, we see things on social media or the news that make us question Him. So, what is true about God? Does He know what He's doing? Is He really loving and kind, even when things don't seem to be going well? In this 4-Day Bible Plan, let’s learn how we can know God’s heart together.

Tamar was traumatized, abused, rejected, and she committed incest. Yet, God saw it fit to have her in Jesus’ lineage. As one who speaks to the intergenerational transmission of trauma, Temi Michael-O shares the story of Tamar through the lens of trauma and the redemptive power of grace. This four- day plan reminds us that we matter to God and God is not ashamed of our story.

Good Friday is a day of reflection for followers of Jesus to remember His sacrificial death. The story of Jesus’s arrest, execution, and resurrection is one of good news! It displays the good news of the love that God has for humanity. And it needs to be shared! In this 4-day Bible plan by Nick Hall, you will discover how you can share this news with your loved ones.

Are you feeling anxious or fearful for this new season of competition? Are you unsure of what to expect? If we go back to the basics of God’s Word, we are reminded of key, fundamental truths about Jesus: He is for us, He is with us, He will guide us. He has already won for us. Dive into this four-day plan to be encouraged in this new season of play.

We experience love in all kinds of ways! We may encounter romantic love with a boyfriend or girlfriend, but what about the love we share with our friends? It’s also different from the love we have for our siblings or parents. How can one word express such a broad range of emotions? It can’t. In this Bible Reading Plan, we’ll look at 4 words from the Greek language that represent different types of love and how the Bible encourages us to express it.

For the next couple of days we'll dive deep into different types of love. Love that's enduring, unconditional, deep, and immeasurable. The greatest love you and I could ever receive, the love of God.

In this plan, we’ll explore the often misunderstood word joy, and we’ll look at how Jesus viewed and prioritized it in his own life. In a culture driven by frenzied productivity, Jesus embraced frequent moments of rest and connection. In particularly hard times, it was moments of joyful respite that got him through rough patches.

He is the hero we need, not the one we deserve… And NO, we aren’t talking about Batman! In this plan, we are digging into the GRACE God has shown us and how it is made possible through our hero… JESUS.

A moment of gratitude each day can make a big difference in our attitude, outlook, and state of mind. This devotional helps us focus on Christ-centered reasons to be thankful every day.

Many Christians, often without even realizing it, struggle with a type of Christian perfectionism. In this devotional plan, Faith Chang speaks into feelings of guilt, fear, or anxiety in our walk with the Lord through rich meditations on God’s character: his peace, patience, providence, and love.

Forgiveness is a process. It takes time, costly and hard. It is restoring of relationships by releasing a painful past with an attitude of love. Nothing keeps us in bondage to the past as much as our unwillingness to forgive. Refusal to forgive leads to bitterness of the soul. Forgiveness is freedom from bitterness and the propensity to get even. It reopens the future of new beginnings – a restart.

All believers were once lost and then found through Jesus, and God celebrates each and every one of his children. He also gives us opportunities to share that love and grace with others so that more lost can be found.

Regrets. We all have them. Whether it be last week or last year, we long to make things right – to change direction, to begin again. The good news is this: You can escape the “Sorry Cycle” of longing and regret and start over. Give God the opportunity to redeem your regrets so you can see good come from life’s deepest disappointments. Yes, you can learn to live beyond your regrets!

We’ve all been crippled by failure, hurt, disappointment, loss, or opposition at some time. But Mike Foster shows us that God offers every one of us a second chance through his love. The feelings of insecurity, fear, shame, not measuring up, and judgment. That. Stops. Today.

Sin is intertwined in our daily lives. It’s deeper and darker than we fully realize, but we don’t have to hide behind our shame. Jesus Christ has died on the cross and risen again so that we can find our true selves in a sinful world. Uncommen men learn to cry out for the courage to reveal themselves and receive healing and forgiveness.

The late Brennan Manning wrote his classic The Ragamuffin Gospel for the “bedraggled, beat-up, and burnt-out,” for “anyone who has grown weary and discouraged along the Way.” If that includes you, take a journey toward the grace-filled life with these five daily devotionals.

Man is blessed with a powerful tool- “ the mind. ” Our thought life is so powerful that it charts the course of our destiny. The author of Proverbs states, “As a man thinks in his heart so is he” What thoughts are streaming through your heart today? Are they thoughts on life or death, health or sickness, love or hate, faith or fear, because what you think today will produce your tomorrow!

Acquiring a complete identity as CHILDREN OF GOD can and will change our lives. Being a child of God implies initiating a different relationship with a good Father Who wants the best for His children. Pastor Christian Beck exposes it with precision, and above all, with simplicity.

This 5-day devotional is based on the new EP from Bryan and Katie Torwalt (of Jesus Culture), Praise Before My Breakthrough.

It can be easy to miss the story of God's grace when we are too familiar with the parables of the Bible. It becomes well-worn "doctrine" -- especially when retold to your children. The Kingdom of Marvin is a retelling of the “prodigal son” set in a world of cuddly monsters, an ancient prophecy, and the emergence of a once-defeated enemy. Learn how to tell the Gospel in new, fresh ways with this devotional.

We know God tells us that we are new creations, and yet so often it doesn’t feel like it. We end up pretending to have everything together, while inside we are in deep pain. The first step is to stop the pretence, which is where this study starts. It then encourages you to continually go to the source in order to learn more about, and embrace, who you truly are.

When it comes to life, no one likes to lose. Circumstances conspire against us. Our actions drag us down. A few good shots to the chin, and before you know it, it can feel like life just knocked us out. But listen to the wisdom of Tony Evans as he reminds us that in our darkest hour, we have a Savior in our corner equipping us to turn things around.

Do you struggle with control, comparison and impossible expectations? Do you always fall short of your standards, yet fear lowering them will mean mediocrity? In this five-day plan, award-winning author Colleen Carroll Campbell shows that the biblical solution to the perfectionist trap is not to squelch our hard-wired desires for excellence but to allow God to purify and redirect them to His dream of perfect for us: freedom in Christ.

Do you ever wonder if God's grace is for you? This video series explains the extremely important truth of God's grace--his unconditional and undeserved love for you--by looking at the story from the Bible of two sons and their father.