Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Daniel 1:17

WHAT IS FASTING? Fasting is giving up something for a specified number of days for a specific purpose. The type and length of the fast you choose is between you and God and should not be determined by what anyone else is doing. Fasting, prayer, and reading God's Word go hand in hand. When you fast, also pray for God's purpose and plan for your life to be revealed.

Mesu Andrews, award winning and best-selling author, joins Bible teacher, Shawna Duvall, to explore the years of Daniel’s exile and discover new insights about Who Yahweh is and the crimson thread that connects Daniel to the Cross of Jesus Christ. Cultivate deeper intimacy through a humbled heart while exploring His sufficiency, faithfulness, mercy, sovereignty, truth, and His constant presence.

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.

How can young Christian professionals build a career - and excel in a competitive business environment - if the secret of their success is their personal religious conviction and their relationship with God? We read about this in the story of Daniel and in the narrative relating the experiences of the present author, Wouter Droppers.

Whether we know it or not, we tell the world how valuable our God and His Word are by the worth we assign to them through how we live. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego’s obedience to God’s Word became a test of King Nebuchadnezzar’s authority, and thus it became a test of their faith. Ultimately, their faithfulness resulted in their blessing.

Best known for its vivid dreams, fiery furnace, and roaring den of lions, Daniel's powerful story is also one of unwavering faith amidst every trial. Inspired by Sight & Sound Theatres® premiere production, DANIEL, this seven-day biblical study offers a glimpse into the life of a faithful servant who navigated shifting empires with steadfast hope in the one true King.

Every man experiences temptation, and you are not alone in your struggles. So how can men resist temptation? While we could search for answers online, the Bible is the most reliable source of truth. This week, we will explore five heroes from Scripture and how they overcame their temptations, learning from them how to rise above our own struggles. Written by Jacque Van Dyk.

Your story was settled before it started. The script you are playing is not random or accidental; it was imagined by the same mind that created the universe and written by the same hand that placed the stars in the sky. You are the star of this show, and in spite of the challenges you will face, the odds are in your favour. You have been set up to win at the end.

This 7-day study explores what scripture teaches us about being transformational agents in the world.

Unshaken is living countercultural, even if it costs you a fiery furnace. Unshaken is letting your conscience be your guide, even if it lands you in a lion’s den. When the world feels shaken, we can rest upon the Unshaken One. When all else fails, He never will. Join us in this 10-Day reading plan as we dive deeper into the book of Daniel!

Ever doubt God could use you—with your shortcomings, failures, and busy schedule? Whatever the obstacles, do you wonder if you can do anything big for His Kingdom? There is good news: God specializes in the unlikely! Scripture offers ample examples of unlikely fighters—people God used in huge ways, despite (or even because of!) their imperfections. Meet 10 unlikely fighters, and discover how the Lord can use you to do mighty things.

This study of the Old Testament will help you understand how all the stories fit together and what lessons can be applied to your life today. You will better understand how God graciously reaches out to you, His child, and calls you to Himself just as He did to His people in the Old Testament.

It’s time to go beyond theory and live unshakable! When you are intentional about loving God, reading scripture, praying, following Holy Spirit’s lead, living in God’s calling, and stewarding well your body, your personal foundation is solid. Privately unshakable, you will better love others, radiate Christ, and change atmospheres influenced by darkness. Breaking beyond comfort zones, resting in Jesus, you will build His unshakable Kingdom and live an unshakable life!

Going against the flow is uncomfortable. If given the choice, most of us prefer to go with the flow and to conform. However, Christianity calls us to resist the pull of the world and live out our faith unapologetically. How can we do so? Journey with us in this twelve-day devotional from Daniel 1 to 6 and learn how we can live a holy life in a hostile world.

The book of Daniel chronicles the stories and visions of the exiled prophet during his life in Babylon. Although faced with devastating exile, the characters of Daniel choose to be faithful to God no matter the cost. Daniel’s life and visions remind us that God Himself orders peoples, nations, and history, orchestrating His people’s redemption and His imminent return.

What Is Worship? Worship Redefined by the Word. This 12-week devotional plan helps you relearn worship—not as an action, but as a direction. We often reduce worship to songs, emotions, atmosphere, or an hour on Sunday, but biblical worship is far deeper and wider. Worship begins with knowing who God is and shapes how we live before Him. Through balanced readings in the Old Testament, New Testament, and Psalms, this plan leads you step by step: the essence of worship → the posture of a worshiper → the life of a worshiping leader.

Are you walking through the fire right now in your life, a problem that seems all-consuming with no victory in sight? Learn from Biblical heroes Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and Daniel. They faced death, but God was with them in their trial and He will be with you too!

Lent is a season of emptying, giving up, cleaning out, and even dying. It's a season where we express sorrow over our sins and gratitude that Jesus was willing to die so we can be forgiven. Over the next 14 days, we will explore the season of Lent as we draw closer to God.

Faith in a Faithless World is a six-week Bible study on what it means to live fully surrendered to God no matter where He has placed you. This study of the book of Daniel will encourage us to live a distinctively different life that confidently points people to the One who saves.

Study the book of Daniel with theStory. There is nothing quite like the book of Daniel anywhere else in the Bible. Half of it is taken up with stories about Jews in Babylonian and Persian courts, the other half with dreams and visions. This 2 week Book Study of Daniel covers chapters 1-9 (the last 3 chapters are really hard for devotional reflection - but you’ll see on day 14 we give suggestions for further study).

The book of Daniel tells us about four young Jewish men who were taken captive by the Babylonian king to serve him. In their new and hostile environment, these youths remained faithful to their God and bore a powerful witness to people around them. Their stories contain valuable lessons for us, since we too are living in a world that is often antagonistic towards God.

How foggy the path ahead must have seemed for Daniel as he and his friends were captive. Marched to a foreign land, given foreign names, told to eat foreign food, and to worship foreign gods. Let's travel with the young Daniel as he negotiates following the One True God in this foreign place. We will see ourselves through his challenges and learn how we too can follow this One True God in our own foreign context.

In this Part 2 of Daniel, we continue to see him live following the One True God as an alien and foreigner in Babylon. As we read his story, we can learn how we too can follow well in our own context. Let's be challenged together by this Godly man.

The James River Church 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer Devotional plan is designed to encourage and strengthen you as you devote this time to walking closer with the Lord. The plan consists of short devotions and a Scripture reading plan for each day. We know that as you spend time fasting and praying, you will see God move mountains in your life!

Join us in this 21 day prayer devotional, as we look at the principles of prayer as shown through the book and life of Daniel. Throughout this devotional we will have 'selah' moments of pause and reflection.