Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Ephesians 5:18

Many Christians struggle with anger. It is a dangerous, powerful, yet confusing emotion. The Bible differentiates between righteous and sinful anger. It also provides tools to overcome the latter. This devotional helps believers to understand anger, know its roots, and learn how to control it. Christians can live their lives filled with emotions that are pleasing to the Lord.

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.

In Mark 12, Jesus said that all the commandments rest on these two: loving God and loving others. In this 7-day plan, explore these basic building blocks critical for your life in Christ.

When you do anything long enough, you might find that you've forgotten the reason you started in the first place. Unfortunately, we're susceptible to taking even the most important things in our lives for granted. Your Christian community shouldn't become one of those things. Here's why...

This Bible plan was written to express the heart behind Central Live’s new EP, City of Grace. The lyrics of the songs are an anthem of God’s abounding grace and deeply rooted in who Central Church is. In this 7-day plan, the team members share insight and Biblical truth behind each song and how God is changing their city into a City of Grace.

Escalating anxiety and depression have led far too many to die by suicide, leaving loved ones behind with more questions than answers—and these questions often cut to the core of their Christian beliefs. In this seven-day devotional, Dr. Jim Denison reveals what the Bible says about suicide and whether it is “the unpardonable sin.”

When you’re guided by the Spirit of God, you will come to understand what God has done to benefit you. You will understand how valuable it is to be able to call God Abba Father. The Spirit of God is in you, so you can experience all that God gave you through His Son. Enjoy all the wonderful things God has prepared for you as you receive them by faith.

Under the Influence is a 7-day devotional by Chris Mendez, pastor of Hillsong Latin America. This devotional is designed to give you hope in the middle of challenging and difficult times.

Have you stopped to analyze how you have lived your days on earth? This devotional will show you fundamental attitudes for you to make the most of all the time God gives you here, to grow in wisdom, and to enjoy life.

Rehashing the past is trying to change something that has already happened. Rehearsing the future is trying to control something that hasn’t yet happened. Receiving the present is choosing to experience what is occurring here and now. In this 7-day Bible Plan, Jeanne Stevens helps you practice experiencing the peace and presence of God in the present with God.

Revival will never begin corporately until it happens individually. This is your plan to experience seven days of revival. Each day we will dive deeper into a work God wants to do in your life. There will be practical applications, prayers, and scriptures for each day. This journey will incite more passion for your relationship with Jesus than ever before.

Who doesn’t want life refreshment? Who doesn’t long to experience continual joy, hope, healing, strength, and purpose? Isn’t this the heart cry of humanity? As we study Acts 3:19, we will not find a formula. Still, Peter provides principles guiding us into the Holy Spirit’s daily refreshing instead of our daily grind, cleansing our thoughts, renewing our steps, and drawing us into the enjoyment and power of our Father’s embrace.

This “Fear of the Lord” devotional reveals that pursuing the fear of God is much like a treasure hunt…it takes appreciable effort on our part. But, the rewards are beyond compare. The Holy Spirit guides us to seek God’s ways and maintain an unshakable fear of the Lord, both of which help us boldly and faithfully obey His commands. Discover that nurturing a fear of God yields glorious treasure.

We create our world using our words. Yet, through the force of habit and the lack of discipline, we often unintentionally compromise our blessings and forfeit our power. We do this because of the careless use of unhelpful, destructive words. Through these seven days of word fasting, you will learn how to speak with power and precision. You will learn how to shift and reshape your life using your words.

In these devotionals, Texas pastor “JP” Pokluda leads us in looking at some of the modern-day vices that we find ourselves giving into (even when we know deep down that we shouldn’t). The goal is not to make us feel guilty. It is to help us see where we may have given the enemy (Satan) a foothold in our lives and, by looking to God’s Word, to pursue the life-giving virtues that Jesus has called us to.

Jesus offers abundant life to those who follow him, but many Christians are stuck in the try-harder life instead. This seven-day study beckons readers into the garden and invites them to listen for the heart of God. Just as plants thrive under the care of a skilled gardener, we’ll move from surviving to thriving as we embrace God’s good gifts designed to help us flourish.

In the Drenched Plan, pastor and author Jeff Stanford reveals biblical principles that will equip and empower readers to live the drenched life through the Holy Spirit.

What is today worth to you? Is it a burden you must face until you can get to tomorrow? But what if tomorrow is not guaranteed? In this Plan, we will explore Hezekiah’s journey as more "todays" were added to his life. And I hope that it will help us make the most of each day that the Lord gives us.

Every morning we prepare our bodies for the day—we shower, shave, dress for our appointments. But it’s much more important to prepare the inner person by spending time with God in the Word and in prayer so that we can receive spiritual strength for the day. That is why Jim Cymbala wrote this book—to be an arrow pointing us to spend time with God. As we draw nearer to the Lord Jesus Christ, our lives can be truly changed as His Holy Spirit teaches and matures us in Him.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we have the joy of discovering what that relationship with Him means to our personal and professional lives. We are all investing our LIFE, Leadership, Influence, Finances, Expertise in something. What would it take to live your life on mission? This devotional asks stimulating questions for Christian leaders who desire to make a lasting impact.

Sometimes we need a recalibration, a re-alignment in our relationship with God. We believe that right now God wants to recalibrate his people into fresh, authentic and real relationship with Him. Come on the journey with us here with this devotional, and also with our partner podcast 'generation ministries' wherever you get your podcasts.

Instead of fixating on things that lie dimly at a distance, urges pastor and bestselling author Mark Batterson, concentrate on what lies clearly at hand. If yesterday is history and tomorrow is a mystery, win the day! When you win the day, tomorrow takes care of itself. Do that enough days in a row, and you can accomplish almost anything.

Drawing on James Spencer's book titled Useful to God: Eight Lessons from the Life of D. L. Moody, this Bible Plan examines eight characteristics evident in the Scriptures and in the life of 19th century evangelist Dwight Moody (e.g., surrendered, prayerful, humbled, undistracted, and studious). A free guide including these reflections along with activities and additional devotional content is also available for download from D. L. Moody Center.

Every Easter we go to church, take communion, hear the songs and sermons. But are we living out the new life God intended for us? In his new devotional series, Pastor Jim Cymbala reminds us that Christianity is a new creation. It's Jesus living inside us by His Spirit, filling us with victory, joy, and peace. This Easter don't stay in the same old routine. Let Jesus make everything new.

Bible teacher Ken Boa answers the question, “How can I discover what God wants me to do with my life?” Using insight from Scripture, he shows how following God is not a matter of techniques and rules but of cultivating a relationship with Him.