Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Isaiah 58:6

The Good of Giving Up is an evangelical case for Lent and a guide to its practice.  This seven-day plan gives a brief history of Lent and shows how to observe Lent with proper motivation.  Whether you are Anglican or Baptist, Reformed or Pentecostal -- The Good of Giving Up will encourage you to participate in what many know as a rich spiritual journey.

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.

We are creatures of habit, and our habits are powerful forces. Habits like fasting, confessing, praying, and studying the Word of God are not just items on a checklist. These habits have the power to change us. In this seven-day reading plan come explore the habit of fasting and celebrate the hope that it can bring to our lives!

Our God is a God of justice! From the beginning to the end of the biblical story, God desires that all people will know him, and that humans would serve, not oppress; share, rather than hoard; and empower, rather than demean. This 7-day study takes you on a brief journey through both the Old and New Testament, and shares important examples from Christian history.

This plan takes believers through the truths and principles of Unhindered: Aligning the Story of Your Heart, explaining how sin has drawn us away from God’s perfect story for our lives, how Jesus has made a way to redeem those stories, and how we can partner with Him in discovering abetter, more abundant life—starting with our hearts!

Drawing on the story of Ed Walker, founder of the charity Hope into Action, which works to provide homes for the homeless, this plans looks at how you can step out in faith when you feel God is calling you to action.

We live in divided times, but Jesus modeled what it looks like to love across political, gender, religious, and cultural lines. His life was marked by loving people wildly different from Him, and He calls us to do the same. Explore this 7-day plan based on the small group study "Divided We Stand."

Following Jesus is about more than doing the right things—instead, He wants to use us to reflect His love for people in the way we live our lives. As we become more like Him, we’ll find a relationship with God that’s better than we could ever imagine. This 7-Day Bible Plan shows you essential spiritual practices to become more like Jesus.

With the rise in popularity of intermittent fasting, has the practice of fasting essentially become a worldly endeavor focused on improved health? In an attempt to answer this question, we will look closer at what Scripture has to say about fasting, what circumstances led God's people into a time of fasting, and what these examples might mean for you and me today in our pursuit of becoming more like Jesus.

Somewhere inside, you’ve sensed there’s more—not more to achieve, but more to give, to see, to become. Purpose doesn’t arrive all at once; it reveals itself in pieces—the burdens you carry, the perspective you hold, the impact you have, and the gifts already in your hands. This 7-day journey will help you begin to discover your purpose: the life God designed you to live, the healing He created you to bring. Through Scripture, prayer, and simple daily steps, you’ll name what’s already been growing in you. If you’re ready to start—this is your next step.

Fasting is one of the most neglected spiritual disciplines. Even though the Bible regularly mentions this practice, many never even consider it. In this reading plan, you will look at biblical examples to discover several ways that fasting can be a powerful discipline in the Christian life. By the end of the week, you will know how and why to fast, even if you don’t have any experience.

Being a “good” leader isn’t enough. “Good” checks the box but “purposeful” inspires and magnifies. A purposeful leader achieves goals with excellence because their staff are inspired to harness their passions, strengths, and resources to excel far greater than they could have imagined. When you leave the presence of a purposeful leader, you leave changed for the better. But how do we move from “good” to “purposeful”? This plan provides six habits you can try in your leadership right now. Let these spark in you a new curiosity of how you can develop into a more purposeful leader.

As the new year begins, many are called to seek God through fasting and prayer - for personal growth, communities, and our nation. Here at CBN UK, we want to provide you with guidelines to support a powerful season of prayer. Now, more than ever, the UK needs our intercession. Will you join us for 7 Days of Prayer, lifting up the UK in faith and hope?

This seven-part devotional will guide you through Lent, ending on Easter Sunday. You can either use it weekly or daily. In this devotional, we’ll explore the different ways we can enjoy unity with God, his people, and our communities. As you read God’s word and draw closer to him, you’ll be guided through reflections, prayers and powerful stories of hope from Tearfund’s work around the world.

Lent is an opportunity to pause, reflect, and turn your heart fully toward God. It’s a 40-day period leading up to Easter spent reflecting on Jesus' journey to the cross and preparing our hearts for the celebration of his resurrection. Ultimately, Lent begins with an invitation from God: Return to me. Spend this Lenten season diving into our 6-part Bible Reading Plan designed to help you set aside distractions and refocus on how God is moving in your life.

In this 8-day devotional, designed specially for teens, you’ll discover the incredible stories of real people who faced fear, pain, injustice, and rejection—but chose faith over fear. Through these stories, you’ll learn how God can use your hardest moments to shape you into someone brave, faithful, and fearless too.

When Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, He began by showing what it means to be blessed in the kingdom of God. In this 9-day devotional from Skye Jethani, he looks with fresh eyes and illustrations to understand what it would mean if we took Jesus' words seriously. This plan is based on Skye's new book "What if Jesus Was Serious?"

Parents, our children don’t need perfection, they need our presence. God wants to use us uniquely in their lives through the ups, downs, joys, and struggles. Make your family a priority and your home a place where their hearts are built up. If we aim at the heart, apply the wisdom of team building, and respond to His calling, He will make much more than we ever expected.

This nine-day devotional is geared towards helping you to engage with scripture in quiet reflection through this special season of Lent. We invite you to use these in facilitating group/family engagement or for your personal time of devotion. We would like to invite you to engage with this written meditation or the accompanying audio.

The Bible commands us to care for the poor and oppressed. Come and explore the depth of God’s concern for them, and how you might answer the call yourself. Each day includes a real-life story or anecdote, Scripture and meditation, challenge, and prayer.

We keep hearing about weakening faith in our country, but God is alive and well in America. He is working right here and now in people of faith. This devotional by evangelist and author Matt Brown will awaken your heart and soul to God's presence and to the power of Christianity today, which will in turn ignite your faith and change your world.

Are you critical of your boss or pastor? Do you complain about items that have little consequence? Take the challenge. Fast these words for ten days: complaining, criticism, judgments, sarcasm, and gossip. In these ten days of fasting, the Lord will begin to do a mighty work in the origin of these negative words and thoughts - your heart.

We all know that there is power in prayer. Prayer is defined in several ways: it is how we praise and worship our glorious Lord and Savior; it is our most powerful weapon; our open door to communication with the living God; the vehicle to confess our sin; how to find God's will for our lives and one of the ways we can hear the voice of our precious Savior. It is not very often that we hear about fasting with prayer, either from the pulpit or in our conversations as a church community. Yet, the Bible has so much to say on this subject and so many wonderful accounts of deliverance, forgiveness, and miracles that happened when God's people did fast and pray together. This ten-day reading plan will focus on some of the Biblical accounts and show us the undeniable power and movement of God when His people humble themselves through fasting and prayer.

Have you ever wondered how to hear God's voice or questioned a prompting you had to step out in faith? Here I Am uncovers how you can distinguish God's voice from distractions, gives you the confidence to step out when God calls your name, and shows you how sowing in obedience reaps eternal rewards.

Do you feel like you are stuck? Do you feel like you've lost your passion and have become stagnant? The antidote to this sluggishness is the constant practice of spiritual disciplines. In this plan we'll talk about 9 spiritual disciplines that are meant to open the way towards spiritual maturity. We hope these basic teachings will be an encouragement and a blessing for you!