Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Isaiah 61:1

This plan invites us to face the hidden parts of ourselves we often conceal. The Samaritan woman’s story shows how hiding shrivels our inner and outer lives. Yet Jesus seeks us in those places, offering healing and transformation. His living water satisfies more deeply than anything the world offers. Real joy isn’t found in circumstances but in relationship with God. As we reflect, we ask: Where are we hiding, and what wells leave us empty? Today, we’re called to bring everything into the light and receive the fullness of joy found in Christ alone.

Victoria Arlen knows what it’s like to appear to be “fine” but feel exhausted and hopeless. Over the next five days, you’ll discover that God meets you in your lowest places and offers you purpose and joy beyond the pain.

The problem with pain is simple: it hurts. Even in the pain, though, God says this: I will never leave you. Humanity runs from pain, resists it, medicates it, and anesthetizes pain. But consider this: only by experiencing pain do we recognize the areas of our life that require healing. This Reading Plan offers reflections on pain, healing, and recovery from author Seth Haines.

We invite you to join us in preparing room in our hearts for Christ. It’s the cry of our hearts to which God responds with His Son, “Emmanuel” - God is with us. Giving time and attention to the coming Light of the world can spark a tiny hope, ignite a thrill of joy and give us a glimpse of love in a time that otherwise may be exhausting, overwhelming and stressful.

Mary Marantz draws on her story of growing up in poverty in West Virginia to remind us that sometimes we find redemption not in spite of the dirt and pain in our lives, but because of it.

Jesus is not a distant Lord who cannot relate to our struggles as men. Jesus modeled masculinity the way God intended man to be. Over the next six days, you will examine His life; to learn and apply the high-performance habits of Jesus in your daily routine. Discover one aspect of Jesus daily so you can follow Him on your journey into being the man He created you to be.

Sometimes life brings hard things, and often it can feel hopeless. But God is always there through the difficult days. In this 6-day devotional, designed specially for kids aged 8-12, you'll learn how to break free from sadness and fear and enter into a new day with Jesus.

This world is filled with pain and hard things, and often it can feel impossible to navigate. But God desires to show you a way out. In this 6-day devotional, designed specially for teens, you'll learn how to break free from cycles of sin and fear and cope with grief through the loving embrace of Jesus.

Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas Day. During this time, the Church universal is invited to become more intentional: 1) to look back in thankfulness for Jesus’ birth; and 2) to look forward in the hope of full restoration when He comes again. These reflections are designed to help you engage and embrace this season.

The Chosen and BibleProject designed this plan to help people reflect on the surprising identity of Jesus and the nature of the Kingdom of God, as presented in the gospels. This six-day plan incorporates clips from season 3 of The Chosen, BibleProject animated videos, summaries, reflection questions, and Scripture readings. Choose this plan to explore how different people responded to Jesus, whether with offense, doubt, or trust.

Restore your feminine heart. A six-session film series by Stasi Eldredge that, through women’s personal stories and Stasi’s teachings, reveals every woman’s longing to be loved, play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and bring life and beauty to the world. This is a great plan to invite your friends to do something with you. Based on Stasi Eldredge's bestselling book "Captivating".

The Bible tells us exactly how God feels about us, his precious children. This reading plan walks through what God sees when he looks at you through "Jesus glasses."

According to Grace Life International counselor Mark Maulding, God’s best-kept secret is this: The Christian life is easier than you think, because you already have everything you need in Christ to live it! Maulding has dedicated his life to teaching this message. Now he introduces some of the key concepts of God’s best-kept secret in a week’s worth of devotions here on YouVersion.

We all live busy, hectic, stressful lives and sometimes we would do anything to just feel peace, rest, and comfort. God has sent us the Comforter to give us peace, He promises to take away our weariness, if we trust in Him. Let’s look at how we can find comfort in our lives through the scriptures this week.

Let's be honest: self-help is no help. The best thing for you to do is seek the Holy Spirit for hope, help, and healing. Based on Spirit-Filled Jesus by Mark Driscoll, this 7-day devotional shows you how to experience the same source of life-giving power that Jesus did.

We all experience suffering. It’s what you do with it that matters. This devotional series is excerpted from Suffering Is Never For Nothing by Elisabeth Elliot.

The way that we’ve done things for centuries has been unsettled and unseated. We’re living in a new normal. And while on the surface many of these changes look like the next best thing, there’s actually a complex and fragile web of lies holding it all together. In this devotional, Pastor Daniel Im reveals seven everyday lies that we believe and provides seven biblical truths about how we can respond.

No joy compares with realizing that we are truly known and still truly loved. Yet many of us hide our real selves from our spouse because we fear being rejected in such an intimate relationship. In this week’s devotional, Ryan and Selena Frederick inspire and equip us to be transparent in our marriages so we can discover the richness of reflecting God’s unconditional love to one another.

We live in tumultuous and uncertain times when the entire world has been shaken by a pandemic. No matter how bad things get we can still look into the word of God to find inspiration on how the men and women in there, faced their fears head on and still lived out their callings in faith.

We are the Young Adults ministry of Christ Fellowship Church. We invite you to join us on this seven-day journey as we receive the things that God desires to give us. For the next seven days, take a deep breath, step into God's Word, and receive from Him.

Can beauty really come from the ashes in our life? It's easy to miss God's presence when we are walking though the unknown. This plan will challenge us to look beyond our struggles, move forward in faith and equip us to speak hope + victory over one another. Discover invaluable lessons as you endure the refining process. It's here, in our darkest places God meets us like never before.

Evangelism: the very word strikes fear into the hearts of many ordinary Christians. We often might have a legalistic sense of duty to do it; but isn't evangelism just for those unusual people who are gifted at it? This plan seeks to reclaim evangelism as the sharing of good news that can be delightful rather than daunting!

St. Francis once prayed all night, “God, who are you and who am I?” In many ways the Incarnation is God’s answer to that question and the focus of these reflections. The Incarnation is love with skin on it. It is God’s “yes” to a world that has long since forgotten its belovedness, its blessedness. As you celebrate the Incarnation during this advent season, may you know your own blessedness.

Mary Marantz knows what it’s like to wonder if she is enough. To be exhausted from performing, from trying to “make the grade.” To be someone she is not. If you identify with those feelings, you’ll find biblical comfort and God-given rest in this devotional. Mary invites us to a journey of unraveling, a coming undone to striving, achieving, and perfection in pursuit of grace, freedom, and purpose.

Miracles happen around us, but do we believe they can happen to us? How can you open your eyes and see the miracles which God brings to you every day, in the good, the hard, and the unbearable? You are invited to look up and around and see the goodness and faithfulness of God’s miracles in your life.