Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Isaiah 61:1

From Anxiety to Abiding: 7 Days to Peace
7 Days
We can feel like our anxiety consumes us, but this 7 day guide and devotional teaches you how your anxiety actually cues you to connect with God, and how that union brings restoration to your whole self.

Growing With the Help of the Great Gardener
7 Days
Going through this world isn't always sunshine and roses, but there is a lot we can learn from nature. As plants need certain things in their environment to grow to their full potential, we too require certain things to help us thrive. Luckily, we have a Great Gardener to help us through! I hope you are encouraged by joining this plan, and that though we experience trials, we can overcome!

Stories of Faith and Courage From Prison
7 Days
The battle for souls is fierce for those living behind bars. How can the power of God's light penetrate the darkness of "Satan's playground?" This moving collection of Scripture and prisoners' stories reveals God's protection, purpose for suffering, and eternal love for each of us---including society's most shunned people.

Suffering Successfully
7 Days
Suffering successfully isn’t by chance. It’s a process facilitated by the Holy Spirit when we seek Him during the pain. We’ll pursue God’s Heart together, so there’s no parking in the dark season. Flowing, flourishing, and fanning into flames His Power onto others out of the ashes is the goal. God will make beauty out of those ashes! Your pain is not wasted!

The Deepening Journey
7 Days
Have you ever felt there must be MORE to life than what you’re experiencing? Come with us on a seven-day journey exploring life as beloved daughters in this broken and beautiful world, what comes against us, and Jesus’ offer of healing, love, life, and friendship. Have a journal ready for conversations with God each day!

IT’S TIME to FLY a 7-Day Devotion by Joy A. Williams
7 Days
When facing a new task or a new season in life, we may experience a time of uncertainty. However, walking by faith includes learning how to FLY. It’s an acronym for Fear Not, Lean Hard, and Yield Completely to God’s will for our lives. This 7-day plan offers insight and encouragement to help you trust God and embrace His truth when it’s time to FLY.

Become Radical Like Jesus
7 Days
Consider the bold statement in 1 John 2:6: “Whoever claims to live in Him must live as Jesus did.” If you are in Christ, you can live as Jesus did. Greg Stier, founder and visionary of Dare 2 Share, has been pursuing this life for years and shows us from the Scriptures how we too can live with radical love, joy, boldness, purpose and more—just as Jesus did.

What Is Relational Discipleship? Living the 7 Discipleship Emphases
7 Days
At its core, discipleship is relational, accompanying others as we follow Jesus together. Yet recent trends show that the Church has not accompanied youth in this way, with more than 1 million walking away from the Church each year. This 7-day devotional launches you toward discipleship that is radically focused on Jesus so everyone can experience the abundant life Jesus offers.

The Advent Project: Week 2
7 Days
Biola University's Center for Christianity, Culture & the Arts is pleased to share the annual Advent Project, a daily devotional series celebrating the beauty and meaning of the Advent season through art, music, poetry, prayer, Scripture, and written devotions. The project starts on the first day of Advent and continues through Epiphany. Our goal is to help individuals quiet their hearts and enter into a daily routine of worship and reflection during this meaningful but often hectic season. Our prayer is that the project will help ground you in the unsurpassable beauty, mystery, and miracle of the Word made flesh.

What Did Jesus Do & Why Does It Matter?
7 Days
Jesus didn’t just talk about His mission—He revealed it through His actions. This 7-day plan invites you to explore the stories of Jesus—not just what He said, but what He did. You’ll see Him heal the sick, restore outcasts, and bring hope to those on the margins. Through His actions, He showed a different kind of Kingdom—one where the broken are embraced, the overlooked seen, and true blessing comes from trusting God. Each day, you’ll uncover how Jesus lived His mission, the radical love He demonstrated, and why His words and actions matter today.

Whole
7 Days
In this 7-day devotional plan based on Sam Evans’ powerful book, you will explore how God desires to bring wholeness to every part of your life — spirit, soul, mind, and body. Jesus calls us to love God with our whole being. As you follow God’s invitation, He clears away distorted perceptions, leading you into a deeper connection with Him, bringing true health, restoration, and wholeness to your life.

Rediscover the Creator in You
7 Days
Rediscover the gift of creativity that God has put in every person, including you, through the lens of Isaiah 61. Each day we are creating through our actions and words at work, at home, and beyond. God has designed creativity to reveal His image in us, release joy chemicals in our brains, spark experiences of intimacy with Him, and bring into existence solutions and beauty that reveal His Kingdom.

God, Sexuality, and You
7 Days
This plan helps Christ followers understand how to practically surrender their sexuality to Jesus. In this seven-day journey, you will learn that God doesn’t want to “fix” you. He’s not waiting for you to clean up your life. Instead, He calls you to the surrender of intimacy with Him. God asks us to surrender our sexuality not because of what He wants to take from us, but because of what He wants to give us.

Bruised Yet Called
7 Days
Bruised Yet Called by Marcus Mooki reminds us that scars don’t disqualify us—they prepare us. Through the stories of Joseph, Moses, David, and Esther, discover how God turns pain into purpose. Each day offers Scripture, teaching, declarations, and prayers to strengthen your faith and bring healing. Even when life leaves you bruised, you are not forgotten—you are chosen, anointed, and still called to walk boldly in God’s purpose.

And He Shall Be Called: Advent Devotionals, Week 2
7 Days
Biola University's Center for Christianity, Culture & the Arts is pleased to share the annual Advent Project, a daily devotional series celebrating the beauty and meaning of the Advent season through art, music, poetry, prayer, Scripture, and written devotions. The project starts on the first day of Advent and continues through Epiphany. Our goal is to help individuals quiet their hearts and enter into a daily routine of worship and reflection during this meaningful but often hectic season. Our prayer is that the project will help ground you in the unsurpassable beauty, mystery, and miracle of the Word made flesh.

The Grace for Wealth Creation
7 Days
The Grace for Wealth Creation unveils the divine blueprint for prosperity—where wealth transcends effort and enters the realm of grace. Rooted in the finished work of Christ, this book reveals that believers are not striving to be blessed; they already are. Through covenant understanding and spiritual alignment, readers discover how to attract, preserve, and grow wealth as an act of godly stewardship. Blending revelation with practical wisdom, it shifts mindsets from scarcity to abundance, from striving to stewardship. God is not only a giver but a builder and restorer, calling His people to manifest Kingdom wealth for eternal impact.

Global Day of Prayer for the Buddhist World
7 Days
“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” Hab 2:14 On this Global Day of Prayer for the Buddhist world, let us ask the Lord to reveal the knowledge of His glory to the nearly 500 million Buddhists around the world. Habakkuk 2:14 gives us a powerful picture of God’s glory covering the earth as the waters cover the sea. As we pray, let us believe for an overwhelming movement of God’s presence and truth among the peoples of the Buddhist world.

Walking in Favour – Part 2 | Favour for Kingdom Partnership
7 Days
God’s favour flows in the direction of God’s kingdom builders. That is because God releases favour with purpose. Through the lives of Peter and Hannah and the teachings of Jesus and Paul, you will learn how favour responds to partnership, priority, and stewardship. Your understanding of kingdom stewardship and partnership will deepen, and your life will align more intentionally with God’s agenda on the earth as you go through this devotional.

The Single’s Guide to Emotional Healing
7 Days
If you are single and feeling emotionally overwhelmed, this 7-day devotional will guide you toward healing and wholeness. Many struggles, fear of abandonment, overthinking, emotional shutdown, and anxious attachment can be rooted in unresolved emotional wounds. Through Scripture, reflection, and prayer, you will learn how God meets you in your brokenness and restores your heart. Each day offers biblical truth and practical steps to help you process emotions, renew your mind, and build secure, Christ-centered patterns.

UNCRUSHED: Reclaiming Your Spirit After Heartbreak
7 Days
Heartbreak doesn’t just end a relationship; it often shatters your identity. But God is the Binder of the brokenhearted. In this 7-day journey, explore how to peel back the layers of pain and allow Jesus to rebuild you from the ground up. Whether you are navigating a broken marriage or deep loss, you will discover that your scars are not signs of shame, but seeds of a new, powerful story. God is not just fixing your life; He is reclaiming your heart.

When "I’m Fine" Isn't Enough: A 7-Day Journey to Wholeness
7 Days
Have you ever been told to “just move on” while your heart was still shattering? Or had your pain dismissed as spiritual weakness? Many believers suffer in silence because we treat physical illness as an emergency, but tell the brokenhearted to “get over it.” However, science now confirms what Isaiah 61:1 prioritized: a broken heart is a clinical and spiritual crisis that affects your entire body. This 7-day plan explores why "I'm fine" isn't enough. Discover how the Master Surgeon prioritizes your healing and find the path to true biblical wholeness.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2016
8 Days
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is a yearly reminder of Jesus’ prayer for his disciples that “they may be one so that the world may believe” (see John 17.21). The theme in 2016, "Called to proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord", is inspired by two verses from the First Letter of St Peter. The resources have been prepared by members of different churches in Latvia.

Rise Up! Lessons From Ezra On Walking With Your Head Held High
8 Days
Rise up! You are not held back by your past mistakes or present hurts. Not pressed down by your current heartbreak or a stagnant life. Take courage! Do your best to stay authentic, courageous, risky, and real. Overcome obstacles with your head held high. Live in faith, not fear. Go do it! You’re empowered to be who you are created to be. Rise Up. Take Courage. Go Do It.

Week of Prayer - ONWARD WITH the GREAT COMMISSION - Celebrating 50 Years of Lausanne
8 Days
The Lausanne Covenant has become a point of reference for the mission of evangelical believers in the world. Fifty years later, this International Week of Prayer of the European Evangelical Alliance gives us the opportunity to pray and commit ourselves to being together on a mission to respond to the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus, revisiting the articles that make up the Lausanne Covenant.

Who Is Really Blessed? A 9-Day Devotional from Skye Jethani
9 Days
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?"