Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to James 4:8

Do you want to spend more time with God this summer? This 5-day Bible plan will make you feel like you’re walking on the beach with Jesus by the ocean. In this summer devotional, you’ll learn how to rest and relax in God's presence. This Bible plan is perfect for summer, or anytime you need a vacation devotional to unplug and connect with God.

This 5-day devotional was designed to help teens connect with God during times of exhaustion and stress. Learn how to draw strength and rejuvenation from God's word, presence, community, purpose, and grace through daily readings, prayers, and reflections on the Bible.

What would your life look like if you were firmly planted in God in every area? You're invited to embark on this 5–day journey to get rooted and bear fruit that THRIVES as a result. Together we’ll intentionally rest in God's presence and discover key biblical components to a flourishing life with Him!

In Love Is the Point, Carlos and Alexa PenaVega take readers on a journey to recognize how God shows love in their daily lives and discover opportunities to share that love with those around them--because love in action is what life is all about.

In a world that demands our attention from every angle, we must stand firm in our Faith in God. Join our YASociety community on a 5-day reading plan and learn some valuable lessons from 'The Book of Daniel.'

A wife needs to be a warrior in a battle for her marriage. Let’s arm ourselves with the unchanging truth of God’s Word and allow Him to equip us, strengthen us, and lead us into marriages that reflect His goodness. We need to think like warriors, talk like warriors, and pray like warriors. This 5-day devotion was written by author, Debbi Garcia.

This plan includes five daily readings based on Robert J. Morgan’s book Calm Your Anxiety. The reading plan will explore how to change your life by learning to manage your anxiety through the nurturing of a biblical, close, joyful relationship with God.

Whether you’re facing ordinary, daily pressures, or an unexpected season of suffering that seems to have no end, sometimes it feels like Jesus’ promise of “overflowing joy” is simply not within reach for your real life. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this five-day devotion, you’ll spend time looking at Jesus’ words from John 15 and discover three surprising paths to a truly joy-filled life.

Competition can be harmful when it becomes a source of worship for you—either you worship the glory itself or what the title of "athlete" gives you, things like money, influence, or identity. If you don’t know from the outset what you’re competing for, you’ll miss the real prize and be easily enticed away from your original passion for the game and the full use intended for your athletic gifts.

In this devotional, we will discuss how to develop a level of focus that is indestructible. To develop unbroken focus, we must become spiritually and mentally immune to distractions. We will all be presented with various distractions; the key is how we respond to them.

Mental health tops the list of concerns for today’s kids (and their parents). But kids don’t have to be at the mercy of their negative thoughts - they have the power to choose what to think and believe. In this five-day devotional from Jennie Allen, parents and kids are invited to explore together the hope and freedom that Jesus alone can offer our thought lives.

A real problem, often without practical answers, in a society that has wrongly relaxed the definition of sexual relations and of what is right and wrong. Faced with the devastation wrought by this addiction, we want to demystify this thorny issue. It is a real problem with severe consequences. No, God has not abandoned you! If you want freedom, believe that with God, anything is possible!

James offers practical advice on Christian living and in this unique, 5-day study you will be invited to apply proven Scripture engagement methods to better understand what James is saying and how to apply it to your life. Each day provides insights from a different chapter in James. Excerpts are from The Abide Bible, which provides various Scripture engagement tools--including Praying Scripture, Journaling, Contemplating, Picture It, and Engage Through Art--to help you meet God in God's Word so He can transform your life.

Life tends to throw much baggage onto our backs. Is it "all" ours to carry? In this plan, we will walk through what it means to claim our necessary luggage, unpack what is unnecessary, and bask in the rest of God as we lighten these heavy loads.

If you’re like many women, you struggle sometimes with FOMO: the fear of missing out. The problem is, we can become so busy trying to create a life worth living that we miss out on the moment God has placed right in front of us. It’s time for us to embrace where God has us today. It’s time to embrace NOW over NEXT.

Isaac was the second patriarch of Israel and the Jewish people. He was the son of a promise—God's promise that Abraham would have a child to carry on his mission. Isaac also received a promise—he was the recipient of the very same promise that God gave to Abraham regarding the land of Canaan.

Sometimes it seems like God is failing. The same was true for those first disciples too. This 5-day plan will take you through a time when it looked like God’s kingdom promises just weren’t coming true, through the lens of Acts 12. It continues our journey through the book of Acts, the Bible’s gripping sequel of Jesus at work in the life of his followers as he expands his kingdom to the ends of the earth. It’s a journey on what it means to be a Christian. It’s a story in which you have a role to play.

Suffering comes for us all. We don’t get to choose our trials, but we do get to choose how we walk through them—with bitterness or joy. This five-day devotional will help you navigate suffering with hope, not because the pain disappears, but because Christ is walking with you in it. As you go through these readings, may you be reminded that God is nearer than you know and loves you more than you can imagine.

Have you ever wondered if there's more to following Jesus than the shallow shorelines you walk along? Join Stephanie Short in this 5-day plan that will equip and encourage you to step out and go deeper in your faith than ever before.

A five-day faith challenge through the book of James.

In this plan we will look at Jesus’ teaching on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount. Part five of eight in the "Jesus, I Want to Love You" Series, focusing on knowing and loving Jesus more. These plans can be done in any order. See also "Jesus, I Want to Love You" (companion prayer) by Thistlebend Ministries.

Discover practical wisdom from the Bible about ambition at work--the good and the bad.

The book of James is perhaps the earliest book written in the New Testament era and is categorized as the ‘Proverbs of the New Testament’ due to its practical messages. Here are six practical instructions from the book of James that will help you as you move forward in your daily life journey.

Stare down your fears, shatter your insecurities, and shake off the apathy that tries to hold you back. You’re not a prisoner—you’re an overcomer. Tear off the labels the world tries to put on you with this Life.Church Bible Plan to accompany the series, Overcomer.

We often make a relationship with God more complicated than it should be. If you look at the best relationships in life you acknowledge when you’ve done wrong and seek forgiveness. You see spend time in conversation, listen well and open your heart. You sacrifice your own needs to fulfill theirs. Learn how these key ingredients work in becoming closer to God.