Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 14:14

Have you ever had a disproportionate emotional response to a situation? In other words, freaked out? It’s hard to feel out of control like that. But God uses our feelings to point us to truths about our hearts and our stories. These devotions will help you see what God might be trying to tell you through the gift of your emotions.

This plan will help you adopt a new perspective that can unlock the potential inherent in small opportunities. The plan encourages you to become faithful with the little that you have as you grow your capacity to steward more. God wants us to be good stewards of what he has given us, but it starts with valuing what we have and putting it to work.

The greatest test of our faith is when we pray for something and God does not answer. Will we still believe in Him and put our faith in Him? Will we still trust Him and choose Him, even when He doesn’t answer our prayers in the timeframe we want Him to? This week’s devotional explores what it looks like to choose joy even in the waiting seasons.

Author Kathi Lipp (Clutter Free, Sabbath Soup) helps you explore the biblical importance of taking weekly Sabbath rest, a time to refresh, recenter, and reconnect with God and loved ones. By attuning yourself to the rhythms and routines of Christ-centered living, you can experience more peace and purpose as you draw closer God and experience true Sabbath rest.

Scripture frequently calls us to hold couplets of seemingly opposing truths in tension. For example, plan for tomorrow AND don't worry about it, enjoy restful “self-care” AND embrace self-sacrifice, desire good things AND be content. Join me as we explore five pieces of “double-sided wisdom,” mining seemingly minor nuances for major truths to apply to our work today!

Do you believe in miracles? During His time on Earth, Jesus performed 37 extraordinary miracles, each revealing His divine power and purpose. In this 5-day devotional, we’ll explore five of these life-changing events and discover their deep meaning for our faith today. Join us as we reflect on how each miracle connects to the hope and promise of Christmas, reminding us of God's love and presence.

In today’s world—especially in business —value is often measured in numbers: money, statistics, followers, etc. This type of “currency” tends to breed competition, fear, and a scarcity mentality, however, there is good news. God operates with a different kind of currency. His economy is built on faith, love, justice, and generosity. In this devotional, we’ll explore how to spend God’s currency in our careers, allowing His values to transform our leadership, our decisions, and our definition of success.

Are you seeking healing for yourself or someone you love? This five-day plan offers encouragement and reminds us that God's love never fails. Through daily reflections, scripture, and prayers, you’ll explore God’s power to heal and the strength to wait on Him during challenging seasons. Each day addresses real-life questions like, “Does God still heal today?” and “What if God says ‘no’?” while offering practical ways to find joy and peace in His unchanging presence. Join this transformative five-day journey and draw closer to the God who heals, strengthens, and sustains.

True productivity is not born from constantly doing more, but from doing what is aligned with God’s will. Through this devotional plan, you will learn to release the weight of a life consumed by busyness and embrace a way of life rooted in God’s purpose, excellence, and trust.

Susan Binkley is the founder and president of Blue Monarch, a long-term residential recovery program for women and their children. Although she grew up in the church, it was not until Susan began her journey with Blue Monarch that she discovered the tremendous power of prayer and peeled away the many layers of this mighty tool, which is available to each of us. **NOTICE:** This content includes sensitive themes that some readers may find difficult: mentions of abuse, suicide, medical procedures, and loss. Please take care as you read.

An Audacious Advent: Setting the Table invites you to look at the story of Jesus’ coming through the lens of equity, welcome, and belonging. Each day explores a different facet of God’s heart for inclusion and what it means to make room for others, just as He made room for us. This five-day journey challenges us to prepare differently this season—to open our hearts, homes, and communities to reflect the Kingdom table Jesus came to set.

The Christian life is not only about knowing truth but about becoming truth in action—people through whom the love of God is made visible in our world. This journey begins as we receive God’s love personally, allowing His Spirit to shape our hearts, renew our minds, and align our lives with His purpose. In this study, we will discover what it means to become love. Note: This is Part 1 of a 4-part reading plan.

Throughout the Gospels, Jesus was often “moved with compassion.” His love was never passive, it led to action, healing, and transformation. In this five-day study, we’ll explore how compassion shaped Jesus’ ministry and how the Holy Spirit can awaken the same heart within us. Discover what it means to put on compassion, to be led by the Spirit, and to become God’s hands and heart to a broken world.

The Miracles of Jesus devotional series invites us to encounter the living Christ through His powerful works and personal compassion. From the empty tomb to storms on the sea and the feeding of the multitudes, we see that Jesus meets us in doubt, need, and uncertainty. These devotionals remind us that faith grows as we draw near to Jesus, bring Him what we have, and walk in obedience. Miracles flow not from striving, but from relationship, trust, and a heart aligned with God’s purposes.

Mature leadership does not avoid truth—it stewards it with wisdom. This five-day plan will help you discern how, when, and why to carry truth into the environments you lead.

Are you willing to truly follow Jesus, even if it costs you everything? This plan is not a feel‑good message. It is a call to radical discipleship. For five days, you will discover that following Jesus is more than words: it requires listening, obeying, acting, discerning… and even being willing to remain faithful unto death. Are you willing to walk this path?

I am sorry. I repent and I choose to believe in your resurrection power

Matthew writes to God’s people and walks them on a journey that will take them from where they are to be Disciple Makers. This is 15 of 27 devotional plans walking us through the book of Matthew. Jesus finishes the section on the parables—lots of key Kingdom truths. Then we see Jesus' response to being misunderstood and to having spiritual strength in such times. 

With transparency, humor, heart-tugging storytelling, and more than a little personal confession, Martin shows us that no matter where we live or how much we have, as we learn what it is to be with people as Jesus was, we'll find our very lives. 

We all wonder if we have what it takes to fulfill all of our obligations and commitments. This is common to man. Roxanne discusses our loads, our lives and our sufficiency to live well.

Do you believe in miracles? John said that Jesus performed many miracles that were never written down. However, the ones that we do get to read about were written so that we could believe that Jesus is indeed the Miracle Messiah. Join us on this plan to grow your faith and belief that miracles continue to exist in this day and age.

Your faith in God matters to God. And he’s committed to growing it. Big. Imagine how differently you would respond to difficulties, temptations, and even good things if you knew with certainty that God was in all of it and was planning to leverage it for good. In this reading plan, Andy Stanley builds a biblical case for five things God uses to grow BIG faith.

Psalm 23 will be our guide as we walk in the paths of the righteous through this 6-day study. Discover spiritual rest with Amy Carmichael and Hudson Taylor, travel through the valley of death with Corrie ten Boom, and be amazed at the divine protection of Gladys Alyward. Experience God’s miraculous provision for Lillian Trasher, and the redemption of a tribe of killers with Nate Saint and Mincaye.

Much of the Bible describes events around food. At least three times a day, we pause for food. Food has to be grown, bought, prepared and presented. It comes at a cost, but there can be a strong sense of fellowship around each step of that process.

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re born again and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to different values about right and wrong, and a different lifestyle to match it. This series of 5-day plans uses the 10 Commandments (following the classic Augustinian ordering) as a vehicle for an alternative, Christ-like morality and Jesus-way of living.