Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 5:3

In this 6-day devotional, explore Jesus' counter-cultural teachings from the Sermon on the Mount. Discover how the Kingdom of God challenges worldly values, calling us to live with humility, mercy, and an eternal perspective. Each day offers reflections and practical steps to align your life with Kingdom principles and follow Jesus' way in a world that often goes the opposite direction.

This devotional series invites you to embrace the life Jesus calls us to in the Sermon on the Mount. Learn what it means to live under His reign, rely on His grace, and reflect His Kingdom to the world. Find purpose, true fulfillment, and a transformed life that points others to Christ.

This plan will help you understand and articulate why we as Christians believe that Jesus is unique.

The Bible is a book that helps you follow Jesus and grow closer to God. But it’s a lot, and it can be overwhelming when you first start reading it! This six-day Plan is your Bible Starter Kit, full of tips to help as you dig into the Bible—so you can read it, understand it, and live it.

Deeper into Scripture is a methodology of scripture reading that instructs, encourages and equips people to read God’s Word daily and deeply. We have created a unique four-fold method of bible reading that directs the individual to read a short passage of scripture four times. Each reading is done with a different question, instruction or objective to be considered. This repetitive reading and instruction takes us deeply into the Word of God and draws us closer to Him.

The Dove Award winning singer/songwriter and worship leader Matt Maher has constructed an exclusive Easter Reading Plan for The Overflow Devo on YouVersion. Drawing upon the themes illustrated in several of his songs, including “Christ is Risen,” Matt leads a weeklong devotional centered around the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, as well as a discussion surrounding the personal implications of this most glorious reflection of God’s love and mercy.

This 7 day plan will provide biblical truths to help sustain you through the deep waters of depression. Depression doesn’t have to cause you to drift away or knock you off the path God has for you. If you find yourself, like I did, in the deep waters of depression looking for an anchor, journey with me through the next 7 days as we find hope in the Word of God.

What does Jesus say about love, truth, righteousness, and more? We will examine His own words in the Sermon on the Mount. This is Part One of the eight-part "Jesus, I Want to Love You" series! These plans can be done in any order. See also "Jesus, I Want to Love You" (companion prayer) by Thistlebend.

During our time of grace on earth, we live as God's children, living lives of repentence, worship, and service.

What should be our response to trials? Taken from bestselling author David Jeremiah's book on James, learn how to celebrate our trials, call on God's resources in our trials, and look to the reward of our trials.

Taken from Kyle Idleman's follow-up to "Not A Fan," you're invited to find the end of yourself, because only then can you embrace the inside-out ways of Jesus.

Referred to by some as the “forgotten member of the Trinity,” the Holy Spirit was referred to by Christ as our Counselor and Helper. In this 7-day devotional in partnership with The Overflow Christian music service, we’ll look at the theology in 7 songs that describe how the Spirit transforms our hearts, soul, and minds, and how we are then directed to respond with praise.

This 7-day devotional offers women a reminder of what is most important from God’s perspective. Devotions offer encouragement for living a healthy, productive, and content life. Devotions include: the gift of time, refueling for renewed service, making positive choices, making time for rest, worship, laughter, and more! Drawn from The Woman’s Study Bible, the devotions contain numerous additional references for even deeper study.

A Treasury of Prayer, compiled by preacher and intercessor Leonard Ravenhill, takes the best of seven books by E. M. Bounds, one of the most prolific and powerful writers on prayer, and combines them in a single volume. This reading plan contains excerpts from this volume. Read it until you believe it, and then begin to pour out your heart to God until you experience a mighty visitation of His presence. Nothing else will suffice!

 Tolkien allowed his imagination to run wild, it was safe to do so, because he was a devout Christian. No wonder whatever he wrote was true, good and beautiful. This devotion reflects on various lessons we can draw from Tolkien’s work to live out our Christian life meaningfully.  

Does the word "happily" come to mind when you think about your marriage commitment? What if both how you treated your spouse and how you were treated by your spouse was happily? This is a devotional about the "hows" of relationships. We will look at the nuts and bolts of what makes marriage lasting, fun, and characterized by love. You may be surprised at the commitment essentials to your own happily ever after.

Weakness does not disqualify you from inclusion in the kingdom of God—instead, it is your invitation to enter. Our week together of studying God’s Word will also serve as a personal exploration of what it means to be “poor in spirit.” I believe that sharing vulnerability in a safe place allows communion to happen and hope to grow again. What if weakness is one of our greatest strengths?

Every action and decision is generated by our memories, so our memories make us who we are. But if that’s the case, what does God have to do with both the blessed and broken memories we carry with us every day? Casey Tygrett challenges us to examine our memories—good and bad—and recognize the ways God is using those memories to bring about spiritual transformation in our lives.

We’re all chasing something. Usually something just out of reach—a better job, a more comfortable home, a perfect family, the approval of others. But isn’t this tiring? Is there a better way? Find out in this new Life.Church Bible Plan, accompanying Pastor Craig Groeschel’s message series, Chasing Carrots.

Psalm 40 is the good news that God hears our cries and delights to rescue us. In this 7-day reading plan, ask honest questions of yourself and the Bible and learn how to stay faithful to God amidst painful and hard times. Trace the thread of joy and purpose that comes from delighting in the Lord and the healing that only He can bring to His children.

Three times in I Samuel, Jonathan said to his young armor bearer, "Come, Let's Go!" Three times in Revelation 22 Jesus said, "I'm coming soon!" It's been more than 2,000 years since Jesus made this promise. Jesus gave the church a simple job to do. It's called the Great Commission. So church, why hasn't Jesus COME back yet? We need discipleship in evangelism! COME, LET'S GO!

Revival has to be one of the most exciting words in the Christian vocab. You don’t need to look far to see and hear multiplied thousands of Christians talking of a fresh sense of revival in the air today. Join us for a 7 day journey and learn how to position yourself to see revival in your own life and world.

In the world that we live in, things are not as they should be. One might even say they are upside down. However, the good news is that Jesus came to turn this world right side up. What if our eyes were opened to the REALITY that the Kingdom of Heaven is in fact here?

Go on the journey of a lifetime with TV adventurer, Bear Grylls, in his new book: SOUL FUEL and learn the ONE thing he does daily to SURVIVE: A Daily Devotion. Bear says that it’s all about taking the time to remember that GOD is there to “hold us, guide us, strengthen us, and rescue us.”

Reading the news can be discouraging—even demoralizing. Unfortunately, we cannot convict a single sinner of a single sin or change even one person, much less our culture. But God can. To join him, we must submit our lives to the only power that can change the culture. When Jesus said, "Blessed are . . . " to launch the Beatitudes, he invited us to precisely such an empowered, transformative life.