Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Romans 8:26

Read through God’s Word, within each devotional, and reflect through guided questions for both individual consideration or group discussion. We pray it encourages you to reframe your reality.

In a defensive and divided era, how can followers of Jesus reveal a better way of living, one that loves others as God loves us? How can Christians be the kind of people who are known, as Proverbs puts it, to "turn away wrath"?

Watch this video devotional series to help you understand why there is suffering in our world.

Losing sight of who we are, especially our identity in Christ, opens up a door for the enemy to plant fear in our lives. Is our life pointed toward Christ when we live in fear? By exploring the story of one man’s journey from the slums of Nairobi, this five-day devotional will help you learn how to overcome fear, let go of control, and let the Lord take over.

How can people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds come together to heal wounds, reconcile with one another, and begin the journey of recovery? Paul's letters to the church address this same question as he struggled to reconcile first-century Jewish and Gentile believers. His pastoral and theological vision for a united church addressed education, identity, community, hope, and responsibility. In our day, we can do the same.

Nothing could ever fully describe the love of God, but if you feel it's absent in your life, Romans 8 helps to unveil it. As we explore the chapter, you'll get a greater glimpse of the extent of Christ's love for you.

When Caitlin Henderson married a farm boy and began raising a family in rural America, God used the farm to show her there’s more to life than the world leads us to believe. In the following pages she invites us to catch a fresh glimpse of how God can use the most ordinary things to show us His character and goodness.

We each have so many opportunities to do things for God that sometimes we forget that our first calling is simply to delight in our identity as His Beloved. In this five-day reading plan, singer, song-writer, and author Christy Nockels invites us to set aside our hustle for God and instead rest in who He created us to be. And from that beautiful place we find our true identity.

Prayer can sometimes seem lonely. Often, in prayer, I try to quiet my heart and soul, and my mind races everywhere. Sometimes I just fall asleep. There are times when it feels like my prayers bounce off the ceiling. What we often don’t realize, however, is that the Lord offers us good news right in these places. Let’s spend some time considering the good news about prayer.

He is in the pain with us. We’ll look at how Jesus’s humanity shows us that whenever we hurt, God hurts too. God borrows the context of that hurt, without causing it, to redeem something from it. And that, remarkably, is where hope comes in. Hope—that even though so much here is wrong, there is a God who will move heaven and earth to make things right.

In this YouVersion, Colleen Rouse walks us through key pillars of resiliency! When we understand how God wants us to act in the face of difficulty, we can more effectively understand and utilize resiliency whenever we experience an obstacle or decline. We each must come to recognize the power of bouncing back! Let’s get started.

What does it feel like to come back from something hard, and still be able to hope again? Learn how to see the good, again, even after hard times in this 5-day devotional based on Lisa Whittle’s book, "The Hard Good". You will learn how the hard parts of our life journey can bring us to the good God has planned for us.

In this plan, Colleen Rouse walks us through key pillars of resiliency! When we understand how God wants us to act in the face of difficulty, we can more effectively understand and utilize resiliency whenever we experience an obstacle or decline. We each must come to recognize the power of bouncing back! Let’s get started.

Parenting is overwhelming. Heavy headlines, packed schedules, the desire to raise compassionate kids—how can you possibly find the words to pray? Fortunately, prayer doesn’t have to be fancy. You don’t have to have just the right words for God to listen. Take a breath and join Kayla Craig for five days of short, honest prayers for overwhelmed parents just like you.

Next-level believers are anointed to influence every sphere of society and represent God on the earth. Passionate and proactive rather than passive, they engage the surrounding culture in their cities, regions and nations and push back darkness with the Kingdom of God’s light. With God-given power and authority, next-level believers arise as the Church and enforce the victories Christ won at Calvary, setting the enemy’s captives free along the way.

Faith is something we must cultivate in our lives. The more we hold on to the promises of His word, the more our faith will grow and bear fruit. May this devotional give us the strength to have fruitful faith.

Sometimes, working to finish well and get real closure on a chapter of life is incredibly difficult, but when we ignore the need to do so, we live with a pile of unfinished beginnings. But finished things become usable things because it is in conclusions that we see God's grace and faithfulness most clearly. For those who need fresh eyes to see, this is for you.

Part four of the ‘Back to Basics’ series. Prayer...It can look different for everyone. Despite all the different forms prayer can take, the principle of connecting and spending time with our heavenly Father remains the same. In this devotion, we pray that your communication and conversation with God will be given new life.

When suffering feels suffocating, when hurt blinds us, when grief tries to destroy us—what hope does Scripture provide us? In this 5-day Plan, explore what the book of Romans has to say about suffering, and discover hope rooted in God’s Word.

What does it mean for both heaven and nature to sing? How does the Advent season reflect the reality that Jesus came not only to save the world but to save the entire cosmos? This plan walks us through five days of reflecting on these truths during Advent.

In these devotions about passing our faith to the next generation despite challenges and adversity, CeCe Winans encourages us to build relationships with our children, be faithful in prayer for them, press in during hard times, and realize that God does the work. If you’ve ever walked through a season of struggle in your child’s life or the discouragement of seeing a child not walking with the Lord, CeCe’s words will give you hope and practical encouragement. God loves your child more than you do and will use you to speak grace and truth into your child’s life.

Each mother’s story is unique. While motherhood brings joy and love, it can also bring pain and heartache. It’s often different than expected, and it can be hard to know where to turn when difficulty and loneliness rise up. This reading plan written by Katie Faris invites women to experience God’s comfort and leads moms to put their hope in Christ, despite the unexpected trials of raising children.

In this 5-day plan, mothers will learn a guilt-free way to think--about their kids, themselves, and being the mom they've always wanted to be. This study is for every mom who feels overwhelmed, worried, stressed, overstimulated, tired, and strung out by the demands of caring for little--or not-so-little--humans. It’s a study to help moms find healing and hope in the truth of scripture–to uncover the secret art of confident motherhood.

When hurtful situations leave us worn out and unmotivated to spend time with God, sometimes we need more than just a pep talk. We need a friend to come alongside us with biblical truth and encouragement. Through 5 days of devotions inspired from her devotional, You’re Going to Make It, Lysa will give you powerful scriptures and practical tools to help you work through what you’re walking through right now.

A 5-day Bible reading plan with practical ways to find joy in Christ regardless of circumstances.