The beginning of the Advent season is a tradition in many Christian churches that helps believers prepare their hearts, minds, and lives for the coming of the Messiah. In this reading plan we will look forward to the arrival of our King.

Advent: Prepare for the King of Kings

In a 5-day devotional, we explore the timeless lessons from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol about choosing joy, finding contentment, and extending mercy during the holiday season. It's a reminder that Christmas offers a second chance for all, just as it did for Ebenezer Scrooge in the past and for us today.

Scrooge: A 5 Day Devotional Based on the Charles Dickens' Classic Tale

This devotional series on Philippians invites readers to discover lasting joy, peace, and purpose through Christ, regardless of life’s circumstances. Each chapter highlights practical truths—like humility, unity, contentment, and strength—that empower believers to live with courage and grace. Rooted in Scripture, these reflections encourage a life marked by rejoicing, trusting, and pressing forward in faith.

Joy Unshaken: A Journey Through Philippians

The world can sometimes feel full of disappointments and difficult circumstances. The idea of joy may seem too lofty. Joy is something we choose to see, no matter the circumstances. A joy we choose to feel, even when the world feels empty and cold, and one that shows us we were meant for more than we know. Let's discover the elevated life of joy that is our gift from God.

Elevated

Does the Christmas season always feel rushed and chaotic? In a season that celebrates peace and joy, it is often anything but peaceful and joyful. Spend five days reading through key passages in the Gospel of Luke focused on Jesus’ life. Meditate and reflect on His birth, His death, and His resurrection, and enjoy a renewed sense of joy and peace as you celebrate Christmas this year. 

Salvation Has Come: 5 Devotions in Luke

In the Daily Doses of Joy Plan, Pastor and Author Ted Pagel encourages readers with 30 biblically-based daily doses of Joy.

Daily Doses of Joy

We may not always see or feel it, but God is always with us... even when we're going through hard things. In this plan, Finding  Hope Coordinator Amy LaRue writes from the heart about her own family's struggle with addiction and how God's joy broke through in their darkest times.

Joy for the Journey: Finding Hope in the Midst of Trial

By pointing you toward the hope Christ provides through His coming at Christmas, this devotional is designed to help you unwrap peace instead of anxiety, belonging in place of loneliness, forgiveness over bitterness, kindness rather than judgment and rest from fatigue. Your guides are seasoned pastors and church leaders serving in the midst of the same stressors of life you’re facing. Let’s unwrap something great together this Christmas!

All You Want for Christmas

Life is hard! We are struggling in our relationships and our mental and emotional reserves are empty. We need something far greater than we can touch, purchase or come up with on our own. Something that will help us survive the hardest seasons of life. Join Robin Meadows as she shares this 4-day plan taken from the full length Bible study Joy is a Person: A Deep Dive into Philippians. 