Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 Corinthians 1:26

“Different…why can’t they see it’s hard to be different.” This devotion explores our identity, purpose, and strength in Christ. Be encouraged that God LOVES differences and variety, and that these are actually gifts. Stand your ground, be proud of who you’ll become, and don’t ever run or hide from who you really are.

Are your dreams big enough to represent Christ well and glorify our great, big God? Do you really believe and pray for all the BIG promises God makes you in the Scriptures? Or, does your faith need a boost? Read this Plan and get inspired to go after ALL God has for you!

There are a lot of excuses for not serving God. Looking at Christ’s first miracle (John 2:3-8), we can see how can we offer up all we have, water from our own wells, in service to Jesus, the results are exquisite wine.

The Corinthian church—perhaps like ours—was struggling with division, immaturity and immorality. The apostle Paul pulls no punches, but points them to the cross; because “to us who are being saved it is the power of God”. This is a free sample of Explore daily Bible reading notes, published by The Good Book Company.

Sometimes God turns human conventional wisdom on its head! Join Pastor Bayless Conley as he shares at least two instances in which God is likely to do this. You cannot put God in a box, but His ways always end up being better than ours. Learn to prepare for God's unexpected ways of doing things.

The late Brennan Manning wrote his classic The Ragamuffin Gospel for the “bedraggled, beat-up, and burnt-out,” for “anyone who has grown weary and discouraged along the Way.” If that includes you, take a journey toward the grace-filled life with these five daily devotionals.

From an influential pastor and author whose writing Ann Voskamp calls "sharp, informed, [and] culturally savvy" comes a revelatory blueprint for an utterly transformative and enticing Christianity. 

Seeking Daily the Heart of God is a 5 day reading plan intended to encourage, challenge, and help us along the path of daily living. As Boyd Bailey has said, "Seek Him even when you don't feel like it, or when you are too busy and He will reward your faithfulness." The Bible says, "Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart." Psalm 119:2

Have you ever doubted your effectiveness as a witness? I’ll admit, I have. Over the next 5 days, we'll discuss five misconceptions about sharing the gospel that have grown a fear of witnessing in our hearts. If you’ve struggled with any of these, my heart is not to discourage you. Instead, I pray you will be fully equipped to boldly take the message of grace and truth to the world.

Pursue God for greater measures of His presence. Move past spiritual plateaus. Focus on the “Blesser” rather than the blessings. In this 5-day devotional, Bethel Church pastor Bill Johnson shares principles he has learned through his ministry and challenges you to seek real spiritual growth.

Christianity calls us to sacrifice instead of living for oneself. We can't do both. Paul wrote about this in his letter to a divided and self-centered people to remind them to follow Jesus and only Jesus. In this RightNow Media study, Jennie Allen walks into the messy lives of the Corinthians and takes us through Paul’s words to learn how we should distinguish ourselves from the culture even today.

God’s forgiveness is no light thing. The Cross is God’s complete answer to all the deepest of human needs in respect to our relationship with him. We only come to know God as we enter and live in a realised experience of his total forgiveness, and we only go on knowing God as we go on knowing and living in that same experience of liberation.

WHAT IS MY CALLING? It is a question wrestled with in every stage of life. You might know that God has a plan for you, but how do you know what it is? These five days will apply God’s word to help you understand how God is calling you.

We all experience difficult seasons of trial. This plan will encourage you through whatever dark time you are facing, guiding you from feelings of inadequacy through hoping when all seems dark to rejoicing on the other side. Refocus your heart on God’s character, and be pointed to his power, wisdom, faithfulness, and love instead of your circumstances or failures. You’ll be redirected to lean on God’s strength, not your own.

As we continue to grapple with these turbulent and divisive times, Pastor Mike reminds us of how God loves all his people—people from all walks of life; imperfect, everyday people like us. This series was recorded earlier this year when Pastor Mike was in Israel.

This reading plan shows you that you’re not ordinary at all. Your extraordinary God does extraordinary things through you.

The Holy Spirit uses God’s Word to grow believers in their faith and increase their passion for Jesus. Break down the book of 1 Corinthians into the “Big Picture” of the passage, then “Digging Deeper” into that section and then move into “Living Out” the lessons that are taught in the passage in this 5-day reading plan.

If you are familiar with God’s Word, you know big things happen when you read “But God” in the scripture. If you are not familiar, sit back and enjoy as we spend the next five days looking at the love and power of our God.

This video series walks you through how you can stop making unhealthy comparisons of yourself against others.

Christian leadership is radically different from any other form of leadership. With the church and community crying out for good leaders, this plan is the first of seven foundations for Christian leaders who are called by God to have a powerful godly influence. There is a lot of work involved in these plans, but it will be worth it. And God’s grace is where it all starts!

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.

Tetelestai—“It is finished.” Jesus’ final words on the Cross have impacted us for eternity. With His death and resurrection, He finished the work of our salvation. But our transformation continues. In his book 'It Is Finished', Charles Martin takes us on a journey to the Cross to examine how the Holy Spirit is now at work in us as we are continually being made “perfectly perfect.”

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re in Christ and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to weird ideas and alternate beliefs about reality. This series of 5-day plans uses classic Christian Creeds as a vehicle to explain the Christian worldview compared to the world’s, and help us see reality through Jesus’s eyes.

God has a life of fulfillment and fruitfulness planned for you. You're not just a face in some huge crowd, or a number on an endless list. God created you to live a unique life of meaning and impact. In this series, Pastor Bayless Conley shares about your divine influence, the value of play, how to be God’s vessel of honor, true freedom and significance, and God’s GPS system.

1 Corinthians is one of the richest books of the Bible on the topic of work. Paul talks about everything from why he worked so hard as a tentmaker to the fact that there are eternal rewards for how we work in this life. Over the next 6 days, we’ll dive deep into 6 passages from this letter and apply them to the work we’re all doing today.