Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 John 4:16

How would you describe your faith journey?  Is it a well-established fire?  Is it warming? Comforting? Does it push away darkness?  Or is merely a spark? Not quite yet a flame?  Hardly casting a shadow.  These guided audio meditations will help recognize a spark from an encounter with God.  And watch the spark turn to flame.  Pushing out fear and darkness.

This may be hard, but take a moment to recall how you react emotionally when falsely accused or criticized unfairly. The theme for these guided audio meditations is finding the love of God in the face of false accusations and then meditating on God’s peace so we know how to respond when criticized. And, finally, a meditation to help reflect God’s grace, so others see Him in all you do.

“If only.” Are there words any more defeating? “If” implies chance and “only” diminishes the goal. What if you could reach higher than “if only.” Achieving the heights of true love and the way of God. The first guided audio meditation theme is calling for the way of love. The second meditation is on motivation and God’s reward of love. And finally, a reflection on learning to love without ceasing.

Sometimes we over-complicate worship. True worship is when we are spending time with God, receiving His love and giving it right back in gratitude. This love is what carries us through every hardship, every situation. Surrender the areas where you search for love and validation outside of Him. Let God show you the ways of selfless love through the 3-day plan from Rush via Gather Ministries.

Make your marriage sparkle through the power of prayer. Popular prayer author Heather Hair shares these prayers, quotes and Scriptures to inspire your personal prayers.

Maybe God isn’t who you think He is. Maybe He’s much better. This devotional will help identify some Christian clichés we’ve all heard that are actually unbiblical lies. These clichés may seem innocent, but are harmful to our faith and keep far too many believers stuck in spiritual immaturity. Learn to encounter these lies with the truths about God in the Bible, to bring encouragement and freedom to our lives.

Share this Devotional with others as Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this heart-transforming message. Love is a powerful weapon and will release you from the bondage of the past. Love covers. Love restores. Love will soften the ground of your heart. Love will never leave you or forsake you. Love will set you free. God is Love. Let God lead your heart as you read this timely message.

Experience God’s heart and passion for the billions who are waiting to know the life-transforming power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Just as our intimacy with God needs to be rekindled, so must our passion.

Infinitum is a way of life centered on following Jesus by loving God and loving others through an emphasis on the habits and disciplines of surrender, generosity, and mission. We aim to see the Bible and also the world through these Jesus-colored lenses. This short reading plan is based on the theme, ‘Love God, Love Others’.

Jesus made big promises to those who follow him: perfect peace, abiding joy, and supernatural power, but these promises often feel disconnected from our experience. How do we actually take ground in our spiritual growth? Pastor Justin Kendrick has written the book Bury Your Ordinary to teach seven spiritual habits that lead to explosive growth and how to develop them in your life. Dive into the first habit: Relationship.

Based on the new book "Learning to Be Loved," this three-day plan will help you learn how to move from merely knowing about God’s love to truly experience it in your heart. Through practical steps and honest reflections, authors David Bowden and Mart Green will teach you to embrace the truth that God loved you first. Open yourself up to the profound, unconditional love God has for you. Start today and learn what it means to be truly loved.

Have you ever felt broken, lost, or unsure of who you really are? In this 3-day devotional, Andrea John shares her personal story of encountering God’s love in the midst of her darkest moments. Through powerful reflections and Scripture, you’ll discover how God’s love can restore your heart, reveal your true identity, and remind you that you are made in His image. No matter how far you feel from God, His love is always reaching out to you, making you unbreakable. Begin your journey to healing and wholeness today!

Kingdom entrepreneurs have the unique opportunity to represent God’s love in the marketplace and minister into the lives of people who may otherwise not encounter the radical love of Jesus Christ. This 4-day reading plan provides scripture and guidance for demonstrating God’s love through the work you do as a business owner.

It’s easy to say that God loves us. But do we really know the breadth and depth of that love? He gave EVERYTHING for us, to redeem us, to call us His own. Do not allow self-contempt or fear to rob you of the love He is giving you. With this four-day plan from Rush via Gather Ministries, open your heart and receive God’s overpowering, life-changing love for you.

In order to walk closely with God, we have to love what He loves—and He loves people. That means, first of all, that He loves you. And then it means that He loves the people around you – even the hard ones. The more we understand His love for us, the more we can love people the way He does—we can love them with His love.

The journey to confidence is a road that many of us find ourselves on. Society tells us to “love ourselves”, but what does that actually mean? We live in a culture that places a high value on external things such as material possessions, achievements, beauty, and Instagram likes hoping to fulfill internal voids. So, what does true and healthy confidence actually look like?

We can easily fall into believing things about God that aren’t true. At times, we see things on social media or the news that make us question Him. So, what is true about God? Does He know what He's doing? Is He really loving and kind, even when things don't seem to be going well? In this 4-Day Bible Plan, let’s learn how we can know God’s heart together.

In a world where so much division and tension exists, we’d all be better off if we learned to love others—even if it’s inconvenient or uncomfortable. In this 4-day plan, we’ll discuss who our neighbors are and how to love them.

Because of Jesus, God loves you. He is the God of love, who loved you first.

Though change is common in life, there’s One you can depend on Who doesn’t change. In troubling circumstances, God implores you not to throw away your confidence. God declares you are His, and He loves you. If you want a reminder of God’s fierce, life-giving, and world-overcoming love of you, this plan’s for you! Feel free to exhale, close your eyes, reflect on God’s faithfulness, and declare, “I Am Loved.”

When we experience sexual abuse, it has the potential to shatter and steal most of who we are. This pain can linger for years with us and rob us of a full, healthy, and whole life. But letting go and forgiving those who have hurt you is possible. Beating Your Shame the Jesus Way will not only bring freedom to your soul but will flood your life with a supernatural love for those around you. It is this incomprehensible love that will change the course of your life forever.

A godly, single woman’s journey to finding a loving relationship intertwines with the principles of the acronym S-T-E-P. Join this four-day devotional to learn how to find love, joy, purpose, and fulfillment. By embracing these concepts, you will trust in God’s plan and timing as you prepare to attract the love and purpose partner you desire.

Counting our blessings can be challenging during difficult times, but God wants us to use the effort of gratitude, praise, and thankfulness to help drown out the noise with His joy. This plan is designed to help you prioritize and foster gratitude, even in the most trying circumstances.

Christmas isn’t the destination of Advent – it's just the beginning. In collaboration with Compassion UK, Sammy Jabangwe shares a short devotional series which looks at the magnitude of God’s love shown through Jesus Christ. You'll get to see how God’s love creates, God’s love saves, and how God’s love leads as he calls us to share his love with others in all sorts of ways. This Advent, we invite you to consider: where will God’s love lead you?

This devotion is a practical study to see who God is and how we can reflect the same character of God in our life. We are created in the image of God and we need to live lives that reflect God in us. We desire our children to take after us. In the same manner, our heavenly Father wants us to take after Him.