Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 John 4:17

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.

Untamable God is a devotional that will lead you through 3-days of rediscovering the beauty and majesty of God. Each day will comprise of a lesson to allow his grace to empower you, his love to move you and his word to shape the way you see him. Upon completion, you will discover the raw, untamed nature of the Almighty creator, conforming you more into the image of Christ.

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.

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’.

To succeed in the business that God has placed in our hearts, we must have faith. However, the enemy of faith is fear. Both cannot be in us at the same time. In this three-day devotional we will examine some scriptures about fear so we can kick it out of our lives. When fear is gone, faith can come so we can succeed in life.

What is my value? Where do I find worth? In a world full of misguided values, your true worth is only found in one place. Your value is in the Creator of the Universe, God Himself. Discover how precious you are in His sight.

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.

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.

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.

We know the words, “For God did not give us a spirit of fear or timidity” (2 Timothy 1:7), but living out that truth isn’t easy, especially when it comes to raising our children. In a world full of unknowns, how do we lean into the unknown while trusting that God is good and faithful and keeps His promises (Jeremiah 29:11)? He desires for us to live free from fear.

This 4-day devotional by Bill Johnson will lead you to walk in the glorious victory that Christ gained for you! No longer wonder about the price paid for you—find victory in all that has been accomplished and conquered through Jesus!

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.

You’ve probably heard it quoted many times before that the command to Honor Your Parents is the only commandment with a promise. What is that promise? That it will go well with you. Men, honoring your parents, especially your father, can be a challenge for various reasons. We get it. Thanks for the UNCOMMEN partnership with honoryourfathertoday.com to help bring this perspective­-giving and practical devotional series on ways to honor your dad­ so that it may go well with 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.

All Is Not Lost, an album by The Brilliance, is a call to awareness and action. We believe that the role of Jesus-followers is not to idly stand by, waiting for the storm to pass; we believe in trying to engage the world and people that surround us with grace. We hope you hear these words with open hearts and open minds, and join us in calling for compassion and love in a time when we desperately need it. There is a better way, a way of peace; All Is Not Lost.

In the midst of hurts, challenges of subservient status, insecurities and longing for love and acceptance, the Women of the Bible reveal the current quandaries of today’s women.  Separated by ages past, their emotions were real and their ordeals just as relevant now.  As in the author’s life, let the Women of the Bible bring you to a place of healing, encouragement, self-examination and affirmation of God’s love for you

In the world, Love has become so misunderstood and misused by not only the people of the world but also by believers. Love has lost its value and significance to many, but as you read through this plan, I pray that you will have a revelation of what Love is and its true meaning.

All of us desire to be in a relationship. It is the way we were created. People need people. Some more than others. As believers in Jesus Christ, we are in a relationship with the Lord. However, the ultimate goal is not only to be in relationship with the Lord but to experience fellowship with Him as well. In this plan, we’re going to focus on the writings of the first epistle of John to explore the difference between relationship and fellowship. In doing so, we will learn to live with Maximum Joy . 

Need encouragement in pressing on to fulfill your God-given dreams? If so, this devotional is for you. The journey from dream to reality need not be desolate. God is for you! In fact, His purpose for you preceded His design of you. Let this devotional help you become fully persuaded of God's good plan for your success. Let your corresponding confession and experience be, "I'll Keep My Dreams!"

This 5-day devotional is based on the new EP from Bryan and Katie Torwalt (of Jesus Culture), Praise Before My Breakthrough.