Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 John 4:2

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.

Everyone worships something. Mark and Grace Driscoll challenge you to consider: are you worshipping Christ or something else?

It can be so easy to doubt and to fear, especially in a world that often encourages us to rely on ourselves, not on something as "out there" as faith. It can be easy to wonder if we'll ever find our way back to God. This plan invites you to acknowledge what's hard in this season while helping you create space to once again draw close your good Father.

There comes a time in every surfer’s life when he or she graduates from the learner’s break and paddles out to join the line-up. And the same is true of your faith in Jesus. If you want to handle the big waves that come your way in the ocean of life, you need to go deeper with Him. This plan takes you further in your faith development—and deeper with God.

Welcome to The Overflow Devo Creation Festival. The Overflow has partnered with your favorite 2014 Creation Festival artists to bring you this reading plan. During this devotional plan musicians like the Chris Tomlin, Tedashii, the Newsboys and more will share devotionals based on songs heard at Creation Fest.

The reflections in The Message Devotional Bible let the wisdom of the Scriptures settle more fully into your spirit. In this devotional, we'll get a taste of Eugene Peterson's insights on Scriptures from Genesis through Jesus's parables and the epistles of John. As Peterson writes, "It's my privilege to walk with you through the Scriptures. I come as a guide and fellow traveler. Traveling mercies for us both."

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.

The Essential 100® Bible Challenge is a simple tool to read through the Big Story of God's Word. The reading plan is based on 50 Old Testament and 50 New Testament passages. Continue with the nineteenth part "The Apostles' Teaching." ®Produced by American Bible Society in partnership with Scripture Union, Inc.

How do you walk through doubt and come out the other side? Can we question our faith without losing it? Award-winning author, pastor, and professor A. J. Swoboda comes alongside those who are deconstructing their faith and shows them how to reconstruct it. Doubt is a part of our natural spiritual journey, says Swoboda, and deconstruction is a legitimate space to encounter the living God.

In this plan we will undertake a study of the book of 1 John, in the New Testament. The book of 1 John is the first of three books, written by John the elder to house church believers. The book of 1 John encourages believers to remember that God is light and love and therefore to live lives that reflect that light and love with one another and the world.

1 John is one of three letters written by John the Beloved, the same author as the Gospel of John and Revelation. Written as a response to false teaching in the church, John reminds his readers that just as God is both love and light, true believers are to show love and light to the world.

John, the last living apostle, wrote a Gospel. And it seems some people were distorting it. John writes to believers caught in the aftermath, bringing clarity and commentary on what he wrote. He shows them what it looks like to be people of light and life instead of people of death and darkness. This plan takes us through 1 John and how to live in the face of distorted Christianity.

This 5-day Bible plan weaves together stories from Allen Parr's own spiritual journey and the lives of those he's ministered to in order to show the painful consequences of following false teachings and to provide clear explanations of what the Bible really teaches about the gospel. Learn to decipher between a true prophet and false prophet.

Do you remember nagging your parents for something until they eventually gave in? How many times did you end up disappointed with the result? The same thing happened to the Israelites when they demanded a king. In this Plan, we will explore why God became so angry at their insistence and whether some of our prayer requests may still offend God in the same way today.

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.

Isaiah was written thousands of years ago, but the truths found within remain pertinent today. And although it was written to the people of ancient Israel, its wisdom applies to all Christians. Isaiah chapter 5 specifically covers six woes that God wanted to communicate to help us remain on a righteous path for his glory. Read this plan with an open heart and let God change you for his good.

The world is a battlefield. Not only literally, when people groups or countries are fighting, but also spiritually. Satan has declared war on God and God’s people. This sounds terrifying, and therefore it is important to know that Jesus is stronger. He is stronger than sin, stronger than Satan, and stronger even than death itself. And if you belong to Him, you share in His victory!

The New Testament books of 1, 2 and 3 John have a recurring theme: love. The author speaks repeatedly of Jesus’s command for believers to love one another. Christian believers should stand apart from the rest of the world, characterized by God’s love. This six-day devotional explores John’s words in his three epistles, offering tangible ways to show God’s love to fellow believers.

Jesus commands his people to love one another, and in his high priestly prayer, he asked for unity in the church. What does the Bible mean by love? What does it mean to be one in unity? How does our unity with other believers relate to our union with Christ? In this 6-day devotion, discover what it means to unite in love and grow in communion with God.

Insights and readings in this plan focus on the biblical principles essential for the dynamic spread and advancement of the “Good News about the Kingdom.” Topics include the power of prayer, personal growth, spiritual empowerment, spiritual unity, and more. Devotional studies are drawn from the “Kingdom Dynamic” notes in the New Spirit-Filled Life Bible that shed light on key principles of Bible-centered, Spirit-filled life and ministry.

Taking a look at the evidence that supports the existence of Jesus as the Messiah using Biblical references and clips from God’s Not Dead 2, the film. Always be able to give an answer for what you believe. This study will aid you in learning the factual support of Biblical truths and encourage you to live out that truth in your life.

Knowing God’s heart changes everything. His love draws us in. His power fills our hands and hearts with might. His redemption rewrites even the worst stories of our lives. In this 7-day plan, you’ll discover to greater depths the heart of your heavenly Father, and learn how to live your life as a response to his unceasing love. 

Ever feel like you’re on a treadmill that just keeps getting faster? Maybe part of you wonders, “Is this how it's meant to be?” Dear one, God has designed us for certain rhythms, and maybe your rhythm has gotten out of whack. Read along and ask God what He has to say about the cadence of your life—and invite Him to speak into it, too.

Join the creative community of Hillsong Church as we read and pray through 1, 2, and 3 John. These works are likely penned by the apostle John, written to a known community of believers and to specific individuals within this community. John wrote to combat false teaching by re-anchoring believers in the truth of Jesus Christ and giving guidance on how to live in love as children of God.

When you’re guided by the Spirit of God, you will come to understand what God has done to benefit you. You will understand how valuable it is to be able to call God Abba Father. The Spirit of God is in you, so you can experience all that God gave you through His Son. Enjoy all the wonderful things God has prepared for you as you receive them by faith.