Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Colossians 3:12

The battle between choosing God or choosing self begins the moment we wake up in the morning. This plan provides a simple step to help us choose each day to trust, follow, and serve the Lord.

Have you felt cut back recently?  Pruned?  Pieces of you taken away? These audio-guided meditations will help you understand why God often seems to prune us back even in the cold winter days of our life.  And remember that His pruning will soon result in you bearing more fruit, and even richer and finer fruit, soon and for His glory.

Kindness is one of those things that the world needs more of, isn't it? And God has called you to be His ambassador of goodness and kindness to others. Through this plan, you'll be inspired and challenged to let God's kindness flow from your heart, actions and words to everyone around you.

Jesus’ victory over death means so much for you personally. Read this reading plan to find out more!

Have you ever started a project only to realize you don’t have the tools you need to finish? The theme of these biblical meditations is having what you need. I pray these guided audio contemplations will help you believe that God gives you all you need to live a holy life for His glory. God has all you need to live a godly life, clothed in His righteousness.

Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this powerful men’s devotional. Let God clothe every aspect of your heart. Let His kindness flow from your actions. Let your character reflect His Word. When you are in Christ, you become His reflection in the Earth. Your actions, behavior, and temperance is a reflection of Him. Choose to let Christ regulate your thoughts, actions, and reactions as you read this powerful message.

Pressure and confusion can bring out the worst in us, but God’s Word is a powerful tool to combat our triggers with His truth.

Forgiveness is easier said than done. Thankfully, we can look to Faith Driven Entrepreneurs as an example of how they’ve forgiven both their friends and their enemies. If you’re looking to live out the virtue of grace, these stories will tell you how.

What happens to us spiritually, emotionally, and physically when we withhold forgiveness? What are the benefits of forgiveness? Through the Scriptures and medical findings, Dr. Magdalena Battles shows how you can gain freedom from pain and bitterness through extending forgiveness through the grace of God, even if the other person never apologizes. Dr. Battles also discusses repeat offenders and what you can do to protect yourself from future offenses.

Share this devotional with others as Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this timely message. Put on Christ and let God lead your heart. Put on the Humility of God and let Christ lead you. Put on Christ and let His word lead every aspect of your life. Put on patience. Put on kindness. Put on humility. Choose to put on Christ.

The meaning of life has had philosophers and fictional supercomputers scratching their heads for centuries, but the Bible was written by people with an unshakable sense of meaning and purpose. If all things are created for a purpose, what’s the purpose we were made for? Join us in this three-day plan as we explore three aspects of our purpose: love, caring for the world, and God’s glory.

What do you do when a loved one is hurting? Learn how to show Christian love in these difficult situations.

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 plan inspects Colossians 3.

Galatians 5:6 boils it all down to this one thing...faith expressing itself through love...not through our arguments or explanations or defensiveness, but through love...that’s the only thing that counts. And when our faith expresses itself through the love and the kindness shown in the way we live, work and play...that’s a faith that will change the world. -Steven Curtis Chapman

How might your family dynamics shift if interactions and conversations were gentle? In this four-day plan, you and your children will engage with teaching about how we can model God’s gentleness—in our families and among our friends. Each day includes a prayer prompt, brief Scripture reading and explanation, hands-on activity, and discussion questions.

Kindness is a part of God’s nature, and as people made in His image, it’s part of ours, too. But sometimes we just don’t feel like being kind. In this four-day study, you and your children will be reminded of God’s kindness toward us and explore practical ways to reflect His kindness in our everyday relationships. Each day includes a prayer prompt, brief Scripture reading and explanation, hands-on activity, and discussion questions.

Thousands of us have found comfort and hope through Kara Tippetts's story of family, cancer, and grace. Here Kara offers gentle reflections on living and dying well, sharing what she learned through both suffering and joy.

As Christ followers, we have a new life in Christ. But, what does that mean? In this Bible Plan, you’ll learn what a new life in Christ is, how to root out the junk by planting in Christlike qualities, and how to say and do everything as if we were doing it for Christ Himself.

If you are a believer, there is some expectation of the traits that you must manifest before the people around you, be it family, friends or colleagues. In this plan, the Apostle Paul describes to the Colossians some of the traits that we must manifest in our daily lives. Let’s learn them and put them into practice.

Do you want to grow in Christ? Ultimately, God is the one who cultivates our hearts. He alone is the giver of life and growth. However, we have an essential role in the process. God, the Gardener of our Soul, calls us to partner with Him. This four-step plan will encourage you in your pursuit of holiness. Enjoy a new season of growth!

In a broken world, it’s hard to cling to hope at the best of times. It’s even harder in seasons of pain. But the beautiful thing about the hope of Jesus is that it’s not contingent on what happens in this world. This hope is already ours. This four-day plan will help you explore practical ways to cling to and share hope with your neighbors, even in times of uncertainty.

The book of Colossians has a lot to say about how the gospel should shape our chosen vocation. Over the next four days, we will look at a few key passages in this beloved book, unpacking how Paul’s words should impact the work we do each day.

Research shows that when people feel connected at work they're more productive, motivated, engaged and 3.5 times more likely to contribute to their fullest potential. What does the Bible say about creating a better workplace community? What can we do, individually, to contribute?

Where are your values taking you, or better yet, what are your values? We cannot form our Biblical values through our strength only through God's. Recalibrate your values as you fast, pray, and l.o.v.e.

While imprisoned in Rome, Paul warns believers to remain vigilant against false teaching by beautifully expounding on the cosmic Person of Christ. Jesus is “the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent” (Colossians 1:18). In response to Christ’s preeminence, Paul commands his readers to “seek the things that are above where Christ is…and not on the things that are on earth” (Colossians 3:1-2).