Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Ephesians 5:1

We often face ethical dilemmas in our work. How can we use the Bible to make the right decisions? Each day of this plan provides a real-life case study on a tough decision, plus biblical decision-making principles that you can take to work.

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.

Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this character transforming leadership devotional. Pride cannot go with you to the next level. Let God lead your path. Pride cannot promote you. Pride will impede your growth. Don’t just hear the Word — live out His Word daily. Don’t just sit on His Word — deploy His Word daily. Choose to surrender and let God lead your heart in this life transforming devotional.

At times you may feel as if you're the only one who is doing good toward others. You think, "Hey is anybody else out there helping anyone?" Galatians 6:9-10 is a good reminder when you are feeling this way.

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.

How would you describe your faith journey? Is it a well-established fire? Is it warming? Comforting? Does it push away the darkness? Or is it 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.

Parenting can be so tough! Thankfully, our Lord Jesus is the best representation of what a parent looks like through love, patience, and self-control, even when we do not deserve it. Dr. Marshall walks through scripture that reminds us to parent with love and alongside The Holy Spirit as we navigate this journey with the Bible as our roadmap.

Jesus often said, "You have heard how it was said, but I tell you..." He invited His listeners to break away from well-worn ways of thinking to see something new. In Fresh Eyes, Doug Newton helps readers do just that and look at the phrase "love your neighbor" in a new way.

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.

This Plan gives preteens an introduction to the book of Ephesians. Each day includes videos specifically designed for kids ages 7-12 to help them engage with scripture in a digital way and develop a habit of a daily devotion time all their own. Kids Bible Experience partnered with Church of the Highlands and OneHope to create this plan.

We can sometimes see our days as a day-to-day dredge leaving us tired, overwhelmed, and depleted. God wants so much more for us. God has given us life — a life to be filled with joy if we allow it. In this 4-day plan, learn how to seek joy often.

Are you a Mary or a Martha? There are a lot of different types of women in the world, but most of us relate to one of these sisters more than the other. Find out which sister you are more like and how you can use that knowledge to love others better. Plus, learn about the unique love Jesus has for you.

Children are a blessing from the Lord, no matter the circumstances surrounding their birth (Psalm 127:3).  If you are a father, thank God for it and decide right now that you are going to be what God wants you to be in your children’s lives, a visible, tangible illustration of Him, no matter what choices you’ve made to this point.  Being a good father really is not as complicated as you might think!  All you have to do is love your children like your Heavenly Father loves you.

The teaching of Jesus - thousands of years old now! - somehow still speak right to the hearts of men and our tendency to think more of ourselves than we should, idolize and envy men who have more of (fill in the blank), and avoid anything close to vulnerability. This 5 day plan will help you probe your heart and invite God to meet you there, too.

In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, he addresses many questions to the church about the nature of their relationship with their Savior and how that affects the believer’s life. How should God’s children be imitators of God in the way they love others? How does God’s Spirit enable the believer to better love and serve? These selections from Ephesians 5 are a reflection on how the believer’s relationship with God will affect their relationships with others.

As believers we are a part of God’s new humanity, and as a result we are called to walk in distinctiveness. We are called to walk in love, rejecting the idolatry of disordered sexuality. We are called to walk in humility, rejecting the idolatry of power. Walking in integrity, we reject the idolatry of success. And rejecting the power of greed, we are called to walk in simplicity. 

Don’t treat the consequence. Treat the cause. In this powerful, 5-day devotional, Bishop Joseph W. Walker III helps you get to the source of your social, emotional, and spiritual struggles.

God calls us to love one another; and his love compels us to do it.

When life takes one too many unexpected turns, do you find yourself saying, "I don't know who I am anymore"? In the wake of shattered dreams, do you wonder how you will find purpose again? You're not alone. What if losing an identity could reveal who you really are? Join author and broadcaster Sheridan Voysey on this journey to discover who you can become when life doesn't go as planned.

Only by the Holy Spirit’s transforming power can we grow to be increasingly like Christ. This 5-day study explores how you can cultivate characteristics that glorify God in your lifelong pursuit of Christian maturity.

The opposite of mastery is mediocrity, and mediocrity is nothing less than a failure of love and a misrepresentation of the image of God. In this Plan, you’ll explore why Christians should have the highest standards of excellence in our work, what we should be looking for in our “one thing,” and how you can achieve mastery of your vocation for the glory of God and the good of others.

Learn how to live and love like Jesus did—as brothers and sisters in intimate, life-giving community with each other. Leave behind eroticized, fear-based patterns and explore how the Bible invites us into gendered, generous relationships between men and women of character as we love one another as Jesus did.

God speaks in a way that you can hear Him. Be encouraged, there is no ‘right way or wrong way’ to hear His voice. Our job as children of God and followers of Jesus, filled by the Holy Spirit, is not to explain God into a box. Ours is to know Him, to talk with Him, to listen to Him, and to obey Him.

The CEO of a company is the source of power. They’re the one in the corner office. They’re the one calling all the shots. And while many entrepreneurs find themselves in positions of power, Faith Driven Entrepreneurs know that they are under the all-powerful. And they know that when God is their CEO, He’ll give you all the power, comfort, and peace you need...

Paul, a liberated prisoner of the Lord, begged the church at Ephesus “to walk in a manner worthy of the calling.” We are the Father’s representatives on earth and our calling is to represent Him well. As you strive to live a vibrant life or an abundant life, you become more certain of His calling and choosing of you.