Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Isaiah 40:4

How will you prepare to celebrate the birth of the Savior this year? Many people have traditions such as listening to Christmas music, sending cards, decorating a tree, or reading the Christmas story. During this Advent devotion, we'll be looking at 5 different responses from people who were present for the coming of Jesus and we'll look at how they prepared for His arrival. We'll now look at Simeon’s response.

Are you curious? Do you enjoy exploring new things? Or does it bring you anxiety? The theme of these guided audio meditations is faith - living and moving by faith because of your faith. Exploring new lands, new relationships, and new moments by faith in the Creator of all that there is to explore. Allowing the Holy Spirit to steer and guide you with God's divine peace and courage.

What brings you the most hope and comfort, especially when you know there is hard work ahead? These guided audio meditations will help you find consolation that God is still at work in you, comfort in the assurance that God is not done with you yet, and learn to embrace the divine comfort of God that is so vital for your life and your well-being.

Is your faith merely a truth of biblical doctrine or truth of transformational experience? It can be both, but we often limit ourselves to one or the other. I pray these biblical meditations will help you experience the transforming presence of the Holy Spirit. That you will encounter and live life according to the Spirit and find the true peace and security you seek in the presence of God.

How have you encountered God? How has He revealed himself to you? These guided biblical meditations will prepare you to see God by His grace. Learning to live your life in such a way that you see God. Experiencing a life open to the treasure trove of His blessings and seeing God with a pure heart. Remember, God sees your heart and knows what is done.

What is your response when you approach God? Are you humbled to be in His presence? I pray these guided audio meditations from Scripture will help you submit to the arms of the Holy Father. Live a humble life as you seek wisdom from the Holy Spirit. And submit to the Holy Son, who is perfectly equipped to save and rescue you from your burdens.

Do you ever struggle to believe you’re truly forgiven? Do you feel like you need to work up a bit of a good streak in your life before God will really be pleased with you? Check out this 3-day plan and find out how you can have assurance that you are truly forgiven, loved, and free.

God created you for a calling only you can fulfill. You long for that purpose, yet you have bills to pay and a family to support. God has a plan for you where you are right now. Take heart, no matter your circumstances, you are being pruned and planted for His purpose.

Are you weary? Tired of the rat race? Take a break from the hectic holiday schedules. Advent invites us to still our hearts and welcome the Prince of Peace. Pause with us in this Abide plan as we remember the first coming of Christ. Immanuel, God with us.

Who was Jesus? In our modern imaginations sometimes He appears as a teacher with good advice, a revolutionary who sticks it to the Empire, or as a relaxed friend who wants us to take it easy. But these caricatures are far from the truth. Join us in this four-day plan as we explore Jesus: Messiah, sacrifice, God and giver of life.

What does it mean to prepare the way for the Lord? In this devotional we look at how we can prepare our hearts, our thinking and our environments to be fully consecrated to Jesus, and to prepare the way for him - for his glory to be revealed!

Advent invites us to journey through the darkness to discover the light, the incarnate Word of God who "shines in the darkness" (John 1:5). This plan focuses upon the weekly themes of Advent—hope, peace, joy, and love—and serves as a guide through each week of the season. It is taken from our book, Dawn, with reflections for every day of Advent available within the Dwell Bible App.

Every good story has a plot twist—an unexpected moment that changes everything. One of the biggest plot twists in the Bible is the Christmas story. Over the next five days, we’ll explore how this one event changed the world and how it can change your life today.

There are 7,487 promises in the Bible. 7,487 specific things God assures His people He will perform in their lives. This five-day, Bible study focuses on some of the most powerful divine pledges—of miraculous intervention and spiritual transformation. Each study also contains a “Power Proclamation” that will help you confess and claim what is rightfully yours as a child of God. It could well be the key to a real supernatural breakthrough for you.

We all have those people that we “know of”. We can’t claim to know them on a personal level, but we have enough information to know who they are. In Plan 2 of 19, we hear John the Baptist’s testimony of Jesus. He didn’t have a personal relationship with Jesus but when Jesus was revealed to him, he went from “knowing of” Jesus to being known! Do you know Jesus? More importantly, are you known by Him?

John the Baptist told people that the Messiah, Jesus, was coming. He told them to be ready! The same message is true for us today. Jesus will come again, and we too need to be ready.

How is your family preparing for Easter? Through this short and sweet devotional (especially helpful if you’re teaching little ones with short attention spans), Scott James brings to light the many things that Christ’s life and resurrection means for us not only through the season of Lent, but all year long.

A series by Heidi Wysman. Mountaintops are fun but we can’t stay there forever. Most of us will go back to the wilderness many times. But the wilderness doesn’t have to be a frightening place.Through this study we discover that the wilderness can be a place of beauty, a place of empowerment, a place where God is.

Advent is a time to prepare our hearts, minds, and souls for the coming of our Lord. It’s also a time to celebrate and walk deeply with the Lord as we reflect on the significance of the greatest gift ever given, Jesus.

Has your joy disappeared like water from a dry well? Your bucket scrapes the bottom but all you bring up is dust. Joy is a gift from God. It’s not something you can earn or manufacture, and you don’t have to fake happiness to be a “good” Christian. Discover the joy of receiving joy, even as you hope for the fullness of joy to come.

Too often, the only question we ask during election season is, "How should I vote?" It's also important to ask the question "What does the Bible say about how I should navigate political conversations and decisions?

There is power in your testimony! Over the next six days, discover what it means to be a witness of Jesus and how the words you speak can help grow his kingdom.

We all face times when it seems life just falls apart. Whether health, financial, relational, or even world events, our hearts can be captured by fear and overwhelmed by anxiety. If you need comfort, you’ve come to the right place. My hope over the next six days is that you will discover the comforting touch of God.

Engage the Advent season from a new perspective this year. In this devotional you’ll be encouraged to explore how God is speaking, moving, and connecting with you in your work. You spend most of your day working — and God is present in it. Your faith is not compartmentalized and neither is your work. They are woven together. With this guide, you’ll be able to fully embrace what the Advent season has to offer all aspects of your life.

Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas Day. During this time, the Church universal is invited to become more intentional: 1) to look back in thankfulness for Jesus’ birth; and 2) to look forward in the hope of full restoration when He comes again. These reflections are designed to help you engage and embrace this season.