Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to John 12:24

In all things, invite God in—asking Him to lead, to show you how to read the map He has given you for life. When we wait on Him and accept what He gives, we are renewed as regret falls away and trust takes its place. Start this three-day plan and begin learning how to live out your story, side by side with the One who wrote it into being.

Men today have a lot on their shoulders. It can make life feel like a grind, if we're honest. And while God calls us to be responsible, he's also inviting our hearts into a grand adventure with Him as our guide. This 4 day plan will remind you of the invitation he's always had for you and help you respond with a "Yeah, Dad, I'm totally game."

Many people are smiling, but hurting inside. I have discovered that God is doing something in everyone's life, and He's doing something in mine too! I'm loving/praying for strangers like never before. And they are grateful. These personal stories in my life are to help you help others move one step closer to God.

Is your church dying from Covid-19? It's ok, our God specializes in bringing new life out of death. What if while we can't go to church, we became a church that goes? Go! Live! Do you want to follow Jesus?

Whether it’s the loss of a job, a child who has gotten into serious trouble, a relationship that’s in peril, or a loved one with a debilitating illness, at some point, something in our lives will strip us of all control. Life comes apart at the seams, and hope begins to evaporate. Bestselling author Frank Viola shows us how to weather the storms of life.

Raise your hand if you want to be more loving, joyful, at peace, patient, kind, full of goodness, faithful, gentle, and self-controlled? Yep, me too! These traits are the fruit of the Spirit, and we can grow in the amount of these fruits our life produces. Let’s learn some lessons from natural gardening that will help us have abundantly fruitful lives.

HOW TO USE THE GREATER MEETINGS: These four topics were designed to fit together for a complete message. It’s not recommended to skip any of the topics completely. If you need to cover the contents in fewer than four meeting times, you may decide to focus a bit more on one or two topics while hitting the highlights in the others. The theme for this year is GREATER. We play with a new purpose: He must become Greater, and we must become less.

Ten years ago I moved across the ocean, from Tennessee to Uganda, full of something I thought was hope but was more like naive optimism. When I faced tragedy, loss, and my own weakness, I wondered, Is God really good? And that’s when I began to understand what true hope is. I pray you will find hope in these brief devotionals—a whisper from God that even in your deepest sorrow, He is near.    

Be the Gift, by New York Times–bestselling author Ann Voskamp, will challenge and encourage you to listen to God and look for opportunities to be His gift to others.

How do I become more than I am now? How am I made new? The journey of transformation takes us from order into disorder and out the other side into reorder. God is with us in all of it. Over the next year, this study will explore these three stages through the lens of scripture and the songs that make up my new project: “Order Disorder Reorder”. First stop: Order.

Embark on a journey to learn more about the life of Jesus. Together we will watch short clips from the film, The Life of Jesus, and reflect on what we see. Discover who Jesus really was and what He can mean to you. You can read each of the 10 plans separately, but we challenge you to complete the whole journey.

Some try to redefine it. Some spend their entire lives looking for it. We all have a specific identity and purpose. If you don't know who you are, you will never know what to do. This plan initiates a conversation with our Creator in Genesis. Through Him, you will discover your true identity and purpose.

Fear has a way of changing our focus from God to the problems around us. Fear can change our confession from God’s promise to what we are feeling. All throughout the Scripture we are commanded: “Do not fear.” The reason for not fearing is that we are not alone. God is with us; that’s the promise God gives us to combat fear.

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.

Near the end of his life, John was the last of the living apostles and wrote a story about Jesus. It’s his testimony of who Jesus is, what he said, what he did, and who he claimed to be. Jesus has a story. He invites us to make it our story. When we make Jesus’s story our story, we have life in his name. This plan focuses on Jesus predicting his death in John 12. It is part of an ongoing series through John.

Longing. Hope. Love. Fear. Seasoned author Cornelius Plantinga explores these facets and more, reflecting on the joys and challenges of a life seeking after God. Each reflection is presented with a Bible text and a brief prayer, inviting you into a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the Christian life, equipping you with timeless insights into the ups and downs of a life lived in the presence of God.

Whether we recognize it or not, we all are hungry for what only Jesus can offer. Amidst stress that spirals out of control, Jesus offers peace. Amidst darkness that saps our hope, Jesus offers light. His costly sacrifice made our new life possible. This 5-day audio plan with Andrew and Wendy Palau will refocus your heart on Christ and refresh your desire to receive every good gift He offers.

Leadership- Many want it, but few understand the cost of being one. Leadership is not the position or designation; it is the heart. It is never easy, there is a cost you pay, sacrifice to make & willingness to serve. This study explores the price one pays to be a leader. A good leader does so cheerfully, willingly & from the heart.

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re in Christ and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to weird ideas and alternate beliefs about reality. This series of 5-day plans uses classic Christian Creeds as a vehicle to explain the Christian worldview compared to the world’s, and help us see reality through Jesus’s eyes.

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re in Christ and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to strange expectations. It’s a different kind of hope flowing from Christ’s perspective on things. This series of 5-day plans uses the Lord’s Prayer to show how Jesus invites us to approach life and the future.

God made men to live at their highest level, both spiritually and physically—to carry the full weight of the masculine soul. These devotionals show men how to dial in to five key qualities of a Christ-following man.

If you’re doing this devotional, then most likely you have lost a loved one. May you know the comfort and hope of God as he provides for you in grief.

How much freer and more confident would you be if you didn’t self-edit, self-filter, or self-argue at every turn? How would your life unfold if you really believed—in mind, heart, and body—that almighty God loves you and has called you to this amazing life? This devotional is a biblically rich guide to getting your spirit back.

Nature photographer Stephen Proctor asks, do certain landscapes resonate with you more deeply than others? Where do you feel the greatest sense of calm? When does your inner child rise up with wonder and excitement? The answer may reveal something God wants to break out in you.

 God promises to satisfy those who hunger for Him. Sadly, we often prefer magazines and me time. Can we really learn to feast our hungry selves on the eternal when the temporal is so demanding? Shellie Rushing Tomlinson says we can. She’s here with Devotions For The Hungry Heart, simple stories, grounded in Scripture and framed around six God honoring traits to walk readers into an ever-increasing appetite for Jesus.