Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 15:8

This 3 day devotional is from Lindy Cofer, based on her album, “I Saw The Lord".

How can the fruit of the spirit win the battle against the sins of my flesh? This three-day reading plan shows the battles of GENTLENESS versus dissension, traditions, and bitterness. Kristi Krauss uses the fruit of the spirit found in Galatians 5 as a guide to spur us into action to become champions of GENTLENESS in our daily lives.

Just as a physically unhealthy heart can destroy your body, an emotionally and spiritually unhealthy heart can destroy you and your relationships. For the next five days, let Andy Stanley help you look within yourself for four common enemies of the heart — guilt, anger, greed, and jealousy — and teach you how to remove them.

I want to have eyes that see Jesus at work in my life. We are going to spend five days talking about Jesus opening blind eyes. I am going to teach on five topics that include opening our spiritual eyes, exercising our spiritual sight, seeing people in our lives from the right perspective, inviting Jesus into our darkness, and avoiding blind guides that can lead us astray.

They drain your joy, eat up your time, and rain on your parade—but there’s a better way to view difficult people. Let’s learn how to heal the relationships that suck the life out of us. Get ready for God to do His life-giving work when you start this new Life.Church Bible Plan to accompany Pastor Craig Groeschel’s message series, Relational Vampires . 

Prayer is an intimate conversation with God. But how do we pray? Why do we pray? Does God hear our prayers?  In the 6th Chapter of Matthew, Jesus gives us detailed instructions on prayer, including the Lord's Prayer. This study from The Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible digs deep into Jesus's words in verses 5-24, examining our motives and attitudes about prayer, and teaching us how to pray.

Suffering can seem like a journey with no end in sight. But like everything, God walks with us through it. This five-day devotional provides ideas for how to trust God no matter the outcome. We know that suffering is not the end of the road. Others will sometimes come alongside us, but Jesus will fill in the gaps when they are not there. Joy can be ours today!

Guardrails are put in place to keep our vehicles from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas. We often don’t see them until we need them—and then we’re sure thankful they’re there. What if we had guardrails in our relationships, finances, and careers? What might those look like? How might they keep us from future regrets? For the next five days, let’s explore how to set up personal guardrails.

We are called to live a surrendered life! When we surrender our all to God, we give Him the opportunity to transform us and reveal His good and perfect purpose for our lives. This plan will help you understand the importance of surrender.

A Resilient Life is a 5-day devotional by Chris Mendez, pastor of Hillsong Latin America. This devotional is designed to give you hope in the middle of challenging and difficult times.

No two families are alike, and no two parenting styles are alike. It is tempting to look at other families and think they've got it better than you. But God has a plan for your family. Step into this plan for encouragement in your parenting journey.

Your heart is that place deep inside where you live, laugh, cry, and experience things. And when your heart is sick or broken, it robs you of life. Yet God promises to heal your heart and set you free from the brokenness that holds you back. So join Berni Dymet and open God’s Word to discover the peace and strength that comes from living with a whole, undivided heart.

Join us as we take a look at how unstable a house can become when it’s divided. The Bible calls it like it is and says, “that house cannot stand.” What are you doing to keep your house stable?

Throughout the New Testament, Jesus shows compassion toward unlikely “sinners” who expressed great faith. Whether tax collectors, Roman centurions, or Samaritan women, Jesus repeatedly shows that he came to rescue people burdened with shame. During this plan, Bible teacher and author Kat Armstrong illustrates how these stories strengthen our understanding of God’s empathy and knowledge of how all types of people express beautiful faith in Jesus.

Matthew writes to God’s people and walks them on a journey that will take them from where they are to be Disciple Makers. This is 16 of 27 devotional plans walking us through the book of Matthew.  This portion talks about faith, and in many different ways. Watch how faith gets challenged, stretched, refined and exposed – then ask whether our faith matches theirs!

Choosing the straight and narrow path to follow the Lord is not always easy and requires work. This 6-day devotional models for parents how to teach your children to persevere, to exercise discipline, and to make choices which strengthen our walk with the Lord.

Tips and advice for incorporating valuable spiritual disciplines into your life! Each day’s reading offers scriptural wisdom and practical takeaways on topics such as prayer, wisdom, rest, worship, faithfulness, and character formation. Articles were selected from the 365 articles in the NIV Lifehacks Bible.

This devotional is taken from the book Living Waters which explores the story of the woman at the well in John 4. This nameless and sinful woman encountered Jesus and her life was never the same. One encounter with Jesus can transform your entire life and each day is an opportunity to encounter Him. No matter who you are or what your past looks like, God desires to meet with you.

How has God shown his love, or his power? The Jesus Bible showcases the ways in which God communicated with us, his creations, through Jesus Christ in both the Old and New Testaments. This 7-day reading plan illuminates the characteristics of God to help deepen your understanding and awe of his gifts. 

Relying on ourselves sounds good. After all, if we just get a little more organized, a little more patient, a little more spiritual, our lives will be better…. Right? In this week’s devotional, Christine Hoover reminds us why relying on ourselves leads us to bow to the false kings of anxiety, control, and self-indulgence. Only when we bring our whole hearts to the true King will we find true satisfaction.

YOU are brilliant- uniquely formed and divinely woven together with the ability to light up this world through goodness and kindness, bravery and resilience. Your shimmer is multi-faceted and potential uncontainable. Created with purpose, you were destined to shine. Over the next seven days, explore who God created you to be and awaken to a life defined by radical love, bold faith, and unstoppable hope.

We all have emotions that compete for control of our lives. And those emotions can get us in trouble when we let them be the boss of us. In this 7-day reading plan, Andy Stanley shares a scriptural “how-to” about saying no to destructive emotions. We need to monitor our hearts—not just our behavior—to prevent emotions like guilt, envy, fear, and anger from bossing us around.

Gratitude is a powerful key. How powerful? Powerful enough to give you a perspective on the past, impact your present, and add confidence about your future. In this plan you will discover the importance of being grateful not only to God, but also to your neighbor.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the iconic album Jesus Freak, read through this 8-day devotional tackling the themes that are just as relevant today as they were over two decades ago with songs such as "Colored People," "Jesus Freak," & "What If I Stumble?"

It is your HEART that makes you a winner, not your talent. Your heart determines the direction of your life, so protecting it is vital. People who understand this and possess The Winning Heart succeed in every aspect of life. Talent may bring opportunities, but only your heart can bring true victory. Join us on a journey to develop The Winning Heart.