Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 16:22

Knowing what we want and pursuing our goals is not a bad thing, provided we walk in the light of God’s Word. While some people take steps in the right direction and become achievers, there are others who start out trying to make a statement and end up becoming a full stop. Gratifying our carnal inclinations brings us into conflict with our spirits. The choices we make lead to death or to life.

3 biblical tips to jump-start your management career.

God wants us to share his redemption invitation with others. Still, many people find it difficult to know what to say, especially when the invitation comes with social baggage and difficult realities about ourselves. This plan will help you understand the true meaning of Jesus’s invitation to follow him. You will also learn the most practical way to spread the Good News through conversation.

Moms are constantly trying to do all the things while keeping themselves from losing their minds. Often, the things that matter most fall by the wayside. That adds up to a lot of pressure, stress, and mom guilt that threatens to steal your joy. This 4-day devotional will show you how to glorify God in your home while working so you can experience the peace and joy that God designed.

Marriage is your closest earthly relationship, which is why it’s so painful when you don’t feel connected with your spouse. If you have felt misunderstood in your marriage, learn biblical ways to deal with this painful experience that will draw you closer to God, grow your faith, and grow your marriage.

What does servant leadership look like at work? This 5-day devotional includes real-life examples from servant leaders at work, as well as reflection questions, scripture and prayer to help you improve your leadership.

All of Christianity rests on this one single truth – Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. Because He lives, you can count yourself fully alive to God, no longer mastered by sin, but living through the power of grace.

This Life.Church Bible Plan is a study of 1 Peter to accompany Pastor Craig Groeschel’s series, Different. In this world, you’ll have struggles. You’ll face opposition. You’ll be challenged. And there’s a reason for that: this world is not your home. So answer hate with love, find joy in the midst of trials, and rely on a strength beyond yourself. You’re meant to be … different .

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 . 

One way to understand what God wants to do through us by the power of the Holy Spirit is to take a closer look at what He did through Jesus’ disciples by the power of the same Holy Spirit. Take Peter, for instance, the first apostle to speak up at Pentecost. His life is a case study for the kind of radical transformation the Holy Spirit brings about in people who put their faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.  

In a defensive and divided era, how can followers of Jesus reveal a better way of living, one that loves others as God loves us? How can Christians be the kind of people who are known, as Proverbs puts it, to "turn away wrath"?

Do you sometimes find it hard to pray? Not sure what God's will is on a particular issue? I'd like to lead you in 5 powerful prayers centered around scriptures from the Bible that you can use word-for-word to spark your own prayer time and push you into purpose! Prayers that are rooted in Scripture are guaranteed to be aligned with the heart of God.

We must return to Jesus’ words to find our focus and purpose. Using parables and stories, Jesus spoke of the kingdom, but many Christians don’t have a working knowledge of the kingdom and their citizenship in a way that affects their daily lives. Join Christine Hoover in this 5-day study, cut through life’s clutter with Jesus’ words, and reorient yourself around the kingdom and the King who gives abundant life.

We have all failed in various ways at one point or another. Failure is not something you can always avoid. It can happen in relationships, where you work, and in everyday life. How we respond to it can help us move forward. This devotion seeks to help those who have failed and how to overcome it.

What do you do when it feels like God isn’t there—when the state of the world, our own suffering, or the struggles of those we know suggest that God is absent? In this devotional plan, Adam Mabry examines the art of lament—how to cry out to God in desperation from a place of faith and hope. He encourages readers to trust God even in times of darkness and doubt.

What do Christians believe? Division and controversy seem to be rampant today, but for 2,000 years, Christ-followers have been unified in belief. The oldest confession of faith, the Apostles’ Creed, reminds and teaches us what we believe. In this reading plan, take a fresh look at the Apostles Creed, discovering the major beliefs of Christianity and how the Creed prepares us to share what we believe.

Mountains are one of God’s favorite places to meet with his people. From the Mount of Creation in Genesis 1 to the Mount of the Great Commission in Matthew 28, mountains regularly serve as holy ground for connecting with God. During this plan, Bible teacher and author Kat Armstrong guides readers through five mountaintop Bible stories. Watch as God reveals His character and invites His children to enjoy His presence.

What if you never expected miraculous healing was possible but were surprised when it actually happened? What if you found out that, all along, the Bible had principles for healing prayer that you could apply to your life for restoring body, mind, and spirit? Discover why healing prayer is God’s idea—and one of the greatest activities in which Christians can participate with God to fulfill His purposes.

The enemy seeks to steal, kill and destroy. Learn how to recognize his tactics, prepare for battle, and walk confidently with God. All Scripture cited NKJV unless otherwise noted.

Sometimes the line between fear and faith is razor thin. A moment, a decision, or a split-second choice can demonstrate whether we are living in fear or acting in faith. In the midst of difficulty, how do we ensure our faith remains in God and no other source? This devotional covers how to remain in faith or return if we’ve left.

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 is the seventh in a series of 5-day plans that uses the Lord’s Prayer to show how Jesus invites us to approach life and the future.

Conventional wisdom tells us that freedom means gaining control. But Biblical Wisdom tells us that there’s freedom in the most unlikely circumstances—in losing ourselves, in letting go, in following rules, in slowing down, and in serving others. How can there be freedom in those? Discover the answer here.

Entrusted leadership and influence is motivated to serve out of humility and gratitude for the gifts given to us by Christ. Entitled leadership and influence is motivated by rewards and status that come from position or title. In these devotionals, Donna Pisani encourages women to discover and use the God-given gifting they have been entrusted with.

When you serve more, you take less. When you give more, you need less. When you thank more, you want less. When there’s more of God, you’re selfless. If you’re ready for more of God, start this new Life.Church Bible Plan to accompany Pastor Craig Groeschel’s series, Selfless. 

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 17 of 27 devotional plans walking us through the book of Matthew.  There are many aspects to revelation. Here in this Bible plan we look at some of them. Sometimes they are simple. Other times they are profound and life-changing.