Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 6:1

Do you want to love Jesus? Do you want to love Him more? This prayer is designed to help prepare and soften your heart to understand and receive His love for you and deepen your love for Him. It also can serve as a companion prayer to the "Jesus, I Want to Love You" series by Thistlebend.

This video plan shows you how you can be generous even if you aren't rich.

What motivates you to serve in your church? Have you considered your motivations recently? Is it the praise of man? Material gratification? Jealousy? Or even unbiblical teaching? While we can’t know the exact condition of a man’s heart, we do have biblical examples of men revealing the state of their hearts by their behavior. In this 4-Day study, we will study what the Bible says about our personal motivations.

Gratitude allows us to see God clearly through the deepest of struggles. In this Bible Reading Plan, we’ll discover 4 key areas that will help you see clearly if your gratitude is sincere or superficial.

God looks beyond what we do (even the good we do) to see our heart. He cares about our motives when we give, pray, fast… The heart of the issue, with God, is always the heart. He wants to guide us by our heart so we can make a radical difference for Him!

This five-day reading plan unpacks how humility relates to sports...and how God's Word teaches us to be humble in our daily lives.

A fasting experience will be different for each person who does one. No two fasts will be alike. Fasting with prayer should draw you closer to God. Your relationship with Him will deepen. As with many spiritual disciplines, you may encounter hidden forces that oppose you. This five-day plan will show you how others have encountered and dealt with these forces. Each plan day includes a short audio message.

1 dash of love + 1 heaping scoop of grace = life sweeter than pie. God uses the sweet and salty experiences of life to bake a beautiful story of grace, hope, and love. Learn to embrace His plan for you and find the courage to keep showing up with Eat. Pie. Love.

So many of us struggle with our phones and other various devices. The younger generation is known for it, but the truth is, pretty much everyone is obsessed with what takes place on the little screens. Why is this? What effect does it have on our lives? Is it actually bad?

What is a Prayer Warrior? Can prayer really hold that much power in your life? Having a powerful life for God can be as simple as daily talking to Him. Prayer is a key component to having a victorious Christian life. Discover the power that prayer can have in your life.

In 100 carefully selected passages from the Bible, you will discover who Jesus is and why he is so significant – even life-transforming. Through both Old and New Testament readings, you will discover why God sent Jesus, what Jesus taught, how he treated people, why he did miracles, the meaning of his death, the significance of his resurrection, and what the Bible says about his second coming.

Only God can change hearts and bring about life transformation, but we definitely play a part in the process. In An Alphabet for Change, Steve Hallblade provides 26 attributes and practices that we can all learn to mature in our lives. This reading plan will introduce you to the first five and hopefully encourage you to grow and deepen your relationship with Jesus.

People focus on our charisma, but God focuses on our character. Join David Villa as he compares these two concepts through the lens of scripture

At least once in your life, you’ve heard the story of the widow’s offering. The real question is: Have you really? Have you really paid attention to the details of what Jesus tells you about this unnamed woman from 2,000 years ago? As you properly study this widow’s amazing sacrifice, you will learn about the four principles of stewardship and how to apply them to your generosity journey.

Being in mission with Jesus can involve many activities (church planting, disciple-making, evangelism, etc.). It can take place in different places (large cities, small towns, remote rural villages). But amid that diversity of tasks and locations, there is one essential element for every all-in missional follower of Jesus: wholeness of heart. More important than the going and the doing is the being—being people with hearts of integrity, hearts with a singular loyalty, hearts that have been formed, reformed, and transformed by the Holy Spirit as he makes us more and more like Jesus.

Do you feel so busy that you barely have enough time to breathe? You are not alone. The 5-5-5 Method is a simple and practical method that eliminates the excuse that you’re too busy to spend time with God; because even the wealthiest, most influential, time-consumed individuals still have 15 minutes of spare time each day to prioritize what they love. And so do you. Do you love Jesus enough to spend 15 minutes of your day with Him? Click "Start Plan" now and learn how to spend time with God daily!

In this plan we will look at Jesus’ teaching on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount. Part five of eight in the "Jesus, I Want to Love You" Series, focusing on knowing and loving Jesus more. These plans can be done in any order. See also "Jesus, I Want to Love You" (companion prayer) by Thistlebend Ministries.

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 the fifth of 27 devotional plans walking us through the book of Matthew.  Jesus describes His Kingdom rules.  Jesus compares their understanding of Moses’ Law with true kingdom rules.  Let them reveal God’s heart to us. 

You raised your hand. You said a prayer, opened your heart to the Gospel for the first time. Maybe you heard the truth for the first time, or maybe you have known it for years and finally decided that it was time to take a step of faith. You are not alone, but NOW WHAT? This is a six-day devotional that will walk you through what to do next.

Your faith in God matters to God. And he’s committed to growing it. Big. Imagine how differently you would respond to difficulties, temptations, and even good things if you knew with certainty that God was in all of it and was planning to leverage it for good. In this reading plan, Andy Stanley builds a biblical case for five things God uses to grow BIG faith.

This 6-day reading plan is helpful to those who need a light nudge to share the good news and their gifts, those who need a reminder on how to fulfill God’s work, and those who want to start ministering. Need prayer? Call our prayer line at 719.635.1111.

God tells us that he has created every person with talents and abilities, but we must use them to his glory, not our own.

We all have a sense that prayer is important, but few of us are actually taught to pray. What does it mean to pray? How does one do it? Prayer shows up in stories and letters as a vital practice, but how do we actual do it well? This seven day plan will help you understand what prayer is and how to engage with this life-changing practice.

Do you feel like you’re stuck in a slump? Are you feeling burnt out as a leader? This 7-day leadership plan with excerpts from John C. Maxwell will help you hit the reset button on being a Godly leader. Reset your heart and refocus on being the best leader you can be through Christ. 

In the world that we live in, things are not as they should be. One might even say they are upside down. However, the good news is that Jesus came to turn this world right side up. What if our eyes were opened to the REALITY that the Kingdom of Heaven is in fact here?