Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Acts 15:12

They're just a handful of Latin words, yet somehow they carry massive implications for each of us and our churches. When we live in light of them, we experience a more fulfilled and fruitful Christian life. Read this five day devotional to discover how the five "Solas" of the Reformation continue to reform the Church.

The Essential 100® Bible Challenge is a simple tool to read through the Big Story of God's Word. The reading plan is based on 50 Old Testament and 50 New Testament passages. Continue with the sixteenth part "The Travels of Paul." ®Produced by American Bible Society in partnership with Scripture Union, Inc.

Christian leadership is radically different from any other leadership. With the church and community desperately needing godly leaders, this plan forms the fifth of seven biblical foundations for Christian leaders. "Faith" takes a biblical look at the issue of leadership vision and concludes that biblical leaders weren't necessarily visionaries, but they were full of faith. It explores how to discern and pursue "faith visions."

Every surfer knows the feeling of expanding their surfing experience. It takes many breakthroughs that can be costly but exhilarating. The book of Acts walks through the early history of Jesus’ followers after His resurrection. It’s filled with breakthroughs that God made for His people, giving freedom and life to you today. Make a breakthrough in your faith with this new plan by Brett Davis – founder of Christian Surfers!

God wants His miraculous power to be continually in evidence in our lives. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit so we could bring the good news to those around us, trusting God to confirm the gospel with signs and miracles to draw nonbelievers unto Himself. This devotional plan is based on Dr. T. L. Osborn’s book Miracles: Proof of God’s Love.

Great leaders understand how to lead through change. Leaders are agents of change used by God to bring about His purposes in the world. As a Christian leader, how can you faithfully and successfully lead change? Explore how the leaders of the early Church led through radical change and how you can learn from their example.

Explore the Book of Acts in a 6-day plan and uncover how the early Church's communal life, powered by the Holy Spirit, exemplified their mission. Experience the fusion of 'being' and 'doing' in faith, learning from their togetherness and unity in diversity for a richer, more integrated Christian journey today.

Explore the Book of Acts in a 6-day plan and learn from the apostles' humility, character, and self-sacrifice, reflecting Jesus’ call for leaders to first and foremost be servants. Amidst modern challenges of leadership in the church, this plan offers biblical insights into nurturing communities and advancing God’s mission, inspiring Christlike leadership today.

The message of the Gospel contains such power in it that becomes an unstoppable force. Join the apostles in the fulfillment of the Great Commission. The struggles and opposition they faced are no different from the ones we encounter today. Learn from them, be inspired and filled with the power of the Holy Spirit to become an ambassador of the Kingdom of God–be unstoppable!

The Book of Acts, also called "The Acts of the Apostles," is the companion volume to the Gospel of Luke. This reading plan explores the major concepts that Luke addressed as he unfolded the unhindered spread of the gospel of God's kingdom in the days of the early church.

The world will throw so many obstacles to gratitude in our path that we often trip over them and feel defeated, but God has given us His Word to encourage, instruct, and guide us around such obstacles! Our prayer is that this plan will bless and encourage you as you strive to be thankful every day.

In this men's devotional, we journey through the Book of Acts, hitting on its major themes as we see God's great power at work in His Church through the power of His Spirit. Written by J.R. Hudberg.

Some Christians delight in the subject of spiritual gifts, while others get nervous. Nobody wants to be weird, but nobody wants to miss out on what God has in mind for his church either. The apostle Paul wrote, “Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed” (1 Cor. 12:1). This nine-day reading plan is a “tour” of the nine gifts he listed later in that chapter. Each day gives a brief definition, an example from the early (first-century) church, and then a second example from here and now in our time. 

Is it important to be part of a church if you believe in Jesus? What does Scripture say about the body of Christ? This 9-day study helps us to understand what the Bible teaches about the church and its significance for Christians today and throughout history.

In these days of anger and fear, danger and division, turmoil and terrorism, what would happen if everyone hit life’s pause button and made time to listen to what God has to say? Let’s find out.

We all know that we should read our Bible, pray, and be the church, but what if we actually started doing that? Zúme Accountability Groups are small groups of 2 to 4 people that don’t just want to be hearers of the word, but doers! If you want simple and practical “HOW TO” steps to be and do what Jesus called, commanded, and created us for then start this plan. 

This plan looks at how God's story in scripture offers a compelling case for what he desires to emerge from the turbulent stress of this season. He hasn't been silent or intimidated by recent, emotionally-depleting world events. He's as close to you as always, working to draw you into the very desire of his heart. Written by Brad Russell, Lead Pastor, Dulles Community Church.

Learn the way the Holy Spirit operates in the lives of believers through spiritual gifts. Then, explore the nine gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12, with biblical examples and contemporary applications. These are not the only gifts God gives His people. But they are vital to understand and activate, according to His leading, for the fulfillment of the Great Commission in an outpouring of His love, grace, and power.

In this series we dive into ‘The Gentile Pentecost’ - the second great outpouring of the Spirit carefully narrated by Luke in Acts 8-15.

(Part two of a four part journey through the Books of Acts.) Even in (and especially in?) hard times, God is present and is working to build His Church. We can find encouragement in this. When circumstances force us to pivot, we don’t have to lose heart - God is with us.

An exciting look at the birth of the early church, through the eyes of Luke, the author of the gospel of Luke. This series combines video clips from the movie, The Book of Acts, with thought-provoking questions for reflection, discussion and practical life application.

The book of Acts shows us how God used the disciples in the days after Jesus’ ascension to impact the world with the power of the Gospel message. We hope as you read, you’ll realize we are also called to be witnesses to the gospel of Jesus Christ and empowered with the Holy Spirit to go into this world.

The book of Acts reveals the power of God at work through the Apostles and other individuals who would turn the world upside down with the Christian movement. This study will help you understand the importance of the Holy Spirit at work in your life and recognize that God’s children can do the extraordinary work of Jesus Christ when yielded to his will and power.

This plan will guide you in reading the Book of Acts (of the Apostles) and give you opportunity to hear what God is speaking to you personally. We are looking forward to reading and hearing this together with our church. 

You’ve heard of the domino effect, right? The term is used to describe when one event sets off a chain reaction of other events.. Is your life, your choices and your commitments creating a domino line? Our mission and call as believers in Jesus is to continue to build our domino line so generation after generation will be able to proclaim the name of Jesus.