Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Luke 1:51

The devotion helps the reader to understand the importance of Christmas, the context of the first Christmas and how it transforms the lives of people.

How can you rise above fear, depression, and anxiety as a new or expecting mom? Join Temi Michael-O as she shares how Mary, the mother of Jesus, modeled how to take charge of spiritual and emotional wellness in the perinatal period.

There are some incredible women weaved into the Christmas Story. What can we learn from them? Moments for Mums: Encouragement for mums in the midst of the beautiful mess of parenting and life. Presented by MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) Australia.

God’s Word teaches us the importance of praise and thankfulness regardless of our circumstances. In this three-day study, Kristy Graham, host of the podcast On the Ground with Samaritan’s Purse, dives into Scripture to look at how believers are called to live a life filled with gratitude even in the midst of the pain, challenges, or heartache you are facing.

How do we experience Emmanuel, God with us, beyond the Christmas season? In this 3-day plan, discover within the Christmas story a truth that will impact you beyond a celebration just once a year.

Have you ever sat in front of your oven waiting for a frozen pizza to finish cooking?... Then you know what it’s like to wait in anticipation for something you want. Well here's some Good News you don’t have to wait for: Jesus is born! God has saved the world from sin! And guess what? He’s coming back again!

One of the most common forms of communication God used in biblical times was symbolism in dreams and visions. In this devotional, we will learn how to discern and share God’s messages with wisdom as we delve deeper into interpreting the divine messages behind God-given dreams.

Prepare your heart for Christmas with guided prayers and meditations that walk through the three Christmas songs of the Gospel of Luke: Mary’s song, Zechariah’s song, and the Angels’ song. Each guided prayer flows through a series of verses followed by a prayerful meditation to make your own.

The Christmas story is the story of how God intervened in history through the birth of Jesus. The lives of Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds were utterly changed by this event. They found hope, love, peace, and joy; join the team from Vertical Worship as we remember together how, through Jesus, we can find these too. 

Tony Evans gives you a book summary for each of the Gospels in this four-day reading plan, helping you to gain a broader understanding of this important section of the Bible. 

The aim of this devotion is to help you put a little bit of "Awe and Wonder" back into your celebration as you contemplate and celebrate the birth of Jesus from a child-like faith. During this special time of Christmas celebration, may you prepare your heart to prepare Jesus even more room all year through.

As Christians in the workplace, we are called to creative discipleship—a lifelong learning about our context and discerning God's Word within it. But we cannot be creative disciples alone. Through this four-day devotional, join hands across time with Daniel, an exile in Babylon who persevered in a challenging workplace, navigated difficult relationships, and discovered the power of fellowship and prayer.

This 4-day Bible plan is a tool you can use to help you in your daily decision to follow Jesus. Each day, you’re provided with a scripture to meditate on, a story from the Bible that illustrates the Scriptures implications, and a few reflection questions so you can apply its wisdom to your life.

Celebrate the wonders of Christmas and explore Jesus's genealogy with Christian Mommas.

Game systems… new clothes… snacks that are honestly kind of gross but we eat them because it’s tradition… We are talking about GIFTS! Over the next few days, we will be focusing in on the greatest gift we could ever hope to receive: the Savior of the world… Jesus!

Christmas isn’t the destination of Advent – it's just the beginning. In collaboration with Compassion UK, Sammy Jabangwe shares a short devotional series which looks at the magnitude of God’s love shown through Jesus Christ. You'll get to see how God’s love creates, God’s love saves, and how God’s love leads as he calls us to share his love with others in all sorts of ways. This Advent, we invite you to consider: where will God’s love lead you?

Every good story has a plot twist—an unexpected moment that changes everything. One of the biggest plot twists in the Bible is the Christmas story. Over the next five days, we’ll explore how this one event changed the world and how it can change your life today.

These five mysteries focus on the incarnation of Jesus and the characters involved in His early life of earth. Reflecting on these stories allows us to dig deeper into the great mystery involved in how an experience of Christ can bring joy which is transformative to our very lives. These mysteries are meditated upon when people pray with the Rosary and as such it is suggested to pray some form of repetitive prayer as a tool to aid your meditation.

Most Christmas stories begin with the cry of a baby in a manger, but for this story will begin three months earlier in a small mountain village just south of Jerusalem near the town of Hebron.  The story will begin as you watch a young, tired, and very pregnant girl walking up the road to the house of Elizabeth and Zechariah.  That’s where you will begin your journey to Bethlehem with Mary and Joseph.

The most important moment in the history of the world was when Jesus, the Light of the World, became flesh to dwell among us.  Angels announced his arrival, poems were written, shepherds ran and Mary sang! Come with us on a five-day journey as we examine His light, how it inspired those around Him and how it impacts us today.

Let's face it - the season of Advent, the final four weeks leading up to Christmas Day - is oftentimes the busiest, most stressful time of the year for women. But this is not at all what God intended. The Lord intended for these weeks of joy, love, hope, and peace to bring just those beautiful things to the hearts of women everywhere. Rediscover that reality through this 5 day reading plan.

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 eleventh part "The Living Word." ®Produced by American Bible Society in partnership with Scripture Union, Inc.

We hate to admit it, but after years of reading the same story of Christmas, we get a little bored—we lose some of the awe that we had the first time. That's why The Characters of Christmas was written, to give you a fresh look at the Christmas story by getting to know the characters that played a part in Jesus' birth and restore awe to the Christmas story.

Watch this devotional plan to find out what you can do when the Christmas season isn't so happy and merry.

God cannot be known as we know a machine, an idea, or a tree, which we are able to “objectify.” He is truly known only in relationship. In the contemplative tradition, Richard Rohr describes how we can come to know God through relationship—by joining in a “dance” of holiness and love with the Father, Son, and Spirit—through which we are transformed, pray meaningfully, and serve others in love.