In this 7-Day video Plan, Kevin Olusola from Pentatonix shares how Jesus’ arrival paved the way for all things to become new. So if you’re looking for rest or longing for change—discover what new thing God wants to do in you. Come for some encouragement, and stay for Kevin’s exclusive musical performances.

All Things New With Kevin Olusola of Pentatonix

Whether you’re experiencing the loss of a friendship, a broken dream, or a breakup—experiencing heartbreak can be confusing and challenging. In this 7-Day Bible Plan, you’ll learn how to tend to your broken heart God’s way. 

Near to the Brokenhearted: How to Heal From Heartbreak God’s Way

We’re living in an unprecedented time because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Where do we find hope and “good news” in the middle of a continual stream of bad news? For followers of Jesus, there is always Good News. In this 7-day Plan, we’ll dive into some promises we find in our good God and the faith we’ll need to stand on them. 

Good News: Encouragement for a World in Crisis

“Who is God?” “What is sin?” “Who is the Holy Spirit?” These questions are foundational to the Christian faith. So grab some friends and, in this 5-day Plan, take a closer look at what Scripture tells us about the foundations of our faith.

Foundations of Faith

If you’re alive, then you’ve probably struggled with worry. Some people worry a lot, while others occasionally allow things to preoccupy our thoughts. No matter how often or how little, it’s wise for us to learn how to navigate this monster that we allow to steal our peace and hijack our faith. This 4-day Plan will help you do just that. 

How to Stop Worrying

Throughout the Bible, we're called to “be thankful” and “give thanks.” Why? Because we have a lot to be grateful for! We won't become thankful by accident, but with an intentional habit of gratitude, we'll become even better versions of ourselves as we follow Jesus.

How to Be Grateful for Your Life

Facing difficult situations in our lives is inevitable. But in this short 4-day Plan, we’ll be encouraged knowing we are not alone, that God has a purpose for our pain, and that He will use it for His greater purpose.

Going Through Hard Times

Holy Week: 7 days set apart for reflecting on Jesus’ death and resurrection. But what did Jesus spend the week before His death doing? In this 7-day Plan, journey through Holy Week and discover the significance in some of the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion.

Journey Through Holy Week

Journey through the 260 chapters of the New Testament over the next 90 days. From the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, all the way to the final book of Revelation, God will speak to you throughout the teachings of those who were transformed by our Savior. 

The New Testament in 90 Days

Dreaming of a fresh start? On the verge of a new season? In this 7-day Prayer Plan, prepare for the future God has for you by intentionally seeking His heart. Discover what breakthrough can happen when you draw near to God and make space for Him to draw near to you. 

Prayers for a Fresh Start

The world’s peace is different from God’s peace. Worldly peace is temporary and dependent upon circumstances. God’s peace offers a permanent solution, which is salvation through Jesus and His presence in our lives. In this Plan, we’ll dive into what God’s peace truly means and how we can experience it in our lives.

Experiencing God's Peace

In Isaiah 9:6, we see that Jesus is our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. In this 5-Day Plan, we'll celebrate the arrival of Jesus by learning about His different names, and how they apply to our lives today.

Unto Us: Celebrating the Arrival of Jesus

Grief is a human experience and no one is immune to it. We grieve when we lose someone or a dream dies. It can strike at any point and is often when we least expect it. We’ll dive into understanding grief and learn how to process the different kinds we’ll go through. Join in on the 5-day Plan so that you can get through your grief in a healthy way. 

Grieving With Hope 

Does life feel out of control? In a volatile world filled with political, economic, and social uncertainty, how do you fight anxiety and fear? How do you live courageously and hold onto hope? In this 5-day Plan, discover 3 biblical ways to find courage in the face of uncertainty, and learn how to incorporate them into your daily routine.

Dealing with Uncertainty

When the word prayer comes to our minds, we probably have a picture of what that looks like. Regardless of your background, you probably have some prior experience with the concept of prayer. In this 7-day plan, we’ll dive deeper into what prayer looks like and how we can incorporate practices that will help us begin an ongoing conversation with God that will last our entire lives.


A 7-Day Guide To Prayer

The Bible has a lot to say about how we grow our faith and be fully devoted to Jesus. As He transforms us from the inside out, He invites us to be a part of the process. In this 4-Day Bible Plan, we’ll dive into what it means to follow Him daily and live a Christ-centered life. 

Growing Your Faith

Every day has the potential to introduce complex new challenges into our lives. But it’s equally likely that each new day will gift us with exciting new opportunities. In this seven-day devotional, staff members at YouVersion help you apply truths from God’s Word to whatever you’re facing today. Each day’s devotional includes a Verse Image to help you share what God is speaking to you.

7 Things The Bible Says About Anxiety

If you ever wonder what it means to really follow Jesus, you’re not alone. We tend to make this harder than it is. In this short Plan, we will learn how Jesus calls us to follow Him, and His heart behind making such a bold request. 


What Does It Mean to Follow Jesus?

Who are you? This question often receives a reply that states something we do. Yet, our identity comes from who God says we are—not what we do, and certainly not who others say we are. Knowing who we are as Christ followers is essential in our walk with Jesus. When we know who we are, we’ll know what to do. 

Who I Am In Christ

When darkness surrounds you, how should you respond? For the next 3 days, immerse yourself in the Easter story and discover how to hold onto hope when you feel forsaken, alone, or unworthy.

Living Hope: A Countdown to Easter

While Jesus walked on earth, He performed more miracles than we’ll know about. He healed the sick, brought people back to life, and did unimaginable acts that left onlookers speechless. In this Plan, we’ll learn about five miracles Jesus performed and the truths from them that we can apply to our lives.

The Miracles of Jesus

In a world where so much division and tension exists, we’d all be better off if we learned to love others—even if it’s inconvenient or uncomfortable. In this 4-day plan, we’ll discuss who our neighbors are and how to love them. 


How to Love Your Neighbors

The pressure to parent perfectly keeps a lot of us awake at night. We think we have to be the best parent, and we may find ourselves nervous that we’ll ruin our children. Thankfully, God is our Heavenly Father, and He’ll guide us as we parent on earth. In this 6-day Plan, we’ll address some valuable things we can implement as we parent our children.

Imperfect Parenting

Everyone makes mistakes. But most people don’t like to call their mistakes “sins,” even though that’s what they are. In this Plan, we’ll learn what sin is, why we do it, and how we can choose to live differently. We can stand on the hope that no matter what we’ve done in our lives, there is no sin we can commit that God won’t forgive.

Freedom From Sin

What is God’s will? We’ve all wondered that at some point in our lives. Sometimes while we wait to know what it is, we find ourselves paralyzed. The Bible is our guide to understanding more about this topic. We’ll discuss different aspects of God’s will over this five-day Plan.

How Do I Know God’s Will?

Many of us see wisdom as something more experienced people have. But, we really can have it no matter how long we’ve lived. This 5-day Plan will give you insight into what godly wisdom actually is and how to gain it. 

Gaining Godly Wisdom

We can easily fall into believing things about God that aren’t true. At times, we see things on social media or the news that make us question Him. So, what is true about God? Does He know what He's doing? Is He really loving and kind, even when things don't seem to be going well? In this 4-Day Bible Plan, let’s learn how we can know God’s heart together.

Knowing God’s Heart

The Apostle Paul wrote that out of everything in life, three things remain: faith, hope, and love. What do these actually mean for us as followers of Jesus, and how do we live them out? In this 4-day Plan, we’ll learn more about these attributes, and understand how to live a life where we daily exercise faith, hope, and love.

Faith, Hope, & Love

If you’re a pastor or church leader, Easter weekend can be one of the most rewarding—yet challenging—times of the year. But you don’t have to face those challenges alone. Spend the next 5 days preparing to minister to others by creating space for God to minister to you. Discover 5 ways to get ready for Easter in this YouVersion Original Plan for people in ministry.  

Preparing for Easter: 5 Ways Church Leaders Can Rest and Refocus

A strong and healthy marriage doesn’t happen accidentally. Being intentional is key to having the marriage we’ve always dreamed of. In this 5-day Plan, we’ll dive into many different topics that will help you begin the process of being intentional with your spouse so that your marriage can be what you’ve always desired it to be.

Being Intentional In Your Marriage

All of us need some type of healing in our lives. We might have a physical illness, emotional trauma, mental distress, or spiritual burden that we keep battling—even after years of praying it away. In this Plan, we’ll find hope and encouragement as we learn about a variety of ways that Jesus healed people.

Healed by Jesus 

If we choose to follow Christ, we’re engaged in spiritual warfare. It’s unseen and often undetected, but just because we can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s nonexistent. Our spiritual enemy desires to disrupt our lives so we’ll live miserably. In this 5-day Plan, learn how to find victory by relying on God’s strength because it’s available. We just have to begin using it.

What is Spiritual Warfare?

All of us need forgiveness. But too often we treat forgiveness like it’s optional, when in reality, it’s a prerequisite to grow in our faith. In this 5-day Plan, we’ll discover hope and truth from different biblical accounts about forgiveness as we receive it for ourselves and extend it to others.

Why Is It So Hard to Forgive?

There’s something special about Christmas that tends to bring out the best in all of us. We’re usually kinder, more generous, and spend more time with those we love. But what if it didn’t have to end in December? What if we could celebrate Christmas every day?

Merry & Bright: Celebrating Christmas Every Day

Workaholism and constant busyness are often applauded in our world, and it can be a challenge to rest. In order to execute our roles and plans effectively, we must learn to rest or we will have nothing left to contribute to those we love and to the goals we’ve set. Let’s spend the next five days learning about rest and how we can incorporate what we've learned into our lives.

Making Time To Rest

When suffering feels suffocating, when hurt blinds us, when grief tries to destroy us—what hope does Scripture provide us? In this 5-day Plan, explore what the book of Romans has to say about suffering, and discover hope rooted in God’s Word.

What does Romans say about suffering?

God’s Holy Spirit develops and displays His Fruit in us when we give our lives to God. When we follow Him, He begins to do in and through us what only He can do: make us like Jesus. In this Plan, we’ll dive into each aspect of the Fruit of the Spirit as well as learn how to live our lives led by Him.

The Fruit Of The Spirit 

If you find yourself constantly struggling with worry and anxiety, this Bible Plan is for you. There will not be a quick formula that guarantees 100% peace nor will everything related to anxiety be addressed. However, the principles contained in this Plan offer pathways toward victory when they are lived out. You’re invited to begin this journey from anxiety to peace.

From Anxiety to Peace 

As Christ followers, we have a new life in Christ. But, what does that mean? In this Bible Plan, you’ll learn what a new life in Christ is, how to root out the junk by planting in Christlike qualities, and how to say and do everything as if we were doing it for Christ Himself.

New Life In Christ

With eight billion people living in the world, there’s no one who will completely agree with you on everything. Our viewpoint on social injustices, politics, current events, and religion is uniquely ours. But even in our differences, we can and should find common ground. In this 5-day Plan, you’ll learn how to love, respect, and empathize with people by speaking truth with grace and gentleness.

How To Love People You Disagree With

Overcoming difficult seasons can feel impossible when you’re going through them. But thankfully, God is able to do more than what we ask or imagine. In this 4-day plan, discover how God can redeem your pain and disappointment and give it purpose.

Overcomer: Finding Strength in Hard Seasons

When we become followers of Jesus, we begin a lifelong journey of growth. A part of growing in our faith is learning how to share the good news about Jesus with other people. In this 5-day Plan, we’ll learn how to share the hope and peace we have in Christ—and how that could change someone's life!

Sharing Your Faith

Our hearts are postured to worship. As Christ followers, we were created by God to worship Him. But we tend to offer our adoration and allegiance to people and things other than Him. Come along with us on this journey as we dive into what worship is and how we can learn to live a lifestyle that puts God as the top priority in our lives.

What Does It Mean To Worship?

Lent: a 40-day season of reflection and repentance. It’s a nice thought, but what does practicing Lent actually look like? Over the next 7 days, discover five spiritual habits you can start doing during Lent to help you prepare your heart for Resurrection Sunday—and beyond.

Make Space for What Matters: 5 Spiritual Habits for Lent

Do you ever feel like you have little control over the thoughts in your head? Most of us struggle with negativity, worry, and other toxic thoughts. In this 5-day Bible Plan, we’ll learn how to overhaul toxic thoughts, reset our minds, and focus our thinking on Christ. 

Reset Your Mind: Overhauling Toxic Thoughts

Generous living isn’t just about the acts we do—it’s a heart we allow God to cultivate within us. It is a journey of the heart and seeing everything we have as a gift from God. In this Bible Plan, we’ll discover that generous living goes way beyond our personal finances— it’s an others-focused lifestyle we live. 


7 Days To Becoming A More Generous Person

In uncertain times, our go-to mindset is fear. It seems to soothe us when we continually let ourselves go down fear-filled, “what-if” roads. As followers of Jesus, we can battle this. We don’t have to let fear win. This Plan is filled with practical tips as you take steps to win the battle fear is waging.

How to Battle Fear

Been dealing with disappointment? None of us are exempt from experiencing it. No matter who we are, we’ll all walk through times when we didn’t get what we wanted. So, what do we do with our disappointments? Is it wrong for us to feel this way? In this 4-Day Bible Plan, we’ll look at how we define, accept, process, and use our disappointments for good.

When Disappointment Strikes

Let’s be honest: we know it’s a good idea to read the Bible, but it’s pretty difficult to even know where to start. Over the next four days, we’ll learn about why the Bible’s important, how to start a daily reading habit, and how it applies to our lives today. 

How to Start Reading the Bible

Christmas is supposed to be a season of joy –– but what exactly is joy and how do you choose it when the world is filled with hurt and hardship? Discover what “joy to the world” really means by immersing yourself in the Christmas story with this special, 7-day Christmas Plan. 

Joy: A Countdown to Christmas

Normal means that we uphold a popular standard, yet earth is filled with billions of people who are unique and diverse. Often, normal is the preferred place to “live,” but truly, it’s not always healthy. In this Plan, we’ll study God’s Word about how to go beyond normal living and make changes so that we can live better than normal.

Better Than Normal

No matter where you look, it seems there’s enough to make you worry. Whether it’s information from news channels sharing the latest updates or friends and family members sharing their fears, it’s easy to let ourselves focus on frightening circumstances. It’s in these challenging times that we have to renew our minds with God’s truth. This 10-day Plan will help you pray God's truth over your heart, mind, and soul. 

Praying God's Truth Over My Fears

God never intended for us to live life alone. In order to be more like Him, we need other Christ followers around us. Whether you have an incredible community around you or haven’t found it yet, this Plan will encourage you to go deeper with the people you do life with and learn how we can be better together.


Better Together: Seeking God With Others

Empathy allows us to perceive the needs of others, and bring hope and relief into their lives. Often, we can struggle with how to display empathy. Fortunately, we have a great example: in this Plan. We’ll look at what the Bible has to say about empathy, and how we can grow in ours in order to be the hands and feet of Jesus.

Showing Empathy

God’s Spirit is with you the moment you accept Jesus. But what is the Holy Spirit’s purpose, character, and relationship with us? In this Bible Plan, let’s explore 5 common questions about the Holy Spirit, and learn more about who He is and what He does.

All About the Holy Spirit

As Christ followers, we all prefer mountaintop experiences in our faith. But, it’s usually in the spiritual valleys where we learn and grow, and where our faith expands. After reading this 5-day Plan, you’ll have the insight to handle these spiritual bleak times with grace and hope and be encouraged that God is working in them even if you don’t feel it. 

Walking Through Spiritual Valleys 

We’ve all had questions about God—some have been answered and some haven’t. The truth we learn from the Bible will help us find answers to many of our questions. For the answers we just don’t get or the questions that are left unanswered, let’s let them drive us to pursue God more.

When You Don't Understand God

Since the beginning of time, God’s Word has actively restored hearts and minds—and God’s not finished yet. In this special 7-day Plan, let’s celebrate the life-transforming power of Scripture by taking a closer look at how God is using the Bible to impact history and change lives around the world.

The Bible is Alive

You hear people talk about their gifts, and you see certain people doing things that seem so natural to them. But what about you? You may ask, “What are my spiritual gifts?” In this 4-day Plan, you’ll learn about different spiritual gifts, how to discover yours and the ultimate motivation that must propel you when to use them.

What Are Spiritual Gifts?

Sometimes the Old Testament can be confusing to understand, but it’s packed with stories full of applicable wisdom. In this 5-day Plan, we’ll dive into stories from the Old Testament—some more well-known than others—and find new insights that will challenge us and build our faith.

Wisdom From Old Testament Stories 

Raising kids is tough, even in the best of circumstances. In this seven-day devotional, real-world parents — who also happen to be staff members at YouVersion — share how they apply principles from God’s Word to this important aspect of their lives. Each day’s devotional includes a Verse Image you can use to help you share your own journey.

7 Things The Bible Says About Parenting

Financial anxiety occurs in our lives when we’re uneasy, nervous, fearful, or distressed about our finances. God doesn’t want us to live financially restless or afraid. In this 5-day Plan, we’ll explore what the Bible has to say about our finances, and discover practical steps for moving forward.

Anxious About Money

Study after study tells us that rest is critical for our physical, mental, and emotional health. Rest matters so much to God that He even made it one of His commandments. We know we should rest—so why don’t we? In this simple 5-day Plan, we’ll look at why, when, where, and how we should rest, and even with whom.

Finding Rest

Most of us are overworked and utterly exhausted, so the concept of Sabbath could not be more important. To honor the Sabbath means to “keep it holy,” and holy simply means “set apart.” Our Sabbath should look different than the other six days of our week. In this Plan, we’ll discuss what it is, what it isn’t, how it looks today, and finding our true rest in Jesus. 

Understanding the Sabbath

Because attendance typically surges on the Sunday that Christians celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection, Easter weekend represents one of the most rewarding — and challenging — times of the year for church leaders. We created this audio YouVersion Rest Plan to help church staff celebrate all that God did, rest from the work that went into preparing and executing, and reset for the ministry still to come.


Reset After Easter: A YouVersion Rest Plan for Pastors

The Bible says that when you find a spouse, you’ve found a good thing. How do you make that feeling last? And can you continue growing closer? What does it take for a godly marriage to fulfill its promise? In this seven-day devotional from YouVersion, staff members share their answers to these questions and more. Each day includes a Verse Image you can share to honor your spouse.

7 Things The Bible Says About Marriage

If you’ve ever had questions about the Bible, you’re in good company! We've all been there. Sometimes, parts of the Bible can be really confusing. In this Bible Plan, we'll discuss some of the passages that can be hard to understand and learn some helpful tips for exploring Scripture.

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