Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to 1 Thessalonians 5:22

Have you ever noticed when listening to jazz that certain chords feel peaceful, while others feel out of balance? In musical theory, these feelings are associated with tension and resolve. Understanding tension and resolve are essential to music and life. These guided audio meditations will help you better understand the cycles of tension and resolve in your life and even your walk with God.

Is there some part of you that still feels unfinished? Like that one piece missing from the puzzle box, do you long for completed restoration? These guided audio meditations begin with a reflection on patiently waiting on God to complete you. Your second meditation will help you patiently wait with a sense of awe and wonder. Finally, a peaceful reflection as you question and wait for final restoration.

How dedicated is your life? Do you long to see people of every race, nation, and social status receiving heaven’s blessed gift of salvation? Meditate on God's Word during this short three-day devotional, and ask our Lord to make you more spiritually usable for His purposes.

Do you enjoy reading Revelation or do you find the images it describes rather frightening? In this reading plan, we look at prophecies and the treasures of Revelation and why they are also a reason for you to rejoice today.

How do I live with a spouse who does not believe in God? That question is not unusual in our world today, and couples who face this situation encounter many problems. Without the common foundation of faith in Christ, marriage is unbalanced. In this plan, Dr. Kim Kimberling helps you know what to do when your marriage is unequally yoked.

This plan will explore what the letter of 1 Thessalonians teaches us in four major areas. 1) WHO GOD IS: God’s character and nature 2) WHO WE ARE: the identity of humanity and/or believers 3) WHAT WE BELIEVE: core Christian doctrines 4) HOW WE LIVE: putting faith into action

During Advent, not only do we anticipate an event that has already taken place – Jesus’s first coming – but we also look forward to and anticipate his second coming! In this plan, designed to be used during any of the days of the Advent season, we will reflect on 1 Thessalonians as we prepare our hearts to celebrate Christmas.

Advent invites us to journey through the darkness to discover the light, the incarnate Word of God who "shines in the darkness" (John 1:5). This plan focuses upon the weekly themes of Advent—hope, peace, joy, and love—and serves as a guide through each week of the season. It is taken from our book, Dawn, with reflections for every day of Advent available within the Dwell Bible App.

In this two-part reading plan, Dr. Kim takes everyday ‘traffic signs’ that we all encounter and applies them to growing your marriage relationship.

The same way winning a marathon requires a high level of physical fitness, we must be spiritually fit in order to run well the life God has set before us. Over the next 5 days, you’ll be conditioned to run this race to win. We’ll face the hurdle of hopelessness head on. We’ll discover how to stay encouraged and keep our fires burning for God no matter what challenges await.

Life always feels more joyful, more manageable, when we approach our days with a thankful heart. In Christ, we always have reason for praise.

Welcome to God's family! He has taken hold of your life and is transforming your heart to become more like His. But what does it look like for new believers to follow Him daily? What must you do in order to be transformed? By exploring the story of one woman’s journey to faith, you will learn what it looks like to follow and trust Him.

Danielle Forté, wife of NFL Chicago Bears All-Star running back, Matt Forté and a certified 828 Life Coach, shares her reflections on faith, family and what it means to be a Christian mother and wife in today's world. Danielle tackles raising children, managing expectations, and keeping Christ at the center of the household.

Enjoy God’s Word through the lense of thankfulness. The devotionals in this five day reading plan all stem from commentary by Dr. Tony Evans found in the CSB Tony Evans Bible Commentary.

Join Hillsong East Coast’s online experience and walk through this corresponding plan. This plan is based on Pastor John Termini's November 2020 message, "You Want The Truth." Read through God’s Word within each devotional and reflect through guided questions for both individual consideration and group discussion. We pray it encourages you to reframe your reality.

The Thanksgiving holiday might be past, but a spirit of thanksgiving should go with you all year round. In this 5-step plan, you will be encouraged to practice thankfulness in every situation every day.

This plan will help us understand the importance of living in the Spirit.

Building friendships as adults can be challenging. Past hurts, rejections, and failures can cause us to feel insecure and alone. Still, the yearning for relationships remains. What’s a woman to do? In this plan, Cheri Strange, mom to six daughters, author, encourager to women, and Ph.D., shares five faith-building principles for cultivating the courage to experience the biblical model of friendship for which you long.

Paul’s encouraging letter to the Thessalonian church is a beautiful treatise on unity, sanctification, and the coming of Christ. 1 Thessalonians reminds us to remain sober and steadfast, hopefully anticipating the return of the Lord.

This 5-day reading plan unpacks the importance of taking sin seriously...and how through Biblical Truth and a lens of faith, we can be challenged, encouraged, and inspired as sports fans to follow Jesus and become more like Him.

This 5-day Bible plan weaves together stories from Allen Parr's own spiritual journey and the lives of those he's ministered to in order to show the painful consequences of following false teachings and to provide clear explanations of what the Bible really teaches about the gospel. Learn to decipher between a true prophet and false prophet.

In recent years, partisan politics have divided churches and friends and families like never before. This division suggests that as Christians, our allegiance to the state is sometimes, in practice, stronger than our allegiance to Christ. This week’s devotional brings us back to what it looks like to live out the beautiful, subversive, upside-down “politics” of the Gospel.

Embrace a 5-day study to help you align your leadership with biblical principles, exploring God's call on your life with honesty, humility, and a Christ-like character. Each day offers practical insights and reflections to help you grow into the leader you’re meant to be.

Preparing parents to faithfully send their children into college and to emerge into adulthood thriving in their faith and thriving in healthy relationships with their parents and family of origin.

This devotion contains encouraging Bible verses when you feel tempted. Let these Bible verses strengthen your spiritual life.