Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Psalm 56:8

Let’s get real: pain is part of life. There’s no escaping heartbreak, disappointment, and anxiety. What matters is how you play the cards you are dealt. Adapted from the book, "When Your Bad Meets His Good" by Kimberly Jones-Pothier, this devotional shows you how to turn your pain into purpose.

Does God care about your happiness, or only your holiness? Is happiness selfish? Join Jennifer Dukes Lee for the next five days on a journey toward God-approved happiness.

This plan was created for those who may consider Becoming Fosters, those who have recently started their journey, and those deep in the weeds of foster care. This plan is a real-life glance into the spiritual battle of a real foster family and Biblical truths they cling to. This plan will provide you with deep truth, fill you with compassion, and leave you feeling motivated to make an impact.

For nostalgic fans who seek a simpler, more meaningful way of life, A Prairie Devotional offers powerful life lessons. Blending personal anecdotes with stories and quotes from the TV show, Scripture verses, and thought-provoking questions, Wendi Lou Lee invites reflection on the ideas that made the TV series so popular: soothing broken relationships, keeping your head up in challenging situations, and relying on God's guidance when life looks impossible.

Imagine walking dusty roads of Galilee with Jesus of Nazareth—braving jostling crowds to touch the edge of His cloak and hear Him say, "Take heart, daughter, your faith has healed you." Those words, once meant to comfort a hurting woman’s soul thousands of years ago, were also meant for you. Over five days, join biblical culturalist, Kristi McLelland on those dusty roads as she transports you back to Jesus' world.

Have you ever wondered: Why does God allow me to experience suffering and trials? Where is God when we do experience suffering or trials? This plan tackles these issues head on and challenges us to have a perspective that sees God using these moments to strengthen and change us.

Children’s emotions are information for us to help lead them well, not punish, shame, or ignore them. Join Sara Hall as she shares how to lead children through anger, disappointment, grief and loss, and anxiety.

Grief is something we will all experience in this lifetime. The word grief is often used to describe the emotion of deep sorrow felt when someone we love has died. However, grief can also be a response to the loss of anything that has held meaning and significance in our life. So how can we find our way in our own times of grief and how can we walk as a compassionate friend alongside others who are grieving? I hope this plan may be a starting point for you as we look at some verses from the Bible and share some reflections.

You've heard it said that fear is only a feeling, but your heart tells you it is so much more. How can you learn to choose faith over fear in the moment? Through the No Fear Bible reading plan, you'll be awed at the mountain-moving faith God provides when you choose to believe and trust him fully. Let your faith be bigger than your fear!

How to lead those with special needs in spiritual growth!

When life gets hard it is easy to wonder where God is and if he hears our prayers. Let me reassure you, he does! Keep standing in the light! May this Bible reading plan give you the hope you need for another day.

Combat trauma can leave us feeling disoriented, confused, and alone. God desires to step into our pain with us and guide us to healing. In this five-day plan, you’ll discover biblical principles that combine insights from medical and psychiatric communities to begin the process of healing from combat trauma.

God made us to want and need deep friendships. But some friendships get easily tangled up in comparison and competition. Some friendships lack healthy boundaries. Some friendships need a tune-up. This six-day devotional will show you what is needed to have healthy, deep, and meaningful friendships. You will be encouraged in your existing friendships, and you will see what friendships may be more harmful than healthy.

Christmas truly is the most wonderful time of the year. This special reading plan will prepare your heart to joyously celebrate Christ's birthday, offer ideas of how to create special Christmas memories, help you to experience the extravagant love of Jesus, and find the true Treasure of Christmas!

All of life’s heartaches can knock the breath out of you. This encouraging reading plan will help you see how much God genuinely cares about what you’re going through. He truly helps us to get through life’s toughest challenges.

Born without arms and legs, Nick can attest to the value of turning dark moments over to the only One who can bring light back into your heart. Evangelist and N.Y. Times best-selling author Nick Vujicic invites you to take a journey of discovery through this heart-warming devotional focused on hope. Spend a few minutes over the next seven days and let God give you a hope inspired life.

When I was in an abusive relationship, I felt like it was the end of my story. It turned out to be just the beginning. I pray that this devotional will be the gentle nudge to help you pursue genuine healing and lasting freedom in your own life. Abusive relationships change us, but they don’t have to destroy us. Healing well and living free are within reach. 

The heartache that follows a miscarriage has the potential to draw us closer to God or away from Him. Our enemy, Satan, wants to take our raw emotions and lure us as far from God as he possibly can. Only God can offer the peace and healing our hearts desire. This plan will identify the seven stages of grief and guide women to find true healing within God’s Word. 

The Book of Psalms provides divinely inspired words to help us process our emotions. Its spiritual truths transform feelings of shame into freedom, anxiety into joy, and insecurity into confidence. This 7-day plan will encourage you to ground yourself in God and His Word, in the midst of hard circumstances. Use the audio guide to hear the content read aloud and to listen to a worship song.

Dear Mama, Regardless of the circumstance or emotion, God is right beside you. In the ups and downs and the joys and challenges, He is a rock and ever-present. Holding our precious littles is such a gift, and through these tender moments, may you feel God embracing YOU, His beloved daughter—close, too.

Major losses can sap the joy out of life, trapping you in pain. Authors Duane and Cindy Mullett have experienced tragic loss and understand the meaning of suffering. Together with Dr. David Ferguson, they want to help you find your path to recovery. Based on their book "From Pain 2 Purpose: Rediscovering Joy after Suffering a Major Loss," this plan will help you start processing your loss and forge ahead.

Many people today experience devastating levels of hurt, loneliness, anxiety, depression, porn use, and other struggles. Through biblical truth and brain science, Josh McDowell and Ben Bennett bring you solutions to overcome hurts and struggles, so you start to thrive in life with Jesus and others. This reading plan is based on their new book, Free to Thrive.

Do you need breakthrough in the toughest times? If so, these 7 days of detailed prayer directives will encourage you, equip you, and help you receive the miracles you need from the Lord! As you pray through these Scriptural prayer points, God who hears and answers will move with strength and power in your life! He always watches over His Word to perform it.

When death takes a beloved spouse, it can feel like our faith goes to the grave with them. Yet, in despair, God holds us close in His steadfast love. In this 7-day devotional, we look at Jesus’ heart for those grieving the loss of a spouse. We would like to thank Elise Boros and FamilyLife for providing this plan. For more information, visit www.familylife.com.

The soldiers in battle, and the women and children they left behind endured mighty sufferings during the Civil War. This collection of first hand-accounts attests to the faith and forbearance of statesmen, ordinary soldiers, chaplains, their wives and mothers. The courage and faith of the featured writers will encourage and uplift you as you read about their perseverance in trials.