Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Isaiah 49:15

The Bible repeatedly uses words and imagery that describe God caring for his people like a mother. These images are both a comfort and an inspiration as we mother our own children. This 3 day series, presented by Words of Hope, celebrates God's fierce and tender love, and our own motherhood too.

“Mom” – for many, this word is a term of endearment. Mothers, whether working outside the home or homemakers, married or single, generally are the most deeply connected with their sons and daughters. From the start of their children’s lives, moms play a vital role. They feed them, clothe them, nurse their physical wounds, comfort their emotional hurts, and fiercely protect them (think “Mama Bear”). Let’s take a look.

God's word has promises you want in your heart regarding dating, anger, hope, money, trust, suffering, and even sex. Stop relying on empty promises people make. Lean on God's trustworthy promises in the Bible.

When you’re faced with unexpected challenges, what’s your first response? Are you an emotional wreck? Do you look to God for help? Either way, Jesus doesn’t want us to carry the weight of our life alone. His desire is for us to be steadfast in Him, even when we’re hit with tough situations. For the next 4 days, you’re invited to embrace the steadiness of God’s love, healing, and peace.

We were made for love - to be held, seen, and delighted in by our first caregivers. Even the best parent fails, resulting in disappointment, loss, and injury. We need the loving care, nurture, and comfort of our God, who brings deep healing to our whole selves. In this 4-day plan, we soak in comfort, inviting the nearness and presence of God through the practice of Lectio Divina.

After praying a decade to have a child, God answered Mary Mesikapp and her family’s prayer through open adoption. Based on decades of open adoption experience and relationships with birthmothers, Mary Mesikapp shares spiritual lessons and encouragement for birthmothers, adoptive parents, and individuals considering adoption.

We love our babies, but taking care of them often feels exhausting and overwhelming. With the taxing demands of motherhood, you might find yourself wondering, “Who’s taking care of me?” In this series, we’ll explore how God takes care of moms just as moms take care of their babies! As moms, we can rest in the reality that God hears our every cry and is devoted to caring for us.

Doubt can drown you, but doubt can also be drowned by you. Great men of faith like Abraham, Zachariah, Philip, Peter, and Thomas had moments of doubt in their walk of faith. At times, doubt occurs when what we expect is not happening; and, when what shouldn’t be happening is happening. Learn 5 tips to help you overcome doubt.

Love isn't always sunshine and roses. Sometimes it takes making tough decisions and facing heartache. This 5-day plan will prepare you for some of those situations.

One of Satan’s primary goals is to wreak havoc in our relationship with God through deep-rooted lies. In this 5-day devotional plan, you’ll identify lies you believe about God, their sources, and how they hinder your life. You’ll discover practical steps to experience God for who He truly is as your loving Father.

In Exodus, God describes himself as compassionate. But what does being compassionate look like? In this 5-day plan, you’ll explore God’s compassionate heart and discover how you can show compassion, even to your enemies. Take a journey through scripture and learn what the Bible says about compassion.

Coming face to face with death can bring deep and fear-filled questions. Will I die alone? Will it be painful? What comes after death? When you’re gripped with this anxiety, you need to know there’s a God who understands and has gone before us to conquer death. This plan will share God’s hope-filled answers to help you make peace with death.

Discover the trustworthy character of God in this study on the foundational description of God's attributes found in the book of Exodus.

The busyness of everyday life, the disappointment, and heartbreak, the broken relationships that wound us to the core…all lead to tragic forgetfulness. Have you forgotten that Jesus still loves you desperately? Let this 6-day devotional from Andrew Palau remind you: Jesus will never forget you. He's moved with compassion for you. He cares about every detail of your life. He longs to be with you—right now.

Despite all the world’s connectivity and social media, studies reveal that isolation and loneliness have become an epidemic. Moreover, we can believe that we are invisible even to God. This devotional centers around four “invisibles” that were visible to God and the lessons we learn from them when we feel invisible and forgotten.

Having sold over 15 million albums, achieved 28 No. 1 hits, earned three GRAMMYs and over 40 Dove Awards, Michael W. Smith has teamed up with The Overflow to bring this 7 day devotional inspired by the song Sovereign Over Us from the album Sovereign. This devotional discusses how even through our darkest times, God is faithful and He is working all things for our good.

All of our lives we hear what other people think about us. Their opinions often shape and effect our perception of who we are. This audible prayer and reading plan uses short audio reflections from scripture to help you receive the deepest truth of your idenity based on God’s heart for you.

The Bible tells us exactly how God feels about us, his precious children. This reading plan by Pastor Mark Jeske walks through what God sees when he looks at you through "Jesus glasses."

Alzheimer's Caregiving - Caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia can be emotionally, physically, and spiritually exhausting. Caregiving can create a "perfect storm" for weakening one's faith—or, paradoxically, for strengthening it. These devotionals encourage care providers to lean on God and approach the difficulties of caregiving from an empowered, Christ-focused perspective.

Author Elizabeth Laing Thompson invites readers to walk alongside people of the Bible who had to wait on God. . . Their stories will equip us to live our own stories—particularly our problematic waiting times—with faith, patience, perspective, and a healthy dose of humor. 

Hope is a word we all throw around a lot: hope you get better soon, hope you’re well. At Hope 103.2, it’s said hundreds of times on air every day. Yet what’s contained in this short word is a big deal. When life gets tough and we find ourselves losing our hope - God reminds us that we can put our hope in Him.

The reasons for discouragement are strong, but the reasons to take heart and hold on to hope are stronger yet. We must see the bigger picture. Through biblical truth and personal stories, author, pastor, and theologian Jason Meyer encourages the weary and anxious believer by shining light on the nature of reality, the nature of God, and the intersection of the two in our daily, rubber-meets-the-road lives.

Christmas is a season of wonder. So, let’s lay aside our lists, distractions, and cares to receive refreshment by reflecting upon a few of the nativity’s highlights. Reminding ourselves, that the story we love so well speaks directly into our lives today by pointing us to Lord Jesus. Realizing that in this lifetime, we will only begin to scratch the surface of Who He is and what He has done.

The Book of Isaiah was a prophecy written to the nation of Israel, warning them of their impending exile because they disobeyed God. Despite His anger, chapters 40-66 reveal God's compassion for them as He comforted and consoled them through Isaiah's prophecy. During this seven-day devotional, we will discover God's unfailing love and promises of Messianic redemption, which were fulfilled through our Lord Jesus Christ.

This seven-day plan, written by people of all ages, is about praying for moms at various stages of their journey. If you're a mom, be prayed over at your specific stage, whether it be motherhood of young kids, teens, adult children, non-biological children, single motherhood, or special needs motherhood. If you're praying for moms, these prayers give you the words to bless the moms in your life!