Just 10 Minutes A Day
You can spare that, right? Reading the Bible for just 10 minutes a day can change the rest of your day - in fact, it can change the rest of your life! It can bring you hope, encouragement, guidance, and practical advice on the everyday issues you’re facing. The Bible is relevant to everyone, everywhere, at any time.
So how do you get going? The Bible can seem a little intimidating if you’ve never read it before. So we want to make it easy for you to get started and build a habit of spending time with God by reading His word every day with these online Devotionals.
If you don't already have one, we suggest you get a translation (or version) that you find easy to read. The New International Version (NIV) is great for most people. The New King James Version (NKJV) uses a little more traditional language, while the New Living Translation (NLT) is more informal.
It may be easiest to get a Bible app for your device. The Bible App is a great choice if you don't already have one - and it's free! Plus there are great reading plans you can follow (we’ve listed some below)
We have created and compiled a variety of resources to help you read scripture and apply it to your life.
Encounter Church Resources
A daily podcast designed to walk you through the bible one chapter at a time.
Devotional Plans on The Bible App
Unconvinced: Exploring Faith As A Skeptic
7-Day Reading Plan
If you’re skeptical of the Old Testament stories that sound like fairy tales or are stuck on the rules that come with being religious, here’s some good news: following Jesus requires faith, but not faith in a book, a list or rules, or even a particular religious system. This plan presents a starting point for faith that may finally be something—or more specifically someone—you can believe in.
Kingdom Come
15-Day Reading Plan
We’ve heard that Jesus offers “life to the full” and we crave that experience. We want that life that’s on the other side of change. But what kind of change do we need? And just how do we go about the process of changing? In Kingdom Come you'll explore a new way to live the upside-down and inside-out life that God invites us into.
Free
6-Day Reading Plan
We all want to do what’s right and avoid doing what’s wrong, but sometimes we end up doing what we don’t want to do. In this 6-day plan, Andy Stanley explores what the apostle Paul wrote about God’s grace and Jesus’s power over sin in our lives.
Building Stronger Marriages
9-Day Reading Plan
Marriage is what you make it—for richer or for poorer, for God has a design for a loving, lasting, thriving marriage. No matter what you’ve been through, it’s still possible to be and to stay in love.
The Deeply Formed Life
5-Day Reading Plan
As New York pastor Rich Villodas defines it, a deeply formed life is a life marked by integration, intersection, intertwining, and interweaving, holding together multiple layers of spiritual formation. This kind of life calls us to be people who cultivate lives with God in prayer, move toward reconciliation, work for justice, have healthy inner lives, and see our bodies and sexuality as gifts to steward.
Hope In The Dark
12-Day Reading Plan
This Bible Plan is for anyone who’s hurting and doesn’t understand why. If you’ve lost something, someone, or your faith feels stretched to the breaking point, then this Bible Plan from Life.Church Pastor Craig Groeschel’s book, Hope in the Dark, might be exactly what you need. If you want to believe, but you’re not sure how, this is for you.
Seven Questions That Rattle In The Minds of most Men
7-Day Reading Plan
Does being a real man mean having a perfect family, a corner office, a luxury car, and a massive home? Or, is there something more to life?
This 7-day plan from John Woodall will dig into the questions that you wish you could talk over with a trusted friend and give you God’s response to those questions.
Prayer
14-Day Reading Plan
New York Times bestselling author and renowned Pastor Timothy Keller explores the power of prayer, and how readers can make prayers more personal and powerful, forging a deeper connection with God.
Bible Reading Plans
The Gospels
90-Day Reading Plan
This plan takes you on a journey through all four Gospels in ninety days. Each book includes videos specifically designed to enhance your understanding and engagement with God's Word.
The Wisdom of Proverbs
32-Day Reading Plan
The Book of Proverbs claims that God’s own wisdom has been woven into the fabric of the universe, and you are invited to participate. What’s the wise choice when it comes to relationships and money and work, the stuff of day-to-day life? This 32-day plan will walk you through the Proverbs step by step as you train your heart to discern the wise way forward.
Paul’s Letters
60-Day Reading Plan
This plan takes you on a 60 day journey through the letter's of Paul. Each book includes videos specifically designed to enhance your understanding and engagement with God's Word.
Jesus & The Jesus Movement
23-Day Reading Plan
In this twenty-three-day plan, you’ll dive into the life of Jesus and the life of his followers through reading Luke and Acts. The Gospel of Luke is an eye-witness account of one of Jesus’ closest followers about his life, death, and resurrection. Acts is the sequel to the book of Luke, and continues the story of Jesus’ impact in the world through his Spirit-empowered followers.
The New Testament in a Year
365-Day Reading Plan
This Plan will lead you through the New Testament in one year. Each book includes videos specifically designed to enhance your understanding and engagement with God's precious Word.
The Old Testament in a Year
365-Day Reading Plan
This Plan will lead you through the Old Testament in one year. Each book includes videos specifically designed to enhance your understanding and engagement with God's precious Word.
The Bible in a Year
365-Day Reading Plan
This Plan will lead you through the entire Bible in one year. Each book includes videos specifically designed to enhance your understanding and engagement with God's precious Word.
The Wisdom Books
60-Day Reading Plan
This plan takes you on a 60 day journey through the Wisdom Books of the Bible (Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes). Each book includes videos specifically designed to enhance your understanding and engagement with God's Word.