Enjoy a Family Bible Plan together, and you could win

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Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds… Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

DEUTERONOMY 11:18–19 NIV

The best way to help your family consistently connect with the Bible… is to invest time in it together. That’s why today, for the second day of Family Bible Week, we’re presenting this special blend of Bible Plans for your whole family.


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Let us encourage you.

We’ve suggested several Plans below, but you can use any Plan you think your family will enjoy. And if you’ll let us know which Plan your family is doing together, you could be one of many who are randomly selected to win a prize pack* picnic basket. Each basket has everything you need for a fun afternoon together: custom YouVersion items and other picnic essentials! Just share which Plan you’re doing on Instagram, Twitter, or at Facebook.com/YouVersion. Be sure you include the hashtag #FamilyBiblePlan so we can find your entry!


Family Bible Plans


Unshakable Moms

Refreshing daily devotionals connect sound biblical truths to the everyday struggles moms face, helping you build your life on a solid foundation.

Guardians of Ancora Family Devotions

Based on the biblical game app Guardians of Ancora, you’ll be learning about the Bible each day, reading Bible verses, and talking together with your friends or family about your adventures and the meaning of what you discover.

A Daily Word for Parents with Ron Hutchcraft

In this devotional series, author Ron Hutchcraft empowers busy moms and dads with scriptural insight on how to make wise choices, find new beginnings, leave a legacy, and more.

12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid

Dr. Tim Elmore shares practical twelve biblical principles that will help you lead your children to become thriving adults and fully devoted followers of Christ.

Never Say No: Raising Big Picture Kids

The parents of Jon and Tim Foreman (from the band Switchfoot) present ideas for how you can raise your children to have creative character that inspires others.

UNCOMMEN Dads

In just a few minutes each day, this series of short devotionals will stretch your dad muscles and help you learn to lead as a husband and father.

Exploring Your Gifts

AWANA shares key questions that will help emerging adults, college students, and young leaders identify the things they’re most passionate about, equipping them to pursue God’s plan for their lives.


Plans for Individuals

For Teens


Fighting FOMO

10 Things to Abandon for Spiritual Growth

Teens: Q&A Devotionals on Top Questions

Better Together: Connecting with God and Each Other

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For Kids


Truth or Trash

Big Dreams, Big Prayers: A 6-Day Devotional for Kids

I Can Learn the Bible: The Joshua Code for Kids

God’s Good News

Featured: Christine Caine, Steven Furtick, Jen Hatmaker, John Piper, and More

Acclaimed speaker and A21 founder Christine Caine shares how the power you find in God’s Word can help you release your shame and begin to live a life of freedom.

Through Bible passages that demonstrate how God uses broken people (like us) to do big things, Pastor Steven Furtick helps you come to terms with the good, the bad, and the unmentionable in your life.

With characteristic honesty and humor, bestselling author Jen Hatmaker shares biblical wisdom that shows how you can keep bringing grace—and joy—to the inevitable struggles and occasional heartbreaks that find their way into your relationships.

Author and pastor John Piper sheds the light of the gospel on three areas where everyone struggles, showing that when we give these things the place in our lives that God intended, we can actually bring him glory.

Through daily Scripture and audio prayers, author Seth Haines shares devotional reflections on how experiencing pain helps you recognize where you need healing, which can then lead you toward recovery.

Connecting a daily excerpt from the classic My Utmost for His Highest with a related Bible passage, a short video helps you visualize how Oswald Chambers’ inspiring words can help you make Jesus the center of your everyday life.

Find Your Next Plan


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Family Bible Week begins next Sunday, May 8. Throughout this year’s celebration, we’ll be offering free resources, tips, and even prizes to help your family grow together around God’s Word. One of the best ways you can do that is by enjoying a Bible Plan together. Tap below to see Plans from our “Family” category. When you find one you think your family would enjoy, open it and tap “Save for Later”—so you’ll have it for Family Bible Week!

See Plans for Families


Are you a church leader?

We have free resources you can use in your church to help your families connect with the Bible during Family Bible Week. Tap below to learn more.

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Major Milestone: 50 Million Plans Completed

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Congratulations. You’ve just completed 50 Million Bible Plans.

Not by yourself, of course. But if you’ve completed even one Reading Plan or Devotional in the Bible App, then you’ve contributed to this milestone. More than that, you’re a part of something much bigger: a worldwide movement of people actively seeking God through His Word.

Plans are the most popular Bible App feature. Millions of times every day, people just like you count on Plans to help them make engaging with Scripture a daily priority.

And, thanks to generous content partners, we’re constantly adding new Plans, each one developed to help you explore the Bible from different perspectives, experience it in new ways, and meditate on how its words should shape your life. Here are several that we’d recommend:

Who is this Man?
John Ortberg, 7 days

Adapted from John Ortberg’s bestselling book, this week’s worth of devotions focuses on the person and character of Jesus, and on his impact on the world — and on us.

Mornings with Jesus 2016: 7-Day Devotional
Guideposts, 7 days

Developed to help you draw closer to Jesus, Guideposts compiled this series of devotions from women authors who seek to bring you daily hope, direction, and practical biblical application.

Trusting God’s Process
Brittany Rust, 5 days

Blogger and speaker Brittany Rust helps you find strength and renewal by learning to trust the things that God is doing in your life, even when you face unforeseen circumstances and difficult seasons.

Through devotionals, Scripture, and prayer, discover the biblical perspective and foundations for what work is, what it should mean to us, and how we can honor God with our work.

No Fear: Standing Firm in Your Faith
Tony Perkins, 5 days

Speaker and syndicated radio host Tony Perkins inspires you to live more boldly, sharing stories of both biblical and modern-day heroes, ordinary individuals who chose to fear God rather than people.

Waiting Well
Cheri Strange, 3 days

Through short video devotionals, author and speaker Cheri Strange reveals a biblical strategy that will help you avoid emotional fits of impatience and doubt, even when you have to wait for God’s timing.

Find Your Next Plan

Featured Plans: Max Lucado, Tony Evans, Casting Crowns, Elevation Worship, and More

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Through daily excerpts from his new book, bestselling author Dr. Tony Evans helps you get to know God — his nature, his character, and his goodness — as you explore some of the many names he has in Scripture.

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In this devotional from Casting Crowns, the GRAMMY- and Dove-Award-winning artists walk you through the biblical meaning and practical application of songs from their new album, A Live Worship Experience.

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From Elevation Church, based out of Charlotte, NC, musicians and church leaders from Elevation Worship share lyrics from seven songs on their latest release, Here as in Heaven, along with the Bible passages that inspired them and how God’s Word can influence our lives.

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Pastor and author Dave Willis shares the “7 Laws of Love” found in Scripture and offers practical advice on how you can put love into action to bring health and healing to your relationships.

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Author Megan Shook Alpha helps you see through the changing whims of what society tells us is beautiful, leading you to a genuine understanding of authentic beauty — and how you can experience it for yourself.

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Pastor and author Max Lucado helps you face each new day with courage and faith, inspiring you with daily reminders that God is with you, and that with him he brings comfort, encouragement, and grace sufficient for the day.

Find Your Next Plan

Got Plans for Easter?

Find your Easter inspiration.

With Easter just two weeks away, today is a great day to start turning more of your time and attention to the Bible. One of the best ways we know to do that is with Reading Plans and Devotionals in the Bible App. Each day, Bible Plans present you with a brief passage, helping you meditate on God’s Word throughout your day.


Recommended Plans

Our Daily Bread: A New Life Easter Edition

This special series of select Easter devotionals will help you understand God’s love for you with encouragement, comfort, and peace from the Scriptures.

“It is Finished” Was Just the Beginning

Walk through the events of Jesus’ final week on earth, tying the prophecies he fulfilled with the fruit that his life produced for the early church — and for us.

Love to the Uttermost: Holy Week with John Piper

Featuring excerpts from the ministry of pastor and author John Piper, this daily devotional will keep you connected to God’s Word from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.

7 Words from the Cross

As Jesus hung in our place on the cross, the final things he said not only fulfilled the Scriptures that testified about him, his words also revealed his great love for us.

7 Words from the Cross

Drawn from her book, 40 Days of Decrease, Alicia Britt Chole shares how Jesus calls us to abandon the world’s illusions, embrace his kingdom’s reality, and journey toward the cross.

7 Words from the Cross

Drawn from her book, 40 Days of Decrease, Alicia Britt Chole shares how Jesus calls us to abandon the world’s illusions, embrace his kingdom’s reality, and journey toward the cross.

See More Easter Plans


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Watch Easter Videos: Now playing in the Bible App

Bible App Videos help bring the Scriptures to life. And in a special Easter video collection available now, you can see the powerful story of Christ’s sacrifice and resurrection unfold with featured content from LightWorkers Media (A.D., Son of God), Jesus Film Media (The JESUS Film Project®) and The Lumo Project.

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