Your One Verse for 2014 & Best Bible Plans for the New Year

Find one verse you want to focus on in 2014 and browse top plans for the New Year. Having trouble seeing this email? Click here. What's Your One Verse for 2014? A new year brings fresh focus and intentionality. As we dream, plan, and set goals, it's a great opportunity to consider where God is leading us. We can find incredible clarity and power in simplicity, so as a community we're trying something new: choosing one Bible verse as our personal focus for 2014. Find Your #Verse2014. A promise to reflect on. A different way of thinking. A new discipline. Through prayer and reflection, choose one verse that captures what you're seeking in 2014. Make Your Verse Visible. Display your #Verse2014 where you'll see it every day: a bathroom mirror, in your car, your laptop's desktop background—even on your phone's home screen. Share Your #Verse2014. Tell your family and friends about your verse and why you chose it. Share it from the Bible App, or via email or text. Post it on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And use the hashtag #Verse2014, so others can see it, too. Spend Time in Many Verses. Your #Verse2014 is a focal point for the year, but the vastness of God's love can't be boiled down to a single verse. Instead, use it as a springboard to dig deeper into the Bible and your faith as you continue to pursue God's Word throughout the year. Need some inspiration for your verse? See the YouVersion Community's 2013 verse of the year along with other popular passages in this infographic. Plans to Start Your Year Off Right The following Bible Plans have helped hundreds of thousands remain connected to God's Word. Try signing up for just one to start. Then, roll into another one as soon as you're finished to keep your daily habit going. Made to Crave: 21 Day Challenge Scripture and devotionals equip you with spiritual principles for your physical health. 21 days Soul Detox Learn from God's Word how to neutralize the influences that can negatively impact your faith journey. 35 days From This Day Forward Explore five biblical principles for a healthy marriage through Scripture, prayer, discussion, and activities. 33 days Experiencing God's Renewal Daily devotional and Scriptures share what it truly means to become "a new creation in Christ." 5 days Dave Ramsey's Financial Wisdom from Proverbs Learn practical, biblical principles for understanding and managing money. 10 days The One Year® Bible Reading from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs for about 15 minutes a day, read through the entire Bible in 365 days. 1 year Chronological Read the entire Bible in 365 days, with its historical events appearing in the order they occurred. 1 year Life Application Study Bible® Devotion Daily devotions and a Bible verse help you apply the Bible to your life. 1 year In addition to these, YouVersion has recently added many new Bible Plans—so many, in fact, that we now offer more than 600! From topical studies to whole-Bible Plans, you'll find plenty of options that will help you connect daily with God's Word in the new year. Get started at bible.com/reading-plans. Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Make sure your app is up to date. Check for Update HELPFUL LINKS: Jobs: We're Hiring! YouVersion Blog Get Help Become a Volunteer Make a Donation © LifeChurch.tv / YouVersion 4600 East 2nd Street, Edmond, OK 73034 Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

New Year, New Plans: Oswald Chambers, Brian Houston, Andy Stanley, John Piper & More!

YouVersion offers 600+ Bible Plans, with great new devotionals from gifted pastors, teachers. Click here. New Plans for a New Year Each new year brings new promise: an opportunity to start fresh. As you consider habits to begin or disciplines to develop, Bible Plans are a great place to start. Spending time in the Bible each day might be your goal, or helpful support for making changes in your life. Whatever you're looking for, we're thrilled to bring you hundreds of devotionals, including these new additions: My Utmost For His Highest This special edition of Oswald Chambers' timeless, widely read devotionals now includes Chambers' personal prayers. From Discovery House Publishers. 30 days How To Maximise Your Life Hillsong Pastor Brian Houston shares biblical truths that will help you build meaningful relationships and a healthy life balance. From Hillsong Church. 31 days Toward A Fearless New Year Renowned Bible teacher John Piper takes you through Scriptures that demonstrate how knowing God's greatness chases away fear. From Desiring God. 7 days How To Be Rich Pastor Andy Stanley shows what God's Word says about how to be truly "rich" according to God's economy. From North Point Community Church. 10 days Seeing The Kingdom Colson Center theologian T.M. Moore shares what the Bible says about God's Kingdom—in this world, in the Church, and in your life. From The Colson Center. 7 days For The Love Of God This daily devotional helps you deepen your understanding of God's Word by walking you through the entire Bible in a year. From The Gospel Coalition. 1 year Sun Stand Still Devotional Pastor Steven Furtick leads you through Scriptures that challenge you to ask God for the impossible and the miraculous, even as you pursue His very purpose for creating you. >From Steven Furtick. 5 days In addition to these devotionals, YouVersion has recently added many new Bible Plans—so many, in fact, that we now offer more than 600! From topical studies to whole-Bible Plans, you'll find plenty of options that will help you connect daily with God's Word in the new year. Get started at bible.com/reading-plans. If you're new to YouVersion, or if you've just added a new smartphone or tablet during this holiday season, don't forget to install the Bible App on all your devices. Visit bible.com/app for a free, easy way to download the app on your mobile platform. And don't forget the brand-new Bible App for Kids! Available now at bible.com/kids, it's also always completely free. Featuring fun animation and engaging storytelling, your children can explore the big stories of the Bible and fall in love with God's Word. Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Make sure your app is up to date. Check for Update HELPFUL LINKS: YouVersion Blog Get Help Become a Volunteer Make a Donation © LifeChurch.tv / YouVersion 4600 East 2nd Street, Edmond, OK 73034 Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

Celebrating the Story of Christmas

Read, watch, or listen to the story of Christ's birth. Having trouble seeing this email? Click here. All of us here at YouVersion want to wish you the best during this holiday season. We hope you're able to reflect and celebrate that He is come: Immanuel, "God with us." Both the Bible App and the Bible App for Kids offer lots of great ways you can explore the meaning of Christmas together with your family: Read the story of Christ's birth in Luke 2:1-20. Use your favorite audio Bible to listen to passages about the birth of Christ. In the Videos section of the Bible App: Watch "The Nativity Story" or the "Birth of Jesus". In the Bible App for Kids: Explore The First Christmas Gift. Being together with family and friends frequently presents opportunities for you to share your faith. And the Bible App and the Bible App for Kids make it so easy! Use your device to show these apps to the people you're with. Show how they can get the apps on their own devices. Even offer to install the apps for them! Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Make sure your app is up to date. Check for Update HELPFUL LINKS: Jobs: We're Hiring! YouVersion Blog Get Help Become a Volunteer Make a Donation © LifeChurch.tv / YouVersion 4600 East 2nd Street, Edmond, OK 73034 Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

Celebrate Jesus' Birth with "The Christmas Story" Plan

Read "The Christmas Story" and explore Jesus' birth with the kids in your life. Having trouble seeing this email? Click here. One Week to Christmas Looking for a great way to focus on the birth of Jesus? Try "The Christmas Story" Plan from YouVersion. This simple 5-day plan chronicles the humble beginnings of our Savior, connects us with His arrival as "God with us," and ends with a celebration of His birth. Today is a great day to start reading "The Christmas Story"! Share the Christmas Story with Your Kids Your kids will love exploring the story of Jesus' birth in "The First Christmas Gift," just one of the stories they'll find in the Bible App for Kids. Installed on more than a million devices during just its first week, the Bible App for Kids draws in children of any age, with colorful artwork and fun, touch-activated animations. Download and share the Bible App for Kids now at bible.com/kids. Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Make sure your app is up to date. Check for Update HELPFUL LINKS: YouVersion Blog Get Help Become a Volunteer Make a Donation © LifeChurch.tv / YouVersion 4600 East 2nd Street, Edmond, OK 73034 Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe