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Welcome to the When You Need God Most Bible Reading Challenge
Life has a way of bringing us to our knees. Whether through loss, uncertainty, or fear, there are moments when we simply don’t know what to do next.
But what if those breaking points aren’t meant to crush us, but to connect us more deeply with the God who sees, hears, and meets us exactly where we are?
Are you ready to turn your crisis moments into powerful encounters with God?
Through stories of biblical heroes who found strength in their struggles, learn to pray with raw honesty, discover prayer’s true power, and develop into a spiritual warrior who can stand strong and fight effectively for your family’s future.
Free Printable Plan
If you’re looking for the free 30-Day Bible Reading Printable for the When You Need God Most Bible Reading Plan, you’ll find it here.
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The Bible Reading Challenge
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
- Follow the daily Bible reading plan and read the passage. Share what you are learning on social media if you’d like. My goal is to draw closer to Jesus and I want that for you too!
- NEW: This month’s Bible reading plan is available on the Youversion Bible App! I am so excited to partner with Youversion in this way. Follow me on the app. Follow along with the plan HERE.
- Optional: Join the Facebook group to see what others are learning and sharing. Enjoy our prayer community in the group as we pray for one another’s needs. Be in the know with bonus material such as practical tips, tools, and resources Rachel shares, Facebook live videos, and recently added focused music playlists based on the monthly Bible reading challenge topic.
When You Need God Most: 31 Days of Life-Changing Prayer Printable
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. Romans 8:26-27
Paul was writing to believers in Rome who were suffering. Not the “my day was hard” kind of suffering, but the kind that rips your life apart. Some had lost their homes because they refused to stop following Jesus. Others watched their own families disown them. Every day brought fresh fear. Would today be the day the empire decided Christianity was too dangerous to tolerate?
And they were exhausted. Bone-tired. Soul-weary.
Paul got it. By the time he sat down to write this letter, his body told the story of what following Jesus had cost him. Scars from beatings crisscrossed his back. His bones ached from being stoned and left for dead. He’d survived shipwrecks, imprisonments, and nights so dark he wondered if morning would ever come.
He knew exactly what it felt like when your body hurt so much you couldn’t form words. When your heart shattered into so many pieces you couldn’t even explain the pain to yourself, much less to God.
So when Paul wrote about the Spirit interceding for us “through wordless groans,” he wasn’t offering some nice theological concept. He was sharing a lifeline that had kept him breathing through suffering that should have destroyed him.
Picture him writing this letter, his voice catching with emotion as he wrote or told his assistant what to write. Listen, you don’t need eloquent prayers. You don’t need to figure out the right words. When you’re too broken to speak, the Spirit speaks for you.
This wasn’t just comfort for struggling believers two thousand years ago. This is God’s promise to you today—when you’re drowning and can’t even cry for help, the Spirit is already crying out on your behalf.
Join in the “When You Need God Most” Bible reading plan!
When You Need God Most Bible Reading Plan
- Romans 8:26-27
- Nehemiah 2:4-5
- 1 Samuel 1:10-11
- Psalm 130:1-2
- Psalm 56:3-4
- Judges 6:36-40
- Matthew 26:39
- Psalm 13:1-2
- Habakkuk 1:2-3
- Mark 9:24
- 1 Kings 3:7-9
- Genesis 32:24-26
- 2 Corinthians 12:7-9
- Job 3:1-3
- Joshua 10:12-14
- Luke 18:1-8
- Acts 7:60
- 1 Kings 18:36-39
- Exodus 32:11-14
- Acts 4:29-31
- Daniel 10:2-3, 10:12-14
- Ephesians 6:10-18
- Psalm 91:9-11
- Psalm 73:16-17
- 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
- 1 Chronicles 29:19
- 1 Samuel 7:5-6
- Ephesians 6:13-14
- Philippians 4:6-7
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17
- Hebrews 4:14-16
Screenshot the graphic to your smartphone to mark it as a favorite for easy daily digital access. You can additionally use a simple printable copy of the daily reading plan. Click on the graphic titles above to print out a copy of the Bible reading plan printable. Share one with a friend!
Ready? We’ll begin November 1st, just as we do each month in our community, but you can join in or complete this journal on your own any time!
By his grace,
Rachel
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