The Road to Joy Easter Season Devotional 2025

The Road to Joy is a 15-session devotional to help individuals, small groups, and congregations prepare their hearts for Easter. Meditate on the cross and discover the hope and joy we have in Christ in the midst of the trials and sorrows of this world.
Reflection
Six devotions of reflection on our position as a part of a sinful humanity guide readers through Ash Wednesday and the following five Sundays.
Meditation
Six devotions on Christ's character and sacrifice are designed to take readers into deeper meditation during Holy Week.
Celebration
Three devotions for Easter and the days following lead readers through a celebration of the hope and joy we have through Christ.
This devotion was curated by Managing Editor Ronnie Martin with devotions by the following contributors: Kristie Anyabwile Thabiti Anyabwile Zack Eswine Malcolm Guite Dan Hyun Jeremy Linneman Ray Ortlund Barnabas Piper John Starke Heather Thompson Day Evan Welcher Jamaal Williams Jared C. Wilson Jeremy Writebol
For this Easter and Lenten season, journey down the The Road To Joy. The imagery of a “road” can evoke visions of sun-drenched stretches through the desert, tree-lined paths through the woods, or lonely highways traveling through the middle of nowhere. As we journey onward, we are met with numerous challenges as we get closer to our desired destination, but we press on courageously, convinced that it will have been worth it when we reach the end. In some ways, this echoes our salvation stories, where we experience the sobering yet sanctifying reality of Christ’s death in our lives, while never losing sight of the hopeful joy that his resurrecting power provides as we draw nearer to him, our desired destination. I pray that as you spend time reading and meditating on these hopeful reflections, your heart will be freshly renewed as you remember the one who endured the cross, for the joy that was set before him. – Ronnie Martin, Managing Editor