Carter Conlon | Daily Devotionals

Carter Conlon | Daily Devotionals

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  • Everyone Stood. Noone Moved
    In a church of about 700 people, an invitation was given. Give your future into the hands of God. Everyone stood, no one moved.
    Sometimes God speaks and the room stays still. The call is clear, but hesitation wins the day. It wins because you see your weaknesses, you see your struggles. You think, God, you can't mean me, yet your heart begins to pound.
    Do not measure your obedience by what others around you are doing. When He calls, the question is not who else is responding, the question is whether you will respond. If you sense today Him stirring your heart, don't remain standing where you are. Move now towards the sound of his voice.
    He can take the little that you have and he can multiply it. And as he once did with loaves and fishes, he can feed thousands through your life. It's time to pray.
    2 min
  • A New Song of Praise
    In the Psalms, King David said that God had saved him out of a deep place of despair. God not only lifted him up but also placed him on solid ground. In response to this incredible deliverance, David declares that God put a new song of praise in his mouth.
    Now what's fascinating is that David says many will see this song and be transformed by it. See it before they hear it. It's a song that could be witnessed through a transformation of countenance, abilities, heart, mind, and direction.
    So why should we settle for anything less than what God is willing to do in each of our lives? Let's not be content with mere existence, but instead allow God to do a powerful work inside of each of our lives. Let's you and I today embrace this transformative power and through our lives let God bring a song of glory to His own name, my brother, my sister.
    It's time to pray.
    2 min
  • Let's Not Forget
    Deuteronomy 6:6, 7, and 12. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. Then beware, lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
    In other words, God says He wants us to pass on what He has spoken to us to the next generation. Because if we forget our history, we will forget who delivered us, and where it is we are supposed to be going.
    Let's not forget that God has taken us out of a place where we once were held captive. And let's teach our children and those around us about the power of God. It's time for all of us to begin to speak about these things to our children. And it's time to get the courage to do so.
    It's time to pray.
    2 min
  • Faith Filled And Desperate

    In 2020, we had the privilege of visiting the first home in America, Lot 1, where 51 survivors from the Mayflower gathered to pray. There was an undeniable presence of God in that house. When I first walked into it, I could feel His lingering presence. In the front yard of that house, the first Thanksgiving in America was held. They had no go-forward strategy, but they prayed. I don't know what they prayed, but I suspect that it was faith-filled and desperate. They cried out to God, asking Him to intervene and fulfill His promises. And history tells us that out of that prayer meeting, one of the greatest nations in the history of the world emerged. God answered their prayer, and I believe that He can do the same for us. If we will humbly ask Jesus, the Son of God, to have mercy on us, let's begin to trust in the power of prayer and start believing again that God wants to answer. It's time to pray.

    2 min
  • Lay Down Self Effort
    Hebrews 4:1 says, *"Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it."* There remains a rest for the people of God.
    This rest is not in activity. It's actually surrender. To enter his rest is to cease from your own works, as God once did from his. It's the end of trusting your own strength, your own thinking, your own ability to endure.
    The disciples discovered this truth in the garden. Jesus said to them, *"Sleep on now and take your rest."* He was pointing them to where true strength is found. God never intended you and I to have to finish this journey alone and in our own strength.
    It's so important today that we learn to Lay Down Self Effort and enter into the rest and the strength that Jesus Christ alone can provide us.
    It's time to pray.
    2 min
  • Is It Possible?
    A church leader once said to me, "Pastor, I'm ashamed of our denomination. We have over 50,000 churches in America, but I've only found 23 prayer meetings. The cry for Christ is gone. Many churches are still gathering, sermons are preached, songs are sung, but prayer has faded. People no longer believe that God answers."
    When prayer disappears, something inside has already died. People sit in church, but they no longer expect resurrection life. They no longer believe that God will move. Is it possible that God has allowed this dryness so that we could become desperate again, that we would cry out one more time?
    If prayer has grown quiet in your life, ask Him now to restore your cry. Even better, why not join us every Monday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time at itstimetopray.org where people just like you are crying out to God one more time?
    It's time to pray.
    2 min
  • Acknowledging Weakness Is Not Failure
    Mark 14:34, Jesus said, "My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death." Jesus spoke honestly about his suffering. He didn't pretend strength he didn't possess in his humanity. He asked for help. He asked his disciples to watch with him. This moment teaches us that acknowledging weakness is not failure.
    The battle was fierce, deeper than anything the disciples had known. They wanted to stand, but they couldn't. God allows you and I to face moments where our natural strength runs out so that we can learn where true strength is found.
    When sorrow presses you beyond your ability, don't hide your struggle. Bring it to God. Let Christ become your strength where formerly you had none. I love to say it this way, and I've learned it over the years, that the end of me is the beginning of God. Talk to God about it.
    It's time to pray.
    2 min
  • Allow Him To Carrt You
    Mark 14:41. *And He said unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest.* Jesus spoke these words in the Garden of Gethsemane after returning from prayer. He had asked his disciples to watch with him as he faced the cross, but they couldn't stay awake. Their strength, their natural strength, was gone.
    When Jesus said, "Sleep on now," he wasn't dismissing them. He was revealing to them something deeper. He was showing them that the journey ahead could not be finished in human effort. That night had exposed their inability to stand in their own strength. Now Jesus was opening the door to where real strength is found.
    There does remain a rest for the people of God. This rest comes when we cease from our own works and we trust in the strength of God. God invites us into the same rest today. Stop striving to carry what only Christ can sustain and allow him to carry you now.
    It's time to pray.
    2 min
  • Many People Are Wondering
    Many people are wondering if we are currently living in the last days. As you and I see this world continuing to push God out and we continue to see this antichrist spirit rise all around the world, we can't help but wonder if we are.
    But we know that the last days will come and we don't have to be afraid when they do, because God has given us the power of His Holy Spirit to cause us to stand. He's given us a love for all people that casts out the fear of man and the fear of the moment that you and I are now living in.
    We have a reason to live because our reason for being on the earth is to testify about the Christ who came to a cross, He died for the sins of all people and promises eternal life to everyone who will turn to Him.
    Let's pray for boldness. Let's pray for power. Let's pray that our lives make a difference. It's time to pray.
    2 min
  • Trust Him to Carry You
    Mark 14:36. Jesus said, *All things are possible unto thee.* Jesus prayed these words in the garden at the moment of greatest pressure. He acknowledged his Father as the source of all strength. He didn't deny the weight of what was before him, but he surrendered himself fully to the will of his Father.
    In his humanity, he did not rely on natural strength alone. God enabled him to go forward in a strength that was not his own. This prayer reveals where strength is truly found. When the fire comes, surrender must replace self-effort. God provides strength for every journey that he ordains. Even Christ did not carry the weight alone.
    Stop trying to obey God today in your own power. Turn to the Father as the source of your strength and trust him to carry you where you cannot go by yourself. Talk to God because it's time to pray.
    2 min

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