Carter Conlon | Daily Devotionals

Many of us yearn for a deeper connection with God, whether we seek to reclaim what we once had or to discover a calling that we’ve yet to embrace. It’s important to remember that God does not toy with our emotions. 

His call is meant for true transformation, not for fleeting feelings. When we sincerely seek restoration or revelation, God responds to us with grace. From personal experience, I can assure you that He is faithful to those who earnestly seek Him. 

If you find yourself today longing for more, take a moment now to express this desire to God. Invite Him to awaken your heart and fulfill your longing for a deeper relationship and purpose in life than you have ever known. 

The lives of so many people are depending on your prayers right now. Talk to God about it. 

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Did you know that you’re not called to rely solely on your own strength to accomplish the supernatural? Instead, you’re called to accept the fact that God has chosen you to do something extraordinary that will bring glory to His name. 

It’s God who equips us with gifts, strengthens us, and guides us from beginning to the end. So instead of dwelling on your own limitations or thinking you can do it in your own strength, today start focusing on the power of God working through you. 

Trust in His guidance. Rely on His strength to overcome any and all obstacles that may come your way. Join with us every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time at itstimetopray.org. People from up to 211 countries and dependencies are submitting prayer requests, and many of us are gathering together to pray live every Wednesday night. 

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When God speaks to you, it will always involve something beyond your own strength to accomplish. This is how He reveals His glory. Zacharias looked at his weakness and determined that it was too late. 

But God was never asking for his ability, only for his faith. Mary had no power to bring her promise to life, yet she said yes, and the Holy Spirit came upon her. The same Spirit of God now lives in you. 

God still overshadows human weakness and brings forth what only He can produce. He is not waiting today for your perfection; He is waiting for your surrender. When you offer to Him today what little you have, His power overshadows it with His purpose. 

Say to Him today what Mary once said, “Be it done to me according to Your word” (Luke 1:38). Talk to God about it. 

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Throughout the Bible, God changed people’s names to reveal His heart and purpose for them. He called Abram to be Abraham, Sarai to be Sarah, Saul to be Paul. He still changes names today. 

Some say, my name is defiled, but God says, no, no, no, I call you pure. Others might say, my name is loser, and God says, no, you are more than a conqueror. You might call yourself today broken, useless, addict, but He calls you free, useful, and a witness of His glory. 

The names of your past are no longer the names of your future. You are who God now says you are, not what people have formerly called you and not even what you have called yourself. When He gives you a new name, it comes with new power and a new identity. 

Refuse to live under the old label. Believe what He calls you now. 

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Ephesians 6:2–3 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise, “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” 

There comes a moment when God calls us to make wrong things right. Sometimes it begins with repentance. Maybe you never valued someone who has sacrificed for you, or perhaps you failed to honor the one who helped shape you. 

God still gives us the chance to obey, because honor still brings blessing. When we choose to do what He says, peace in our hearts begins to flow again. Obedience always opens the door to favor. Make the choice today that leads to life. 

Give honor to whom honor is due, because God said it is. My brother and my sister, join us every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time at itstimetopray.org. 

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When Mary entered Elizabeth’s home, the baby in Elizabeth’s womb leaped for joy. The Holy Spirit filled her, and she began to speak with a loud voice, blessing Mary for believing what the Lord had spoken. 

Meanwhile, Zacharias, the high priest, stood silent. He once taught others, but now he had lost his own voice because of unbelief. Yet God is merciful. When Zacharias finally agreed with the Word of God and wrote on a tablet, his name is John, his mouth was opened and his tongue was loosed. 

Praise returned where unbelief had silenced him. Faith always gives birth to a brand-new song. When you agree with God, heaven’s power begins to move again in your life. Let the words you speak today line up with what He has promised. 

Believe, agree, and praise Him openly. 

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When the angel came to Mary with a promise beyond human understanding, she asked, how can this be? She did not have status or experience, yet God had chosen her to carry His Son. 

The Holy Spirit would come upon her, and the power of God would overshadow her. What was impossible for man was completely possible with God. Mary did not argue or shrink back. She simply said, “Be it done to me according to Your word.” 

You see, this is where miracles of new life begin. When you and I stop resisting what God is speaking and start agreeing with it, something new within us is born. He wants to do through you what only He can do, something that carries His life, His presence, and His glory. 

I want to encourage you today to believe God even when it seems impossible. 

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My father left university to fight a war he did not start. He was only nineteen years old and unafraid to give up his own dreams so that others might live free. He survived being shot down twice while so many never returned. 

That sacrifice gave me a future I did not earn. And it points to something greater, the heart of God the Father. He gave His Son so that you and I could have life, and He knew the cost. When we understand that kind of love, we stop living for ourselves. 

I believe that the truest expression of Christianity is found in laying down our lives for the sake of somebody else, for someone who is lost, wounded, hopeless, or maybe has nobody to help them. Ask God a simple thing today. 

Who is He calling you to fight for now? Ask Him about it. Because, my brother and my sister, the battle is raging. 

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In the Gospel of Luke, we read about Zacharias and Elizabeth, a couple righteous before God, yet they carried with them years of unanswered prayer. They were faithful, blameless, and still heaven seemed to be silent. 

But silence does not mean that God has forgotten your prayer. He comes at the right time, not on our time. When the angel appeared to Zacharias and said, your prayer is heard, it was a reminder that no prayer offered in faith is ever lost. 

Some prayers are waiting for the season when their answer will glorify God the most. What feels delayed is often being prepared for a much greater purpose. When it seems like time has passed you by. Remember, you may have lost heart, but God has not forgotten. 

He heard your prayer. And the same God who opened Elizabeth’s womb can open the door that you have long stopped knocking on. Talk to God. 

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The greatest joy in this life is seeing a soul come to Christ. Even heaven celebrates when one person turns back to God. Sometimes it takes years of prayer, but mercy always finds a way. 

What seems impossible is never too far from the reach of God’s grace. The window of God’s patience is open longer than we realize. His love pursues the stubborn, the weary, and the lost until hearts are softened and faith is born. 

Do not stop praying for those who seem beyond reach. Keep believing that God still saves and that His mercy will have the final word. Join with us, people from over 200 countries, every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time at itstimetopray.org. People are gathering. We are believing. We are receiving reports of even the hardest hearts turning back to God. 

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