Carter Conlon | Daily Devotionals

For some today, you say to God, "I'm fearful." So was Timothy, yet he became a mighty man of God. You say, "I stutter." So did Moses, and God still sent him. You say, "I'm old." So was Aaron, yet he stood in the purposes of God. God has never been limited by human weaknesses. We are the ones who limit Him by believing that our condition somehow disqualifies us. But God always takes what seems insufficient and uses it to defeat what seems impossible. A stuttering man, an older brother, a stick, and a simple word from God were enough to confront the powers of hell. Stop waiting today until you feel qualified. God's not asking for perfection. He's asking for obedience. My encouragement to you today? Step forward with what you have and let Him prove to you his power through your life. Talk to him about it. It's time to pray.

There's a kind of unbelief that must be established in the heart of every believer. It's not the unbelief that doubts God, but the kind that refuses to accept the lies that are spoken against His purposes. I want to encourage you today to Refuse to Believe that your life is insignificant to the kingdom of God. Refuse to Believe that God cannot use you. Refuse to Believe that your life will not bring glory to the Son of God. Every argument, every reasoning, every failure may try to convince you otherwise, but there must come a moment when you decide that those voices will no longer have any authority in your life. Today, I want to encourage you: don't agree with what God has never said about you. Stand firmly on what He has declared, and let the truth of God's presence in your life now begin to define your future. It's time to pray.

Jesus said the Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. This is not an excuse, it's actually a revelation. Human willingness cannot overcome human weakness. Peter wanted to stand, but he could not without divine strength. God allows each of us to reach this place so we stop trusting in ourselves. Religion survives by comparison, but grace begins with surrender. When the fire comes, every false confidence is removed. We discover that all have fallen short. This truth is not meant to destroy us, it's actually meant to deliver us, so that we lay down the need to appear strong and allow Jesus Christ to actually become the source of our strength. Join with us at itstimetopray.org every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, where people from all over the world are gathering together now, and we're praying Jesus Christ, be the source of our strength in this last day. It's time to pray.

1 Corinthians 1:27. God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. Many today believe they're not qualified, not educated enough, not strong enough to be used by God. But God has never chosen people based on human qualifications. He chooses what seems weak, what seems insignificant, and uses us to display His power. The only thing He's looking for from you today is a willing heart. You don't have to have everything together. You don't need to be perfect. You simply need to be available. When you yield your life to Him, He gives you what you do not have. He gives wisdom, strength, the ability to stand in your generation. Stop waiting today until you feel ready. Say yes to Him now and let Him do in you what only He can do through you. It's time to pray.

Your enemies roar in the midst of your meeting place. They set up their banners for signs. They seem like men who lift up axes among the thick trees, and now they break down its carved work all at once with axes and hammers. They've set fire to your sanctuary. They defiled the dwelling place of your name to the ground. They said in their hearts, let us destroy them altogether. They've burned up all the meeting places of God in the land. Psalm 74:4-8, the psalmist says these words. In other words, forces have come in that are destroying our history and setting up their own ideas of truth as guideposts. Are we not experiencing that in America today? There are forces of darkness that want to destroy and remove every influence of God in our nation. We must now pray for our nation, and we must become, as the people of God, a people who are guided by truth. It's time to pray.

Psalm 23:5. David says, You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You may feel today like your life is surrounded by opposition, like everything is working against you. But God does not wait for your enemies to disappear before He blesses you. He prepares a table, as David says, right in the middle of your struggle. What looks like a place of defeat can become a place of provision, strength, and testimony. The presence of difficulty does not mean the absence of God. He is able to sustain you, strengthen you, and even cause your life to overflow in the very place where you thought you would be overcome. Don't wait for the perfect conditions to arrive before you believe Him. Trust Him now. Trust Him today. Trust Him right where you are, and allow Him to reveal His faithfulness to you right in your situation. It's time to pray.

2 Kings 19:35: In the morning, the Lord had sent an angel and the army was gone. There are moments when you feel surrounded, like everything around you is against you and there is no way out. The voices are loud, the pressure is real, and it feels like you will never escape. But the power of God has not changed. When a righteous man brought his situation before the Lord, God moved in a single night, and what seemed to be an impossibility disappeared. You may not see it with your eyes, but when you cry out to God, something is happening in the spiritual realm. What you thought would destroy you can suddenly lose its power. Don't ever accept defeat as your future. Bring your situation before God and trust Him to do what He alone is able to do, whether or not you can see it with your natural eyes. It's time to pray.

The kingdom of God advances to those who know where their strength comes from. Walking in the flesh is trying to follow Christ by human will and human ability alone. It will always fail. In the fire, this truth becomes unavoidable. God is building a testimony in your life that cannot be sustained by human effort. When you surrender your rights and yield your life, the Spirit of God takes residence up within you. He becomes your courage, your wisdom, and your endurance. Turn fully to Jesus Christ as your source of strength today. Join with us every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time at itstimetopray.org, where people from all over the world are gathering together in this last day to pray. And we are praying one thing: Jesus, give us freedom, give us vision, give us strength, give us a voice, give us a testimony. It's time to pray.

In Psalm 18:29, the psalmist David said, "By my God I have leaped over a wall." Today you may feel surrounded, as if walls are all around your life that cannot be broken down. The enemy wants you to believe that you're stuck, that there's no way out. But that is not the truth. God gives strength to overcome what stands in your way. He gives power where there was none before. What looks like a barrier becomes something you can rise above by the strength of Christ within you. Don't accept the lie that your situation is permanent. Don't believe today that you are trapped. God is able to lift you, strengthen you, and bring you through what looks like an impossibility. Trust Him today to give you what you need to move forward. Step towards Him and believe, just believe, that He will make a way for your life. It's time to pray.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Psalm 133:1 When you and I look around at the world today, we see division almost everywhere. The division is becoming violent and it's becoming vile in its speech. However, when we are in unity with God, we will automatically find ourselves in unity with one another. When we become disunited with God, we automatically become disunified with each other. The scripture says that when we walk together in unity, particularly with God first and foremost, there's an anointing that sets us apart from other people of this world. The psalmist goes on to say that unity brings an actual watering on the earth. In other words, when we walk together in unity with God, it affects not just us, but people all around us. Today, let's choose to walk together in unity. It's time to pray.

In you, O Lord, I put my trust. Let me never be ashamed. Deliver me in your righteousness. Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be my rock of refuge, a fortress of defense, to save me. Psalm 31:1-2. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a good country, and in sincerity they put the words "In God We Trust" on their currency. Over time, their love of their money caused the love of those first words to simply fade away. Soon, they began to act in shameful ways until their reputation of being good was also in danger of being lost forever. There were still some people, though, who never forgot those first words. They began to pray, and suddenly, things began to change. It's time to pray.

Romans 8:38-39. Nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. There are those who believe they've failed too many times. They've crossed a line where God no longer loves them. The enemy uses failure to convince you that you're no longer accepted. But the Word of God declares something different. Nothing can separate you from the love of God. Not your past, not your weaknesses, not your repeated failures. If your heart is honest before Him, His love has not changed towards you. You may fall, but you can rise again. God's mercy is not limited by your mistakes. Stop today allowing failure to speak louder than truth. Get Back Up and turn your heart towards Him again, and continue walking. You can, because His love is still holding you. It's time to pray.

Today I want to remind you that Jesus could not carry the cross to Calvary in His physical strength alone. God sent Simon of Cyrene to help Him to finish the journey. If the Son of God needed strength beyond Himself, then so do we. The call to take up the cross is not our call to self-powered endurance. It's an invitation to dependence. God always provides strength for the journey that He ordains. Stop trying to carry what God never intended you to bear alone. Receive the strength He provides and continue forward in His power, and His power alone, today. Join with us every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, where people at itstimetopray.org are gathering together and we're believing God for the strength that we will need in this final generation to become the people He's ordained us to be. Above and beyond everything today, it's time to pray.

Colossians 2:14 says, "blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, nailing it to His cross." You may say, I have a past, I have a record, I've done things that cannot be undone. But when you come to Christ, something supernatural happens. What was written against you is literally wiped away by the blood of Jesus. You may still remember it, but heaven doesn't hold it against you. The enemy will try to bring it back to remind you of who you used to be, to convince you that you're still disqualified. But the cross speaks a better word. What was held against you has been nailed to the cross and is now covered by the shed blood of Jesus Christ. You are no longer defined by your past. You are now defined by the mercy of God. Stop looking back at what he has already erased and step forward into the life that God has now given you. It's time to pray.

Psalm 71:17-18. "Oh, God, you have taught me from my youth, and to this day I declare your wondrous works. Now also, when I am old and gray-headed, Oh, God, do not forsake me, until I declare your strength to this generation, your power to everyone who is to come." This is the mandate given to us now, to show the next generation the power of God, not just to talk about it, but to show them that when we go to the throne of God, God will hear us, God will answer, God will save, Christ will deliver. I believe that you and I are going to live to see a mercy moment in America. I don't know what the future holds, or what the nation is going to look like when this is all over, but I do know that God's mercy is from age to age and from everlasting to everlasting. It's time to pray.

Mark 9:23-24. Jesus said, "If you can believe, all things are possible to Him that believes." The reply was, "Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief." There are moments when you've done everything you know to do and still nothing changes. You pray, you speak, you stand in faith, and yet the situation remains the same. You wonder if even God will move. That's where this father stood, and his cry was at least honest. Lord, I believe as much as I can, but my faith has fallen short. That's where many of us are today. You cannot manufacture more faith than what you've been given. You've come to the end of yourself. But the good news is the end of yourself is not the end of God. When your strength fails, His power takes over. Bring your weakness honestly before Him and let Him meet you there. Don't walk away in discouragement. Stay and ask Him to do what you cannot. It's time to pray.

Psalm 78:19 says, "Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?" This was a question of the people of Israel. They'd seen the power of God bring them out of captivity, but when they stood in the wilderness, they began to doubt that He could bring them into the place He had promised them. The situation looked so hopeless that the thought came into their minds, maybe even God can't do anything with this. Now, many of you know what that feels like. You're no longer what you used to be, but now you stand in a place where you don't know how to become what God has called you to be. The struggle is not coming out of captivity, it's going into the promise of God. I refuse to believe that God brought you this far just to leave you where you are. He's still able to prepare a table, even in your wilderness. Stop measuring your future by what you see, and now trust God to finish what He has started in your life. It's time to pray.

You must stop listening to every argument that tells you your life will never change. The voice that says you'll always be stuck, always be limited, always be defeated, must be confronted. You cannot continue to entertain those thoughts and expect to walk in freedom. There has to be a decision to reject these thoughts completely. Don't give them any space in your mind any longer. When those thoughts come, answer them with the truth of God's Word. Refuse to believe what God has not spoken. Walk away from the lies and begin to stand on what He has declared and is declaring about your future. Freedom begins when you and I stop agreeing with what's trying to hold us back. Join with us every Wednesday night, 7 p.m. Eastern time at itstimetopray.org, where people from all over the world are laying hold of this truth and God is raising up a new testimony one more time. It's time to pray.

Hebrews 3:15 says, "Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your heart." Don't say, "No, God is not for me." Do not say, "I'm too dead. I'm too far gone. I'm too far back." Do not listen to the voices around you that are chirping away everywhere, saying there's no hope for you. You'll always be like this. Your dad, your mom was like this, and you'll be like this as well. No, no, no, no. This is not a season to draw back. It's not a season to hide behind a stone. It's a season to hear the voice of God that is now calling to you, even in your weakness and hopelessness. It's the time now to come out of every place of darkness and death and weakness. What do I do, you say? Get up and move towards the sound of God's voice that is calling you. It's time to pray.

We knew the Word of God in this nation. We knew what God said. We knew the warnings of God. There were voices that were raised to caution us, just as in Acts 27, with the Apostle Paul that said, don't take this journey. If you do, it's going to result in the loss of everything. And now here we are with that loss. The loss of our military, our might, our civility, our economy, our morality. It seems today that everything is being thrown into the wind. It's time that you and I cry out to the Lord and ask Him to restore us again. The cry of our heart in this generation is, God Almighty, would You help us to pray again? You and I need to understand that if we cry out to God, that God will be God one more time. If ever there was a time to cry out to God, my brother, my sister, it's now. It's time to pray.

Romans 8:11: "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you." If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal body. The whole of creation is groaning, the scripture tells us. The whole world is now yearning for something that only God can give them. There's a cry in the hearts of many today who do not know Christ. They're looking everywhere and not finding what they need. Creation waits for the revealing of the sons of God. Jesus Christ is calling His church today out of death and lethargy and into new life in Him. If you can hear His voice, get up and go forward. Talk to Him about it today. It's time to pray.

John 11:43. 'Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.' When Jesus stood at the tomb of Lazarus, many voices were already speaking. Some were weeping, some were mourning. Some were saying it's too late. Lazarus has been dead for four days and a stone covers the grave. Every voice around that tomb was declaring the situation final. Then one voice rose above all the others. Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." His voice was stronger than death, stronger than the stone, stronger than the hopelessness surrounding the grave. He doesn't call when you have the strength to get up on your own. He calls when you have no strength left, when every other voice tries to tell you there is no future. Today, if you can hear His voice, don't harden your heart, move towards where He is calling you. It's time to pray.

John 11:43, three of the most powerful words in the New Testament: Lazarus, come forth. Are you feeling today empty with no life to give? But did you know that even death is not beyond the reach of God? Lazarus was not just struggling, he was completely dead, beyond what anyone thought could be restored. Yet just these few words from Jesus changed everything. You may not feel anything, but you don't have to. If you can hear His voice, there's still hope. God is able to call life into what feels dead inside of you. Don't accept emptiness as your final state. Listen for His voice and respond. Let Him bring life back into the places that you thought in your heart were gone forever. Join with us every Wednesday night, 7 p.m. Eastern Time, at itstimetopray.org, where people from all over the world are beginning to hear His voice, and you can hear it too, because it's time to pray.

John 11:3-4: 'Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick. When Jesus heard that, He said, this sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.' Lazarus knew that Jesus loved him. He had once welcomed Jesus into his home. He heard His word. He knew His words were life and truth. Many in the church world today can say the same thing. Jesus is welcomed. His word is heard. But that's still the first table, the place of hearing, not yet at the place of resurrection. Then one day Lazarus died and Jesus let him die. And he said, "his sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God". Something was about to happen that only God could do. If all you have known is this place of hearing, ask God today to bring you into the place where only he can raise in you what has died. Talk to him about it. My brother, my sister, it's time to pray.

Reading to you from Psalm 107:1-3. 'Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south'. It's time now for us to remember what God has done for us. It's time for us to remember that it was the inner cry of our hearts that brought us out of darkness and into this marvelous light of God. Some of us have been brought out of drugs into sobriety, out of anger and into forgiveness. God has brought us into the light. We're now facing a darkness that's trying to swallow up our nation and throw all of our children into confusion. It's time now for you and I to rise and cry out again to the Lord. My brother, my sister, if ever there was a time, it's time to pray.

Luke 10:38-39 tell us, in part, that Martha welcomed Him into her house, and Mary sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word. Before Lazarus sat at a table as a man who was raised from the dead, there was another moment. Jesus entered the village, and Martha welcomed Him into her house. Mary sat at His feet and heard His word, and Lazarus, we assume, was there as well. This was the first table, the place where Jesus was invited, His word was heard. Later, there was another table where Lazarus sat alive after having been dead. The first table is hearing His word. The second table is living evidence of what His power can do. Don't remain only today at the place of just hearing. Allow Him to work in your life so that others can see the difference that only God can make. My brother, my sister, it's time to pray.

In John 12:9-11, speaking of Lazarus after he was raised from the dead, the Scripture says many of the Jews knew that he was there because on account of him, many of them went away and believed in Jesus. Now, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was who had been raised from the dead. They made Him a supper and Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him. Many came not only just to see Jesus, but to see Lazarus, the man who had been raised from the dead. Because of Lazarus, many went away and believed in Jesus. Now, this is a legitimate question for today's church. Because of you and I, are many going away and believing in Jesus Christ? When someone visits your house or speaks with you, do they see something in you that would convince them that Jesus Christ has all power and can change and transform any life? If you can't honestly say yes, talk to God about it. It's time to pray.

There must come a place where you stop listening to every argument that tells you that God can't use your life. Every reasoning, every voice, every reminder of your past tries to convince you that your future is limited. But those voices are not truth. They are lies and must be rejected. Refuse to give them weight. Refuse to entertain them. Refuse to consider them as even possible. When the enemy speaks, there must be something in you that rises up and says, "I do not believe you." Do not spend your life debating lies. Walk away from them. Fill your heart with what God has said and stand on it. Let your confidence be built on His truth and not on your past. Join us every Wednesday night, 7 p.m. Eastern Time at itstimetopray.org where people from all over the world are rising up saying, "God, take my life, use it for Your glory." It's time to pray.

I want to remind you today that it's not by might, it's not by our works, our careers, our success, or even our eloquence. We live by the mercy and grace of Almighty God. The church of Jesus Christ that comes out of the wilderness leaning on her beloved has heard the voice of Jesus Christ calling us. We've gotten up from where we used to be. That's where life begins. As with Lazarus, the old clothes that wrapped around us begin to unravel. Our strength returns. There's new breath in our lungs and new strength in our step. The life of Jesus Christ within us is our hope for the future. This is not a season to draw back. It's not a season to hide behind a stone. It's a season to hear His voice and come out of darkness and weakness. My brother, my sister, lean on Him now and move towards the sound of His voice because He's calling His church once again. It's time to pray.

There's so much darkness in our generation. There's so much drug addiction and violence. There's a whole generation now being raised without God. Our young children are being confused on every conceivable level. It's time now for you and I to begin to cry out to God for this generation. It's time to cry out for our children. It's time to cry out for our families. It's time to cry out for the opiate addicted in our society. It's time that the Church of Christ stands in the gap and begins to intercede for this nation. We have to drop our pride and not be concerned about what people are going to think. It's only our cry to God that is now going to make the difference. We are in desperate need of a spiritual awakening in America. We need God's intervention in this present situation. It's time now to cry out. It's time to pray.

This country and this world needs the Church of Jesus Christ, but they don't need us just at the first table of only association with Jesus Christ. As with Lazarus in his story, this alone is not enough. Lazarus could one time say, yeah, I know Him. Yes, I know Jesus, He's come to my house. Yes, I know His word. Now this can get you into heaven, but it's not the testimony that will win this generation. The testimony that will win this generation is simply this, as with Lazarus, I used to be dead, but now I live. I used to be blind, but now I see. I was a captive, but now I've been set free. The person that I am is only because of Jesus Christ and His life inside of me. And what God has done for me, He can also do for you. This is the testimony this world needs. If you can hear His voice today, don't harden your heart to it. It's now time to pray.

Can you say today to the people around you, I once died, but because of Jesus Christ, I live. I was dead in this area of my life. I was dead to the future. My marriage was dead. My heart was dead. My hope was dead. And in fact, my future itself was dead. I did not feel like I had any hope for anything that was ahead of me. But Jesus Christ touched my life, and I came back to life in the same place where I had once died. Do we have a clear story of being brought out of one state of being and into another by the power of God? If we do, this, my brother, my sister, is called a testimony. Can the church of this generation say to the society around us that I once was dead, but now I live? Let your life today clearly show others around you what Jesus Christ and Christ alone has done in you and what He's doing through you. Talk to Him. It's time to pray.

There are those who feel deeply wounded, carrying pain from what has been done to them. The weight of it feels like something you can't rise up from. But consider Jesus. He was wounded, bruised, betrayed, rejected, and yet He didn't stay in the grave. The same Spirit that raised Him from the dead is able to give life to you. No wound is deeper than His, and no pain is beyond the reach of His power. Don't allow your pain to define your future. The power of God is greater than what has been done to you. Bring your brokenness to Him, and let His life begin to restore what has been lost. You are not finished. There's still life ahead of you. Join us every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time at itstimetopray.org, where people from over 200 countries and dependencies around the world are coming together saying, "God, raise up a testimony to your glory one more time. Use my life. Take me as I am, and make me a miracle." It's time to pray.

There must be a wholesome fear of God in the heart of anyone who claims to speak in His name. In the Old Testament, warnings were given to those who stood before the people and said, "Thus says the Lord," if in fact He had not spoken. There must be in the hearts of those who claim to speak prophetically an honest and sincere fear of God.  At the same time, there can be confidence when He has spoken. There can be a witness in the heart and from the text of Scripture. Over the years, He has spoken about things before they happened, and He has never failed, not even one time. Seek today that kind of a relationship with Him, where there's both reverence and confidence because you actually know the sound of His voice. Didn't Jesus say that? "My sheep hear My voice and they follow Me." Talk to Him about all of these things today.  It's time to pray.

Every time we look into God's Word, we should be changed by His power. The scripture says in Psalm 119:130, 'the entrance of your words gives light'. God is able to bring light into our hearts and minds when we read His Word. We can ask God to put direction in our steps and to give us the courage we need to go where He's calling us to go. His Word becomes light to our path. Let's allow the Lord to work in and through us so that you and I can make a difference in this generation we're now living in. As we read His Word, let's pray that God would give us grace, boldness, and strength to walk in obedience and to become a blessing to all those around us. As a matter of fact, that's what we're called to be according to the Word of God. Let's begin to pray. Talk to God now. It's time to pray.

When something is called a prophetic word, it means it is a word believed to be given by God. It is based on scripture, on what He has done, what He does do, and what He's planning to do in the future. It's based on the character of God, how He has worked with nations and peoples in the past, and what He does when we find ourselves back in certain or exact situations. If anyone speaks prophetically, the word that they speak has to stand the test of scripture, the witness of leadership in the church, and the witness of the Holy Spirit in your own heart. You are free always to accept it or to reject it, but look for the witness of scripture and the witness of the Holy Spirit, and then respond accordingly, because many, many people are going to be claiming to be speaking for God in the days ahead. Pray for discernment. It's time to pray.

Matthew 26:35: Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Peter spoke these words sincerely to Jesus. He meant them, but sincerity did not prepare him for the fire and the trial ahead of him. Jesus told him plainly that he would not get through the night, but Peter argued because he believed in his own strength. In the garden, that belief collapsed. God allows these moments to reveal truth. The fire of trial shows us that loyalty must be sustained by Christ, not by human resolve. When your confidence fails, do not despair. Let Jesus Christ become the mercy and the strength and the life and the direction and the future that you could never procure in your own strength. Remember, the end of me is the beginning of God. It's time to pray.

In Psalm 23:5, David said, You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You know, he didn't say in the absence of my enemies. He actually said in the presence of my enemies. Your enemies can be all around you with their swords drawn, but all they can do is butter your bread for you. That's all they can do. There's nothing to be afraid of. When you're in the hand of God, goodness and mercy will follow you all the days of your life. Some don't respond to the second table as Lazarus did because they fear the repercussions of it, but there's nothing to be afraid of. Today, choose to sit in the place of resurrection life that He has prepared for you. Join with us every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern time at itstimetopray.org when people from all over the world are coming out of the wilderness and taking their place at the resurrection table of Jesus Christ. It's time to pray.

Hebrews 4:10: For he that has entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works. Entering God's rest means stopping the struggle to prove yourself. It means ceasing from trusting your own strength. Peter learned this when his confidence failed him. God was not rejecting him, He was redirecting him. Human strength can only take you and I so far. Divine strength alone can carry us to the finish. When we surrender control, then God takes over and takes responsibility for our future. Stop trying to figure out the journey in your own thoughts. Yield your life to Christ and allow Him to live His life and His strength through you. As the Apostle Paul once said, it's Christ in us, or in me, that is the hope of glory. God is willing to give you what you and I don't have in ourselves. Talk to Him about it today. It's time to pray.

This Memorial Day, we pause to remember those who gave their lives in service to our country. Their sacrifice reflects the words of Jesus in John 15:13. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. As we honor today these heroes, we also find comfort in God's promises. Psalm 34:18 reminds us, The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. If today brings sorrow, may you find peace in knowing that God sees, God cares, and God holds every tear. Let's not take for granted the freedoms we enjoy. Let's pray for the families who continue to bear the weight of this loss. May God bless you, and may He continue to bless this nation. Remember my brother, my sister. Be thankful for those who gave their all so that you and I can live in freedom. And when we pray, let's always remember this cost. It's time now for you and I to be thankful. It's time to pray.

In the scriptures, Peter the Apostle sat at the table with Jesus and made a sincere boast of loyalty. He meant it when he said it though. "I'll be offended yet will not I." He was sincere to the core of his being. But sincerity is not strength. Jesus warned him that the night ahead would demand something he did not have. When Peter entered the garden, his confidence disappeared and silence took its place. Scripture says he had nothing left to say. Jesus was not condemning Peter. He was simply uncovering the truth. "The spirit truly is willing but the flesh is weak." What is of us alone will not stand in the fire. What is of Christ in us will remain. God brings us to this place not to shame us but to save us. Today I want to encourage you to lay down confidence in yourself and allow Jesus Christ to become your strength today. It's time to pray.

Once we get back to the cross and yield our lives to the purposes of God, we can then say with the Apostle Paul, "I am crucified with Christ." That means my will, my plans, and my ambitions are laid down, yet I live not by my own strength, but by faith in what Christ did for me on Calvary. Paul understood that life flows from trusting what was purchased there. The old life is surrendered so that the promise of life that God gives can be received. This is not self-improvement. It's an exchange. God gives life where surrender has taken place. The Christian life is lived by faith in what Christ has already done, not by striving to produce our own righteousness. Return to the cross and trust God today to give you the life that He promised you. Yield to Him again and live. Live from what Christ has fully accomplished. It's time to pray.

John 11:44. Jesus said, loose him and let him go. Don't make it complicated. "Lazarus, come forth." That is your part. He could have just yelled from the tomb, "I can't, I'm all wrapped up." He could have, but he didn't. He just got up and he came forth and his life became a miracle. Let Jesus Christ do what He needs to do today in your life. Let Him unwrap you. Let Him say, "loose him and let him go." That's what God wants to do for you. It doesn't matter what anybody else says. Doesn't even matter what you think. It matters what God says. Whatever that is, just get up and move today towards the sound of His voice. Join with us every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern time at itstimetopray.org when people from all over the world are coming out of the wilderness and taking their place at the resurrection table of Jesus Christ. It's time to pray.

Elijah told the prophets of Baal to go first because their work was quick. False religion moves fast. It surveys what people want, secures resources, and builds something that never challenges the heart. It offers comfort without conviction and prosperity without surrender. What God builds is different. It takes time. It requires digging, rebuilding, and order. God is not offended by slowness when it produces truth. The altar Elijah rebuilt was not impressive, but it was right. God values durability over speed. A life built quickly without surrender will eventually collapse. Don't measure spiritual success by how fast something grows. Measure it by whether or not it can withstand the fire. Let God take the time He needs today to build something real into your life. Talk to God about it. It's time to pray.

Did you know that you are a part of God's end-time army? He's going to raise men, women, and young people in this generation. According to the prophet Daniel, you will be strong and you will do exploits in the name of God. You will do things in the power of God that could only be done through Him by surrendered vessels. You don't have to be strong in yourself. You can actually be weak. You don't have to be noble of royal birth. You don't have to be overly intelligent. You don't have to have ten degrees on your wall. You just have to have a voice and a heart that says, "Jesus, I want everything that You've got for my life." God's going to make you into a light that cannot be extinguished. Ask the Lord now to make you into the person that He's calling you and you alone to be. It's time to pray.

Saul prophesied while an evil spirit was upon him. He had once known the anointing of God, had been touched by the Spirit, and had been turned into another man. Yet there was a stubbornness in his heart. He would not yield his life to the word of God. Over time, what once came from God became corrupted. He still spoke, still led, still occupied a position of authority, but something else was driving him. Spiritual beginnings do not guarantee spiritual endings. Calling, gifting, and position cannot be a replacement for surrender. A life that refuses obedience eventually loses discernment. God allowed what Saul refused to confront to come to the surface. Stay yielded to the word of God, not just to a past experience, and let obedience guard what God has already entrusted to you. Talk to Him. It's time to pray.

In scripture, Elijah rebuilt the altar with 12 stones, even though the nation was divided. God was declaring that his altar does not recognize division. At his altar, there's no righteous side and unrighteous side, no historical grievance that justifies separation. God was restoring his covenant identity to the people. He was saying Israel is still Israel. God does not send His fire to divided altars. He restores unity before He reveals His presence. The altar of the Lord is a place where labels fall away, and it's God who defines who belongs. If God's rebuilding something in your life today, He may be first addressing division that you've learned to live with. Let Him decide in your heart who His people are and where it is that His presence rests. Talk to God about it. It's time to pray.

When Lazarus died, people said it was over. Four days in the grave, a stone sealing the tomb. Every voice around that place was declaring the situation final. That same mindset can settle over a life. Too late, too far gone, no future. When that unbelief sets in, prayer fades, expectation fades, hope fades. But Jesus does not call when there's still a chance to rise on your own. He calls when there's no strength left. When every other voice has gone silent or surrendered. If you have accepted something as final that God has not declared finished, listen again today for the sound of His voice. He is glorified when He calls us out of weakness and into the strength that only He can provide. Resurrection life is the portion of every believer in Jesus Christ. It's time to pray.

There have been movements that call themselves revival marked by constant prophesying yet filled with threats against anyone who would test them by Scripture. Those who questioned were once told they would die. This spirit is not new. There was a javelin in Saul's hand while he prophesied. False spirituality resents scrutiny. It reacts with intimidation rather than humility. Truth never fears the Word of God. The Holy Spirit does not threaten those who examine what they hear. When prophecy demands unquestioned loyalty and attacks discernment, something is wrong. God invites His people to test everything they hear by Scripture. Do not surrender your conscience to fear or pressure. Stay anchored in the written Word of God and refuse any spirit that demands silence instead of discernment. Talk to God about it today. It's time to pray.

My prayer has always been for God to send a spiritual awakening before Christ returns. Especially in this hour that we're living in now, in this time when there's so much crisis in homes and families. There are so many dealing with mental issues. There are so many marriages falling apart, people battling with addictions, and the whole world seems to be mounting an offense against the truth of Jesus Christ. However, it's in these seasons that God sends mercy. The prayer of my heart continues to be that God would send a spiritual awakening. I believe that God is going to raise you up. Pray that God gives you the courage and the strength to walk this walk and to be everything that God is now calling you to be, because you are the end time army of God that He's raising up. You are plan A in the kingdom of God. It's time to pray.