Carter Conlon | Daily Devotionals

The devil is trying to convince many that they have no part nor portion in what God has called us to be in this time. The Holy Spirit is still in the business of breaking barriers that the devil has placed in front of people’s hearts and minds. It is by the Word of God that we are guided, admonished, cleansed, instructed, and led into an incredible life that is promised to us through Jesus Christ. We must continue to pray that the Holy Spirit will break down barriers, tear down strongholds, and set the captives free. God has promised to save a multitude of souls in this final hour that we are now living in, in His kingdom. Let’s pray that we may be a part of the greatest spiritual awakening in the history of this world. Ask God to make you part of what He is about to do. Heaven is open. It’s time to pray.

There’s a difference between worship and false prophecy, even when both look spiritual. Saul in the Bible was prophesying in the house while David was worshiping God. To the undiscerning eye, it all appeared holy, but there was a javelin in Saul’s hand. He was full of rebellion, envy, self-ambition, and hatred for the true anointing of God. His prophecy eventually twisted away from truth and led people outside the Word of God. It may have started sounding right, but it didn’t stay there. What a man carries in his heart will eventually reveal itself. True worship surrenders the weapon. False spirituality always keeps a javelin nearby. Examine what spirit today is shaping your words and your actions and choose today the posture of surrender over display. It’s time to pray.

The fire reveals what theology alone cannot. A believer may study sacrifice and faith, but the fire shows what truly sustains the soul. In the garden, the disciples learned that desire is not the same as ability. Jesus showed them that what is of man cannot survive the fire. Only what is of Christ remains. God leads every believer to this understanding, not to humiliate us, but to free us. When self-effort is burned away and Jesus Christ is all that is left, He becomes everything. Don’t resist the fire of trial that exposes your limits. Accept what God is showing you and turn to Jesus Christ as the source of your strength today. Join us at itstimetopray.org every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, where people from all over the world are gathering together and saying these words: Jesus, be the source of our strength. It’s time to pray.

In the Bible, the prophets of Baal cried aloud, leaped on their altar, and even cut themselves. Yet there were no voice and no answer from heaven. You see, sincerity was not enough. They raved, acted insanely, exhausted themselves, and mistook emotion for power. Fire was not a feeling, not a tingling presence, not a sensory experience. The Word of God does not make superficial cuts. It is sharp and powerful, going straight to the thoughts and intents of the heart. Real transformation happens when we agree with what God says and trust Him for the power to change. It doesn’t come from performance or display. It only comes from surrender. God is not impressed by noise or effort, but by a yielded heart to His truth. Stop striving to feel something and allow God today to do a deep work within you. It’s time to pray.

Among God’s people, Jeremiah said wicked men were found laying snares, setting traps for the unwary. These were not outsiders; they were within. They became great and waxed rich, shining in the sight of men but not in the sight of God. Their houses were full of deceit. They cared nothing for the needy or those in genuine spiritual distress. Their focus was money, success, and influence. This was always a warning sign. They led the people with natural strength, not with the covenant-keeping power of God. They knew nothing of a surrendered life or the enabling work of the Holy Spirit. Yet God said, “My people love to have it so.” The tragedy was not only the deception, but the affection for this deception. Ask yourself today, what kind of leadership in the Church of Jesus Christ am I drawn to, and why? It’s time to pray.

We know that Jesus is coming soon. He also said that before He comes, He would reach out in mercy, and He would have a harvest of people who can still hear His voice. It’s time now to stop living your life without Christ. It’s time to stop allowing the devil to come in and destroy your home, your family, your mind, and your future. It’s time to rise up and begin to walk with God. He has an abundant life waiting for you. Freedom is waiting just for you. All you have to do is accept it. He will give you hope for the future in this world that’s full of darkness and depression. You will know the purpose as to why God has placed you on the earth at this time. The promise is also that He will put a new song in your heart. Do you want to experience a supernatural change that only the Spirit of God can give you? Then talk to God about it right now, because heaven is open. It’s time to pray.

Jeremiah the prophet cried out to a people who were standing, listening, and yet already gone. God spoke to the prophet and said, “They have revolted and gone,” meaning that they had already left in their hearts. They knew what they were in was not of God, yet they would not return to the One whom they knew was real. There was no cry in their heart anymore saying, “Let us now fear the Lord our God.” The fear of the Lord was dismissed as old, outdated, and unnecessary. A divided heart slowly drains desire for God. Discernment fades, hunger disappears, and conviction weakens. Like oil leaking from a barrel, it happens over time, but the loss is very real. Living with divided loyalty is dangerous. Lay it down before the desire for God is completely gone. If you can hear His voice, as the Scripture says, don’t harden your heart today. Choose Him while you can still hear. My brother and my sister, it’s time to pray.

Jesus said, “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” This is not an excuse; it is 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 is meant to deliver us so that we lay down the need to appear strong and allow Jesus Christ to become the source of our strength. Join us at itstimetopray.org every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, where people from all over the world are gathering together, and we are praying that Jesus Christ will be the source of our strength in this last day. It’s time to pray.

Elijah once said to the people, “How long will you halt between two opinions?” And the Scripture says the people answered him not a word. The word halt means to hop, to skip over, to dance as a lame man. Elijah was asking why they would skip over truth, spare themselves the deep dealings of God, and worship as the lame when they could be whole. They stood halfway, unable to move forward or turn backward. They knew Elijah was a man of God, yet when confronted with the call to choose, they chose to remain silent. Conviction settled in, but response did not follow. Silence became a way to avoid surrender. God still asks the same question today: Will you come back to Me? Do not hope that this conviction fades away. Let it lead you to obedience and a full surrender. Today, my brother, my sister, choose the Lord Jesus Christ without delay. It’s time to pray.

In the Bible, Elijah gathered the people to Mount Carmel, a place of remembrance where God had once given victory under Joshua. The Holy Spirit always draws the people of God back to remembrance. It does not come to condemn the church, even when she has grown apostate. It comes to woo and to draw back what has been alienated from the heart of God. Elijah stood before the people and asked a simple but piercing question: How long will you halt between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him. If Baal is god, then follow him. This was not confusion; it was conviction. Deep inside, they knew Baal was not God. They could not fully yield because their hearts still knew the truth. God still asks His people to choose—not halfway, not with hesitation, but fully. Make a decision today that you will follow the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s time to pray.

In the Gospel of John 10, Jesus said that He came that we may have life and have it more abundantly. Jesus didn’t only come so that we would have eternal life, but that we would have an abundant life on this side of eternity and a reason to live. He came to give us a purpose in life. Now, it won’t always be easy, but it is divine. It bears eternal dividends and gives us a reason to live. God calls us and gives us opportunities to give glory to His name right where He places us. It’s time for you and me to get out of places of conformity and comfort and even to get out of isolation. We must choose to go with God. Don’t allow the enemy to steal, kill, or destroy any longer what belongs to you. It’s time to live an abundant life as promised on this side of eternity. It’s time to pray.

In the Bible, during a morally religious practice, God raised up a voice of truth. The people of God had become captivated by a false god called Baal—a god of personal increase and prosperity, a religion that allowed sensuality and immorality while still claiming the presence of God. If the crops grew and the rain came, they said Baal was pleased. But this was a licentious and wicked worship that led them far from the heart of God. Yet God was not silent. In every generation, He is never left without a testimony. His voice may not be popular or embraced by the majority, but it will be heard. God still governs this world and holds every life in the palm of His hand. He still speaks to anyone who still wants to hear Him. Open your heart today to His truth. Refuse the counterfeit. Find the real Christ. Begin to walk with Him. It’s time to pray.

The Kingdom of God advances through 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 within you. He becomes your courage, your wisdom, and your endurance. Turn fully to Jesus Christ as the source of your strength today. Join us every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time at itstimetopray.org, where people from all over the world are gathering 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 the Old Testament, the prophet Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal. Elijah rebuilt the altar carefully and put the wood in order before anything else happened. Nothing was rushed; nothing was skipped. The altar was prepared according to God’s design, not human urgency. God is intentional about order because order reveals trust. At the center of the altar was the sacrifice God Himself had established. Growth in the Christian life flows from understanding what was accomplished at Calvary and trusting that the Holy Spirit will make it real. We are called to present our lives as a living sacrifice, and that surrender is not emotional only—it is deliberate. Bring your life today into agreement with what God has already done through His Son, Jesus Christ, and allow Him to shape you patiently and thoroughly. Talk to God. It’s time to pray.

At the center of Christianity, there is wood that must be dealt with. God planted that wood on a hill called Calvary, and on it He laid His sacrifice, His Son. Growth in the Christian life depends on how you and I understand that sacrifice. If we lay hold of the complete victory won at Calvary and trust the Holy Spirit to make it very real in us, then transformation of our lives will follow. We are called to present our lives to God as a living sacrifice. Order matters. Surrender of our lives into the hands of God also matters. This altar of God is not about emotion, but about agreement with what God has already done through His Son. Put the wood in order in your life, and trust God today to work out in you and through you the things that you can’t do in your own strength. It’s time to pray.

When the Spirit of God came into your life, He didn’t just come to be a part of your life. He came to evict everything that is unlike Himself from your life. He literally took over your life. He gave an eviction notice, and those old things inside of you, although they may try to hang on, they may even try to argue a reason why they are staying, but they can’t stay any longer. You see, they’ve all passed away, and all things have become new. So today, I want to encourage you to start longing for this new life in Christ. Long for the new things and have enough courage to let go of the old ways of thinking and of living, and the old ways of doing things. It’s time to let go of habits that bring you into captivity and destroy everything around you. It’s time to walk in the power of God’s Holy Spirit and take hold of God’s promises. Pray today. Talk to God about this, because it’s time to pray.

In the story in the Bible, Elijah the prophet dug a trench around an altar. He dug it wide and deep, and it took time. He was in no rush. False religion is quick. It surveys what people want, secures financing, and builds something that never challenges the heart. What God builds takes time. Digging the trench mattered because it prepared the altar for what was coming. God is never hurried when He’s doing something real. Deep work in the heart always takes longer. There is preparation that cannot be skipped. God is not interested in quick sacrifices from us that cost us nothing. He is building within us something durable. Please don’t despise slow and careful obedience. Let God today take the time that He needs to speak to you and to prepare your life to receive His fire. 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 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 a call to self-powered endurance. It is 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 us every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, where people at itstimetopray.org are gathering. We are believing God for the strength that we will need in this final generation to become the people He has ordained us to be. Above and beyond everything today, it’s time to pray.

You know, people often push away the Word of God. When truth is revealed gently and clearly, it is the pause that reveals our hearts. A man hesitates because he knows that something is not right. He may wish it were right, but he feels his needs are met where he is. Although deep inside, he knows that it is not what God has ordained for his life. This same thing is true spiritually. People know instinctively when something is not God; they know when they have already left Him in their hearts. Silence is not innocence; it is avoidance. Conviction is resisted because surrender feels too costly. But to hesitate when God speaks is already to begin to drift. Today, let the Word of God expose to you what you already know. And when God begins to speak to you, turn to Him and respond to Him without delay. It’s time to pray.

There was once a time of great spiritual conflict. You find that in the Book of 1 Kings 18. And it was because God’s people had drifted far from the truth. They refused to separate from the gods around them, and those gods became to them, as with people throughout time, a snare. What was meant to give them life instead swallowed them in confusion. God’s desire was to give them a true heritage, but it was this form of compromise that robbed them of it. Even so, God never leaves Himself without a testimony. He will always speak to those who still want to hear Him. The question is not whether God is speaking, but whether you and I are listening. And in hearing what He has to say, are we willing to respond and move in that direction? Today I want to encourage you to turn your heart fully back to Him without any delay, because it’s time to pray.