If


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If
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This is Carter Conlon reading to you today from the book of 2 Chronicles chapter 7, and verse 14, “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

As a society today we search for answers to the violence in our schools, the addictions in our towns, and the eroding of our homes and our values. I suggest to you that the solution is already in our hands. As the people of God, if we will fold our hands in petition, and raise them in surrender to the will of God; the future of our nation can be changed; it’s that simple.

It’s time to put down the pencils of human strategy. It’s time to stop pointing the finger of blame. It’s time to stop clasping our hands in anguish, and beating our chests in despair.

It’s time to pray!

Keep Going


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Keep Going
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This is Carter Conlon reading to you today from the book of 1 Timothy chapter 6 and verse 12. The apostle Paul says these words, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed a good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”

Sir Winston Churchill is best remembered for his strong leadership, and inspiring confidence during one of the deepest crisis moments in history. Holding a besieged and frightened people together, his determination led an outnumbered society to stand up and believe that in God the victory could and would be theirs. To him, defeat was never an option. He once told the people these words, he said, “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” He also said, “Success is not final, and failure is not fatal. It’s the courage to continue that counts.”

This is Carter Conlon, it’s time to pray!

It’s Time To Study


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It's Time To Study
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This is Carter Conlon, speaking to you today from 2 Timothy chapter 2 beginning at verse 14, “Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.”

American public discourse has become vain and empty. As Isaiah the prophet once said, “Truth is fallen into the street.” Perhaps as never before in our history, voices of balance, reason, and truth are in desperate demand. It’s time for those of us who know God to also know and convincingly speak His Word. The hour is dark. The time is short. It’s time to study the Word of God.

It’s time to pray!

A Light and A Smile


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A Light and A Smile
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Matthew chapter 18, beginning at verse 2, “Then Jesus called the little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Assuredly I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.’“

When I read this scripture today I think of my own eight grandchildren. They know me as Papa. When I tell them that we are going somewhere, or that I’m going to do something for them, their eyes light up, and trusting smiles come to their faces. They simply trust that what Papa says, Papa will do. There’s no room for doubt in their hearts. I have not, and by God’s grace I will never disappoint them.

Let God speak to your heart today. Let your eyes light up. Let a smile come to your face.

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Let Your Glory Be Seen Again


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Let Your Glory Be Seen Again
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The book of the prophet Isaiah, chapter 60, verses 1 and 2, “Arise, shine for your light has come. And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, a darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.“

What an incredible promise, to any person, that in a time of deep social darkness that God will reveal His glory on the countenance of those who belong to Him. Moses once cried, “please show me your glory,” as the Lord passed by. Moses saw mercy, grace, goodness, truth, and God’s willingness to walk with us in the middle of our struggles.

The glory of the Lord puts confidence and gladness in every heart that will open itself to what God is always longing to do. Lord, let Your glory be on us again.

It’s time to pray!

Get Under the Waterfall


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Get Under the Waterfall
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Psalm 42, verses 7 and 8 says this, “Deep calls unto deep, at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and billows have gone over me. The Lord will command His loving kindness in the daytime and in the night His song shall be with me. A prayer to the God of my life.”

You know the psalmist in this passage remembers how faithful God has been to him in past times. There have been times of refreshing, deliverance, and divine strength that have come into his life. In his present time of deep need, he knows, as you and I do, that the deep compassion and strength of God will again be his. Not just for a moment, but will so carry him and so carry you and I through the day, that we will all be singing at night. Get under the waterfall of God’s love today.

It’s time to pray!