Christian Devotionals — Daily Word from God

October 28, 2026·5 min read

Not in my strength

Have you ever tried to change a habit, a bad character trait, or forgive someone in your own strength only to try over and over again with no success? I certainly have. I have tried to change habits or changing my character on my own. However, when God sent the fire, the truth was revealed in my character. There are some legalistic folks also that will tell you, "You just need to do it or change it", as if I could do it on my own. The Word tells us in Romans 7:13 that I desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. If the Word tells me I cannot carry it out, then God must certainly understand my weaknesses and already know that I can't bring it to pass in my own strength. It is prideful to think I can change myself and do everything in willpower or my own strength. I believe some weaknesses are there to demonstrate that we need God and are God dependent and not self-reliant. I know one habit I tried 10 years over and over to change without avail. I was exhausted from trying. I finally in desperation said, "God, I give up! This is not going to change unless you do it!" I was free 2 weeks later. Turning things over can be hard, but it is by faith and not by sight nor by works that gets God's attention. Let's turn things over today and trust the Creator to change what we cannot in our own strength. Whatever it is that you cannot change on your own, God is able.

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October 24, 2026·6 min read

Less is More

What if you thought your problem was that you didn't have enough time, but the real answer was a spirit of greed? Have you ever found yourself getting up at early a.m. finding your time with God rushed, off the shower and then to work, rushing after work to do chores, pushing in a church meetup and then falling into bed exhausted just to repeat the process over again tomorrow? It seems that the problem is there is not enough time, and the money you are making with your diligence and responsibility falls into an account that you barely even have time to look at except to once a week pay bills and wonder where the money went and you have no time to do anything but work and repeat the process. I found myself in this place so miserable wondering why my hard work was not profiting. I thought because I still had a bad habit in my life, that I had no peace inside because I had made several miserable attempts to change myself of this habit with no avail. This must certainly be the problem, and this is why I have no peace and nothing is working. I found myself utterly exhausted and literally could not keep up the pace. I had just accepted a new position with a significant increase in income, but it also came with a significant increase of demands on my time such as getting up earlier, getting home later, driving further, etc. When I finally decided to let the job go and go back to my simple job for less income, I took time to approach the Lord out of sincere desire and not rushed obligation to ask what the problem was. I was very humbled and surprised when He told me that I was operating in a spirit of greed. I had seized every opportune client, took the position for more money, and kept grasping for more. I failed to realize that to take more means letting go of something in my hand to grab the more. This meant losing time with God, family, self-reflection time, not doing such a quality job on the clients I already had because I was getting more and spreading myself too thin. I kept hearing the Lord say, "Sometimes, less is more." I did not fully understand this until I let the job go and started putting God back in first place instead of mammon. Now I have balance again, weekends off, and believe or not, finances are better. I am no longer spending money out of convenience, and because I now spend with the Lord and in fellowship, I no longer need material possessions to fill a void. Put the Kingdom of God first and all these other things will be added to you. When I was operating in a spirit of greed, the cycle was endless, because it was never enough. God was right, less is definitely more.

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