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OCT. 1, 2026 The rewards of hard work. "Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth." Pr 10:4 NIV When David was twelve years old, he convinced a restaurant manager that he was actually sixteen and was hired as a lunch-counter waiter for twenty-five cents an hour. The place was owned by two Greek immigrant brothers, Frank and George, who had started their lives in America as a dishwasher and a hot-dog seller.  David remembered that they set high standards, and they never asked anything of their employees that they wouldn't do themselves.  Frank once told David, "As long as you are willing to try, you can always work for me. But when you don't try, you can't work for me." Trying meant everything from working hard, doing whatever needed to be done, and treating customers politely. Once, when Frank noticed a waitress giving a customer a rough time, he fired her on the spot and waited on the table himself. David determined that this would never happen to him! The usual tip for waiters back in those days was ten cents. But David discovered that if he brought out the food quickly, was especially polite, and gave great service, he sometimes got twenty-five cents as a tip. He set a goal for himself to see how many customers he could wait on in one night. His record was one hundred! He went on to become the founder and chairman of Wendy's International, Inc., a chain of 4,300 restaurants.  He also founded a charity called Wendy's Wonderful Kids, which helps to place needy children into adoptive families. His life proves that when you strive for excellence, work hard, and seek to help others, God will bless the work of your hands. The rewards of hard work Strive for excellence. Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 30, 2026 Life is built on relationships, not things. "Life does not consist in an abundance of possessions." Lk 12:15 NIV Few people have undergone the trials and tribulations of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He suffered decades of horrendous hardship as a political exile in the Siberian prison system known as the Gulag, and through faith in God, he survived and impacted the world. We can learn from him not only because he is a survivor, but also because he had been in a situation that few of us have ever known.-an existence of near total deprivation. He not only lived without luxuries, but he also lived without necessities. Note carefully what he wrote in The Gulag Archipelago:"Don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn for happiness; it is, after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing. It is enough if you don't freeze in the cold and if hunger and thirst don't claw at your insides. If your back isn't broken, if your feet can walk, if both arms can bend, if both eyes can see, and if both ears can hear, then whom should you envy? And why? Our envy of others devours us most of all. Rub your eyes and purify your heart-and prize above all else in the world those who love you and wish you well." Now there's a man who had figured out what really matters in life: not material things, but your relationship with God and with your loved ones. Jesus said, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions”. Life is built on relationships, not things Be on your guard against greed. Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

OCT. 2, 2026 Healing in the New Testament church. "The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up." Jas 5:15 NKJV Let's look at some examples of healing in the New Testament church. In Acts chapter three, Peter and John were used by God to bring healing to a crippled man who sat begging each day at the temple gate (vv. 1-10).  In Acts 9:33-35, we read: "A certain man named Aeneas...had been bedridden eight years and was paralyzed. And Peter said to him, 'Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Arise and make your bed.!' Then he arose immediately. So all who dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord” (NKJV).  Acts 19:11-12 says: "God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them" (NKJV).  We read that when Paul was shipwrecked and landed on the Island of Malta, "The father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands on him and healed him. So when this was done, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed" (Ac 28:8-9NKJV).  The apostles practiced divine healing, and they also preached it. James declared: "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up" (Jas 5:14-15 NKJV).  So the word for you today is-pray, and believe God for your healing. Healing in the New Testament church Believe God for your healing. Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 25, 2026 Believe God for your healing. "Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distressesiỊi). Isa 53:4 AMPC If you're dealing with sickness and believing God for healing, here's the most important thing you can do: get into God's Word and get His Word into you. "He sent his word, and healed them" (Ps 107:20 KJV). There's healing in the Word of God, so soak your mind on it. You may want long-term health and strength for your body. One of the most powerful verses in Scripture that reveals the purpose of Jesus' suffering as it relates to healing is Isaiah 53:4 (AMPC): "Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses)." The word borne means to take or to carry. He took and carried every form of sickness on Himself. That doesn't mean we won't experience sickness. But it does mean that when sickness shows up, we can take it to Jesus and believe Him for our healing. Clearly God cannot be the source of sickness in your life, for Jesus carried all sickness, weakness, and distress for you on the cross. He is the source of your healing! Sickness is the result of Satan's work and of living in a fallen world. But as a believer, you have the right to stand boldly on God's promises for your healing and continued strength. When sickness rears its head and presses you with symptoms of any kind, remind yourself that Jesus carried that affliction for you, so you don't have to carry it. The same back that bore the cross that takes away all our sins also bore the stripes that take away all our sickness: "By whose stripes you were healed" (1Pe 2:24 NKJV). Believe God for your healing There's healing in the Word of God. Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 24, 2026 See your job as your calling. "If anyone serves, they should do so...so that in all things God may be praised." 1Pe 4:11 NIV Someone may have hired you to do your job, but they didn't call you. Only God can call you. You may have been elected to your position, but your constituents didn't call you. Only God can do that. No matter where you work or what you do, you were called by God. In a sense, your job is your sermon, and your colleagues are your congregation.  And that sense of calling means Monday morning begins another week of fulfilling your God-given assignment. Perhaps you're just starting out and working in a lower-profile job. "Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin" (Zec 4:10 NLT).  While you are working on your job, God is working in you. Get the right perspective here. It's not your job; it's His. It's not your cause; it's His. It's not your business; it's His. It's not your vision; it's His. It doesn't matter what domain of society you work in or where you are on the org chart. You are called by God. You are where He wants you to be-even if you're not where you want to be. Sometimes the greatest sermon is doing a good job at a bad job or doing a thankless job with a grateful heart. And here's a promise you can stand on every day as you do your job: "The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens...my ear to listen like one being instructed (Isa 50:4 NIV).  So, see your job as your calling. See your job as your calling You are where He wants you to be. Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 22, 2026 Seek to empower others. "When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power ...and he sent them out." Lk 9:1-2 NIV Secure people seek to empower others. Jesus was a master at it. By empowering His disciples, He ensured that His mission on earth would continue to be accomplished long after He was gone. To empower means to fill with power. Power is energy. When we make a habit of empowering others, we energize them to reach their goals. Jesus practiced this principle: "The works that I do shall [you] do also" (Jn 14:12 KJV).  There's nothing more demoralizing than being kept out of the loop on information that impacts you. As difficult as it must have been to get His disciples to understand, Jesus knew He had to inform them of events to come that would affect them. "He said to them, 'The Son of Man is going to be betrayed...He will be killed, but three days later he will rise from the deadại (Mk 9:31 NLT). Later He told them, "I am going there to prepare a place for you. And...I will come back and take you to be with me so that you also may be where I am" (Jn 14:2-3 NIV).  Empowerment occurs when you trust people with a task or responsibility without micromanaging them. Empowering is simply loosening the reins over how something is going to be done while retaining control over what should be done. Good leaders empower others. They know people perform better when they're given the freedom to complete their jobs with some level of independence. When this happens, people "take ownership" of a project, job, or function, and things are completed with a better result. This is a win for everyone. Seek to empower others Good leaders empower others. Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 17, 2026 Rearrange your priorities at home. "They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept." SS 1:6 NKJV Bill Gaston was at the peak of his career when he resigned as a domestic policy adviser to President Bill Clinton to return to teaching at the University of Maryland. His reason was "to strike a new balance" between work and family. Galston had worked more than a decade on the ideas he hoped to see come to pass.  At the White House, he helped form the National Campaign against Teen Pregnancy, planned the National Service Program, and worked on Education Reform and Head Start Legislation. He consulted widely with administration officials, had an excellent reputation, and loved his job. He tried integrating time with his son, Ezra, into his schedule-even bringing him to his White House office in the evening. However, Galston was continually hounded by the fact that he often came home too tired to spend quality time with the boy.  He struggled with the contradiction between his "Putting Children First" theme for welfare and the practical implementation of this ideal in his own home. What triggered his resignation? His son Ezra sent him a note that said: "Baseball is not fun when there's no one there to applaud you." Was that a hard choice for Bill Galston to make? Yes, but it's one he never regretted. Question: Are you giving your family the time they need and the time they deserve? Do these words describe your struggle to balance the demands of work and family? "They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept." If this Scripture speaks to you as a parent, it's time to rearrange your priorities at home. Rearrange your priorities at home Strike a new balance Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 16, 2026 God can set you free from perfectionism. "Why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?" Gal 3:3 NLT Do you beat yourself up when you fall short of your expectations? Or do you feel that what you accomplish is never good enough? Are you slow to make a decision because you must make sure it is just right? Is your quest to be blameless really an attempt to protect yourself from criticism and disapproval? You'll never experience peace and emotional security if everything associated with you has to be perfect. Perfectionism is a mindset of self-defeating thoughts and behaviors aimed at reaching unrealistic goals. Psychologist Dr. David Viscott explained it this way: "A controlling adult's wish to be perfect stems from the childhood wish to be blameless. Since real growth means embracing your faults and examining your weaknesses, controlling people run the greatest risk of becoming rigid and failing because of their insistence on always being right. They need to feel they are beyond criticism so that no one will have a good reason for withholding what they need or rejecting them. They believe they need to be perfect just to be safe, so admitting even small imperfections makes them uneasy and self-doubting." In today's society, many people believe that being a perfectionist is desirable and necessary for success. Therefore, they wear their perfectionism like a badge of honor. The truth is that by being a perfectionist, you set yourself up to fail each day. But you don't have to live that way. Why? Because when you accept Christ as your Savior, God accepts you with all your imperfections. And His unconditional love and acceptance set you free to love and accept yourself. God can set you free from perfectionism When you fall short of expectations Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 14, 2026 How to deal with temptation. "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man." 1Co 10:13 NKJV You should deal with temptation in the same way you would deal with weeds in a garden. You can't just cut off the tops of the weeds, because in a few days, they'll be back. Similarly, saying, "I'll just stop sinning" addresses only the externals. Another option is mowing the weeds all the way down to the ground, cutting off the shoots. Now the garden looks good and weed-free for a while, but it doesn't stay weed-free.  The only effective way to deal with temptation is at its root. The Bible says: "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make a way of escape." What is God's "way of escape" for you? Living in His Word and allowing His Word to live in you. Satan tempted Jesus three different times in the wilderness, but Jesus overcame him.  How? Three times He answered, "It is written." You need to know and use the Word of God in your encounters with temptation. The battlefield is in your mind. This is why Paul said, "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth" (Col 3:2 NKJV).  It's why he wrote this to the Philippian Christians: "Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-meditate on these things" (Php 4:8 NKJV). How to deal with temptation A way of escape for you Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

AUG. 25, 2026 Always do the honorable thing. "We are careful to be honorable before the Lord, but we also want everyone else to see that we are honorable. 2Co 8:21 NLT In an extensive opinion survey called The Day America Told the Truth, James Patterson and Peter Kim reported these startling findings. Only 13 percent of those interviewed believed that all Ten Commandments are still binding and relevant today. Ninety-one percent admitted that they lied regularly, both at home and at work. Most workers admitted to goofing off an average of seven hours a week.About half of the workforce admitted they regularly called in sick, even when they felt well. When they were asked what they would be willing to do for ten million dollars,  25 percent said they would abandon their families, 23 percent said they'd be willing to work as a prostitute for a week, and 7 percent said they'd be willing to murder a stranger!And should you conclude that those surveyed are the unsaved and the unchurched, Doug Sherman and William Hendricks surveyed Christians and found that they were almost as likely as unbelievers to do these things too. They admitted to stealing in the workplace, falsifying their tax returns, and selectively obeying the laws. Paul wrote to the Corinthians: 'We are careful to be honorable before the Lord, but we also want everyone else to see that we are honorable." Then he wrote to the Christians in Rome: "Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you" (Ro 12:2 NLT). So always do the honorable thing. Always do the honorable thing 'Let God transform you into a new person” Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

AUG. 20, 2026 Put the past behind you. "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!” Isa 43:18-19 NIV After falling twice in the 1988 Olympic speed-skating races, Dan Jansen sought out sports psychologist Dr. Jim Loehr, who helped him find a new balance between sport and the rest of his life and to pay more attention to the mental aspects of skating. Peter Mueller became his coach, putting him through workouts that he described as "the toughest I've ever known." By the time the 1994 Olympics arrived, Jansen had more confidence than ever. He had set a 500-meter world record just two months previously, so that race seemed to be all his! Then the unimaginable happened, and he fell during the 500-meter race. Dr. Loehr advised him, "Start preparing for the 1000-meter race. Put the 500-meter race behind you immediately. Stop reliving it. Think 1000!" For years Jansen didn't believe he could win that distance, as he had always considered it his weaker event. Now it was his last chance at an Olympic medal. As the race began, Jansen said, "I just seemed to be sailing along," and then he slipped and came within an inch of stepping on a lane marker. Still, he didn't panic; he raced on and recorded a world-record time that won him the gold medal. There's an important lesson here for you. Put the past behind and believe that God has greater days in store for you-because He does. So the word for you today is this: "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thingỊẠỊi Put the past behind you God has greater days in store for you. Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 10, 2026 Recall your past victories. "Remember well what the Lord your God did." Dt 7:18 NIV The ability to recall the past is one of the most powerful functions of your brain. And when you recall past victories, you rekindle the courage, joy, and sense of accomplishment associated with the victory. You can never underestimate the power of an experience to re-inspire faith. From the parting of the Red Sea to the fall of Jericho, the Israelites had numerous miracles God had performed on their behalf.  And He had cautioned them about forgetting His mighty acts: "Remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear" (Dt 7:18-19 NIV).  If you've allowed Satan to give you "experience amnesia" and have forgotten those times of divine intervention in your life, why not recall someone else's testimony? Faith can come from more than one direction. Recall the good things God has done for your friends, acquaintances, and coworkers. Miracles are exciting, no matter who the recipient is. And if God did it before, He can certainly do it again. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Heb 13:8 NIV).  When something in your future feels threatening, stop and remember God's goodness to you in the past. Recall a time or incident in which He brought you out of a difficult situation that you thought you'd never get through. The word for you today is-recall your past victories. Recall your past victories Divine intervention in your life Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 9, 2026 Healing for shame and condemnation. "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2Co 5:21 NIV Shame and condemnation are two weapons Satan will use to torment you. They will steal your rest and sap the joy out of your life. What's the answer?  Begin to see yourself as God sees you. "God made him [Jesus] who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." When we are aware of our shortcomings, how is it possible to believe that God sees us as "righteous" and wants us to see ourselves that way too? Because when you became a Christian, God placed you "in Christ"; therefore, you are always accepted by Him. "Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Ro 5:1 NIV).The word justified means: "just-as-if-I'd never sinned." And that's how God sees you twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, three hundred sixty-five days a year, all the way from the new birth to the New Jerusalem. Plus, Jesus understands your struggles since He dealt with them Himself. He "understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most" (Heb 4:15-16 NLT).  Confession: "Jesus took all the shame and condemnation for my sin on the cross, and I am in right standing with God because I'm 'in Christi Healing for shame and condemnation  He "understands our weaknesses." Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 6, 2026 Lessons from James (1) "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." Jas 1:22 NKJV The book of James has 108 verses, and it outlines how we can put our faith into action. It was written by Jesus' half-brother, the natural-born son of Mary and Joseph. Apparently, James became a believer as a result of the resurrection. Paul said that after Jesus rose from the grave, "he appeared to James, then to all the apostles" (1Co 15:7 NIV). Somewhere, privately and personally, the risen Lord met with James, and His little brother's life was never the same. After his encounter with his older brother, who was the victorious-over-death Godman, James grew in faith and became the undisputed leader of the Jerusalem church.  The apostle Paul referred to him as a pillar of the church (see Gal 2:9), and tradition tells us that James was so devoted to prayer that he was given the nickname "camel knees" because of the calluses resulting from the hours he spent on his knees. Today we are 2,000 years removed from James' writing, yet his letter remains as relevant to us as the Internet's morning news. The central message of his book is contained in these words: "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." James addresses our biggest challenge: practicing with our lives what we proclaim with our lips. In every paragraph, he reminds us that when we are walking in step with the Holy Spirit, we will not be wearing out the seat of our pants, but the soles of our shoes. We will put shoe leather to what we say we believe and be "doers of the word." Lessons from James  Walking in step with the Holy Spirit SEP. 7, 2026 Lessons from James (2) "A doer...will be blessed in what he does." Jas 1:25 NKJV North of Israel and teeming with aquatic life of many kinds, the Sea of Galilee is a beautiful blue. South of Israel is the Dead Sea, and it's called "Dead" for a good reason: There's no life in its stagnant water. What makes these two bodies of water so different? First, the Sea of Galilee has an inlet: the Jordan River flows into it. On its southern shore, the Sea of Galilee also has an outlet: water flows through the Great Rift Valley. Like the Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea has an inlet: the Jordan flows into it. But the Dead Sea has no outlet; it takes in but does not give out. This is the theme of the book of James. Vibrant believers not only take in, but they also give out.  They put the word they receive (input) into action (output): "If anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does" (Jas 1:23-25 NKJV).  James warns us not to become so heavenly-minded that we are no earthly good; that it's not enough to read the Scriptures, but we must also look for practical ways to put them into practice each day. His message could be summed up in the famous Nike slogan: "Just do it!" Lessons from James Heavenly minded-but no earthly good Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!

SEP. 3, 2026 Has God given you a good idea? "I will...show you great and mighty things, which you do not know." Jer 33:3 NKJV Most success stories begin as an idea in someone's mind. And God is the giver of good ideas. "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights" (Jas 1:17 NKJV). God imparts wisdom and knowledge to those who are humble enough to seek His guidance. His promise is: "Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not knowiỊi Robert Chesebrough had a product in which he believed wholeheartedly. In fact, it was his own invention.  Chesebrough had transformed the ooze that forms on shafts of oil rings-rod wax-into a petroleum jelly that he personally found to have great healing properties. He believed so much in the healing aspects of his creation that he became his own "experimental subject." To demonstrate the benefits of his product for others, he burned himself with acid and flame. He cut and scratched himself so often and so deeply that he bore scars of his tests for his entire life. Nevertheless, Chesebrough proved his point, and people were convinced.  They only had to look at his wounds and how they were healed to see the value of his product, which is still an international bestseller. We know it as Vaseline. What do you see in your future? Do you believe enough in its potential to help others that you're willing to invest your time, energy, resources, and hope into developing it? If you seek God's guidance, He will "show you great and mighty things, which you do not knowịỊi Has God given you a good idea? God imparts wisdom and knowledge. Share This Devotional Send us Fan Mail Support the show Changing Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!