January 9th
Behold, I Am Doing a New Thing
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Opening · Section 1 of 11
“If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:31Read full chapter →
Foundations are unglamorous and load-bearing. No one admires the concrete under a cathedral, yet without it the spire cannot rise. This month is for the hidden, structural work: honesty about where you stand, repentance where you wandered, and trust where you doubted.
Let the word of God be the plumb line. When life feels crooked, it is rarely God who has shifted. Return to the truth that does not bend, and let it straighten what the year has bent in you.
Notice how often God attaches His promises to His name rather than to your performance. 'I am the Lord who heals you.' 'I am your shield and your very great reward.' 'I am with you always.' Your security is not in the strength of your grip on Him but in the strength of His grip on you.
Refuse to let this be information. Choose one specific action that this passage demands of you and do it before the day ends — a call, a gift, an apology, a boundary, a beginning. Obedience delayed is obedience diluted; the fire you feel now is meant to be spent on something real.
The Prayer
Pray it slowly, out loud, movement by movement
1. Adoration
Lord, You are the fountain of living water. Every other well runs dry eventually — achievement, approval, entertainment, even the best of human love. You alone satisfy the thirst You created in me.
2. Confession
I have dug broken cisterns. I have gone to substitutes for the comfort only You can give, and then wondered why my soul felt thin. Forgive me, and draw me back to the source.
3. Petition
Water the dry ground of my soul. Let Your word sink deep and root strong, past the shallow topsoil of emotion into the bedrock of conviction. May the fruit of this day remain long after the day is over.
4. Consecration
I plant myself by Your river again. Grow whatever You want to grow in me, and prune whatever will not bear fruit. In the Mighty Name of Jesus! Amen.
Daily Declarations
Speak these over your life today
- I am loved by God with an everlasting love, and nothing in creation can separate me from it.Jeremiah 31:3; Romans 8:38-39
- I am completely forgiven — my sin is removed as far as the east is from the west.Psalm 103:12
- I carry the Spirit of the living God, and where His Spirit is, there is freedom.2 Corinthians 3:17
- I refuse every accusation the enemy speaks over my past; there is now no condemnation for me in Christ.Romans 8:1
- My identity is settled before my day begins: chosen, holy and dearly loved.Colossians 3:12
- I am God's workmanship, created for good works He prepared in advance for me to walk in.Ephesians 2:10
- Today I live loved, not for love — and out of that love I will love others well.1 John 4:19
Prophetic Decrees
- I decree that every altar speaking against my destiny is silenced by the blood of Jesus.
- I decree that the fire of God consumes every root of fear, shame and generational bondage in my life.
- I decree open doors that no man can shut, and shut doors that no enemy can force.
- I decree divine acceleration where there has been delay, in the Mighty Name of Jesus.
Dig Deeper
- 1.What does today's passage reveal about the character of God that you had not considered before?
- 2.Where in your life are you living as if that were not true?
- 3.What is one specific fear this scripture confronts?
- 4.Who could you share this passage with today?
Further Passages
- Ephesians 6:10 →
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.”
- James 1:5 →
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
- Psalm 100:4 →
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!”
Today's Assignment
Worship with the song attached to today's devotion — sing, do not just listen.
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