“being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”<\/em> – Philippians 1:6 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n The Christian life is a journey, not a single moment. Some days you may feel close to God and full of faith; other days you may feel distracted, dry, or discouraged. The comfort of Scripture is that the God who began this work in you will carry it on to completion.<\/p>\n You are not expected to transform yourself by sheer willpower. The Holy Spirit is actively working inside you, changing desires, exposing lies, healing wounds, and drawing you closer to Christ. You may not always see the progress in real time, but He is not idle.<\/p>\n Your role is to keep saying \u201cyes\u201d in small, practical ways, showing up in prayer, opening Scripture, confessing sin, and obeying His promptings. Over years, these small \u201cyeses\u201d become a story of transformation that only God could write. He is more committed to your growth than you are.<\/p>\n Lord, thank You that You do not give up on me. On days when I feel like I\u2019m not growing, remind me that You are still working. Help me cooperate with You instead of condemning myself. Amen.<\/p>\n Look back over the last month and note at least one small way you\u2019ve changed since coming to Christ. Thank God specifically for that work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Key Scripture: “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 1:6 (NIV) Reflection: The Christian life is a journey, not a single moment. Some days you may feel close to God and full of faith; other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotionals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.illuminatedgospel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Reflection:<\/h5>\n
Prayer:<\/h5>\n
Today\u2019s Action Step:<\/h5>\n