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Change Takes Practice, Not Just Promise | 5-Minute Salvation Army Daily Devotional

• Rob Westwood-Payne • Season 2025 • Episode 229

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Some habits feel impossible to break - but what if grace was the real starting point for lasting change?

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Welcome to the Battle Drill Devotional, where today’s episode tackles one of the hardest battles we face: the strongholds that won’t seem to shift. Drawing from 1 Timothy 4:15 and 2 Samuel 5:10 (NLT), we explore the reality that true transformation isn’t a one-time miracle - it’s a daily walk of obedience and humility. When you’ve tried and failed, when the old patterns creep back in, it’s easy to feel stuck or ashamed. But God’s grace doesn’t ask for perfection - it asks for persistence.

Through the example of King David - who faced lust, pride, and disobedience - we’re reminded that even when we fall, we can return. David grew “more and more powerful because the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies was with him” (2 Samuel 5:10 NLT). Why? Because he kept showing up. Again and again. Not with polish, but with repentance.

In this episode, we invite you to consider: What one habit is God inviting you to practise today? What might shift if you embraced honesty, humility, and just one small act of obedience? In The Salvation Army, we see lives transformed not by instant deliverance, but by grace and steady faithfulness - through recovery programmes, discipleship, and simple daily devotion.

You don’t need to have everything sorted. You just need to begin. Listen now, and be reminded: habits may be stubborn, but grace is stronger.

📖 Scripture:

1 Timothy 4:15, 2 Samuel 5:10 (NLT)

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Hello, and thanks for joining me. Some habits die hard, don't they? Some don't even seem to die at all. Maybe you've tried to break a pattern in your life. Something that has held you back for years. You make a fresh start. You pray about it. You really mean it this time. But before long, the old behavior creeps back in. You feel stuck. You feel frustrated, maybe even ashamed. Does that sound familiar? Paul's words to Timothy offer another way. He writes, give your complete attention to these matters. Throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone will see your progress. One Timothy chapter four, verse 15 Paul says, not half hearted, not once and done, but daily, faithfully, repeatedly. That's how change takes root. Not in the drama of a breakthrough, but in the rhythm of obedience. David, Israel's greatest king, knew all about strongholds. He conquered Jerusalem, built a city. But inside there were still strongholds lust, pride, disobedience and silence in the face of injustice. Yet Scripture tells us he became more and more powerful because the Lord God Almighty was with him. Two Samuel chapter five, verse ten. Why? Because when David fell, he got back up. He repented. He humbled himself. And then he returned to God again and again. You see, God's not looking for perfection, but persistence. That's his grace. So what habit is God inviting you to practice today? What might shift if you showed up with honesty, humility? And once small act of obedience? We see this all the time in the Salvation Army, in addiction recovery and our discipleship, and in daily faithfulness. People grow bit by bit, not by magic, but by grace and practice. You don't need to have it all sorted. You just need to start. Let's pray. Lord, I want to grow. I want to change. Help me to practice what matters. Even when it's hard. Give me the strength to keep going. And the humility to begin again. Shape me each day into the person you've called me to be. In Jesus name, Amen. As we close, here's today's thought. What one habit is God inviting you to practice today?

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