FAITH CAPSULE: See God in His word to know His presence.

2 Kings 6

See God in His word and be built up for His glory..
A failure to see in the word of God will not see God, to give God regard for who God is or what God has done or is doing.
Psalm 28:5 speaks to all, “Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.”
Giving regard to God should be a way to live for God.
Giving regard to God is seeking God diligently to find God.
Give attention to know who God is!
Give yourself to the word to gain and retain what is in place from God.
God sent His word to heal and deliver from all destruction.
Psalm 107:20 records, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
There is deliverance and preservation in seeing God.
One who does not listen, that is, hearing and hearing the word of God, will not understand and know God for who He is.
Also, will not see God for what He can do.
Proverbs 4:20-23 emphasizes the importance of giving to the word of God,“My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart, for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.”
To listen and gain an understanding will rest in God with peace that surpasses all understanding.
Make it a way of life, listening to see God for you.
Elisha and his servant were set for destruction by their enemy, which prompted fear for his servant.
Elisha responded to the fear of the servant,“And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” (2 Kings 6:17) 
Through prayer, the servant of Elisha could recognize the deliverance plan of God, which was already in place.
One who sees in the word of God shall recognize God to gain rest, the peace of God.
Being restrained from seeing will not allow one to recognize the presence of God or gain and retain His presence.
The eyes of the disciples were restrained and could not see Jesus during His visitation on their journey.
Luke 24:13-16 documents about two disciples who could not recognize Jesus, to give Him regard,“Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.”
See God to gain and retain His presence.

Prayer for today: Ask against every restraining force not to see God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Put the past behind and allow Him to lead and direct.

John 21

Before the time Peter and some of the disciples gave up all and followed Jesus, they were professional fishermen. 
Matthew 4:18-20 records, “And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 
The called ones immediately left their nets and followed Jesus. 
Peter and his fellow fishermen followed Jesus to the time He went to the cross.
After the death and resurrection of Jesus, new developments came into play. “Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.” (John 21:2-3) 
Have you received and believed in the death and resurrection of Jesus? For everyone who has received and believed in Jesus, there should be no going back to the past. 
Simon Peter suggested to other disciples to turn back to go fishing.
To give life to God is to put the past behind and allow Him to lead and direct.
The disciples returned to their occupation and toiled all night with nothing to show for. 
John21:4-5 records, “But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Then Jesus said to them, “Children, have you any food?” They answered Him, “No.”  
The disciples caught no fish all night. 
The disciples returned to business as usual and did not recognize Jesus. Turning away from following Him will always lead to emptiness. 
Just like the disciples, Jesus is what all need to have in full and not be empty in any area of life. 
Turning away after following Him will turn one into a life of waste. 
Jesus intervened in their situation and made it a great testimony when He commanded, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.” (John 21:6) 
After accepting Jesus, returning to your former lifestyle is a choice that will complicate destiny. 
Before Jesus came with them on the boat, the disciples did not have a testimony, but when Jesus showed, they had a great testimony. 
John 21:11 records, “Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken.” 
If you have received and believed the report of His resurrection, there should be no turning back to the former lifestyle. 

Prayer for today: Ask you to be enabled going forward, not turning back in answering to the calling of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: One who does not do in the way of God cannot find God.

Psalm 28

Often, acclaimed believers attempt to engage the word of God in their own way, but not in the way of God.
One who does not do in the way of God cannot find God.
Doing the way of God is the character of one seeking God diligently.
Are you seeking God diligently to find Him?
One that is full of the world does not have a space for the word of God to occupy itself.
One that is full of the world does need to be stripped of the world.
Until one is stripped of this world, to be decorated by the living word of God for declaring the awesomeness of God over anyone, with the challenge of life, will not be possible.
Are you available to build the word of God?
Live life for God.
Make it a way of life, giving regard to God in every way of life.
Give regard to God to gain His attention that is available for one who does as His word demands.
Are you one who gives regard to God?
There is a consequence for not giving regard to God.
Psalm 28:5 identifies, “Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.”
What is it that denies one from giving regard to God?
The word of God is God. (John 1:1)  His work is His word.
The word of God is His instrument for the operations of His hands.
The word warns of the destruction of not giving regard to Him.
Make it a way of life to give regard to God.
Let God build you up.
One who gives self to the word of God is one built up by the word of God.
Do you have the desire to live for God, to be built up for God?
The Apostle Paul identifies what it takes to build up.
Act 20:32 records, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
Determination to live by the word of God, giving regard to God, can fail.
Peter, a disciple of Jesus, assumed determination not to deny Jesus, but he failed by denying God.
Jesus told Peter that he would deny Him three times. (John 13:38)
Eventually, Peter denied Jesus three times, a failure of determination.
Are you determined to give regard to God?
With the desire to give regard to God, let prayer work over your life.
It was the prayer of Jesus that enabled Peter not deny Jesus.
Jesus prayed for Peter that his faith would not fail.(Luke 22:32)

Prayer for today: Ask God for the strength to move you in His direction over your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Let the miracle of the third answer for you.

Genesis 40

The word of God is like a manual for life that works for those who listen to its wisdom and gain understanding and knowledge.
The knowledge to engage the manual for life as a driver to make choices and experience the manifestation of those choices becomes part of us.
The word of God, the manual of life engaged with understanding, cannot be a victim of a wicked world.
Romans 15:4 records to learn and know to trust and hope for the deliverance and preservation of God. The Bible states, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”
For example, to study and know to expect the evidence of the miracle power of the third is contactable, reminding God that does not forget.
God is not a partial God, not to do for others as He has done for some.
Isaiah 43:26 records God, stating, “Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted.”
God does not forget and will not forget what He has done; if one reminds Him to get an answer by asking Him.
Moreso, He is not a careless talker because His word does not return to Him void. (Isaiah 55:11)
Remind Him in His word, to gain your expectation.
His word is His self. (The word of God is God John1:1)
TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO REMIND GOD OF HIS POWER OF THE THIRD (Three)
For example, remind God of the miracle of the third.
The Bible records the miracle on the third day, the third week, the third month, or the third year.
PRAYFULLY IDENTIFY SOME OF THE MIRACLES OF THE THIRD AS REPRESENTS FOR YOUR DELIVERANCE AND PRESERVATION OF GOD.
The miracle of the third day answered for the deliverance of Chief Butler of the Pharaoh of Egypt.
The Chief Buttler was rescued and recovered by the miracle of the third.
Genesis 40:20, “Now it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler …”
It was on the third day that Pharaoh decided to restore his chief butler from prison, and the butler regained all that he had lost.
As in the miracle of the third, Moses was saved and did not die in the wicked order of Pharaoh to kill baby males.
Exodus 2:2 records, “So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.”
The miracle of the third month brought Moses out of sudden and untimely death.
When the devil thought it was over for the ministry of Jesus on earth, our Lord and Savior rose on the third day.
1 Corinthians 15:4 testifies of Jesus, “…And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures…”

Prayer for today: With understanding, pray for the miracle of the third become your portion.