FAITH CAPSULE: An acclaimed believer should desire the mind of Christ.

John 13

What kind of man are you?
How is your mind before God?
To capture living life for God is to have the mind of Jesus.
Paul admonished in Philippians 2:5-8, “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.”
What is it about the mind of Christ?
Do you have the mind of Christ?  
Have you thought about the mind of Jesus?
The mind of Christ is humble, a mind that is plain, simple, and set before God.
A humble mind is not about thinking less of ourselves, but about thinking of others with love.
A humble mind encourages us to think about the people
To the world, to be a humble mind can be perceived as weak but wrong.
Humble can lead to more happiness and better relationships with others.
A humble person should not do things through selfish ambition, but esteem others better than oneself.
Jesus showed the greatest example of humility when He washed the feet of His disciples and gave His. 
Jesus demonstrated for His disciples then and today about the importance of humility in John 13:1, “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from the supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.” (John 13:3-5)
There is no perfect way to teach and demonstrate what it means to be humble than the documentation of Jesus, His way of humility.
Once, Jesus was asked, “…Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” (Matthew 18:1).
Jesus responsed clearly described humility as the way to become the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom.” (Matthew 18:3-4)
To be the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven is distant for all until one is converted to become like a little child.
The title of any man on earth is not evidence of humility or a ticket to becoming the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
One that is not full of the word of God is not with the Spirit of God.
Little children have a mindset of humility, not pride.
With the identity of malice, deception, and unforgiveness, one cannot see God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the mind of Christ Jesus to become in you.

FAITH CAPSULE: An adage states, “Seeing is believing.”

Genesis 13

Indeed, everyone with the desire to believe the word of God should be seeing the word of God.
One who sees in the word heard sees God because the word of God is God.One who looks up to God by seeing in His word claims what such sees in the word of God.
Know that: what one sees in the world, so will receive to become one who sees in the word of God.
Be activated in the word of God at every time it sounds in their direction.
When God makes a promise, and you are not looking up to God for His promise, you will miss out on His promise.
Has He promised you something, and you are looking away from His promise?
Seeking God diligently in His word is looking up and seeing in Him to live life for His glory.
God commanded Abraham to look in the direction of nothing but to trust and hope for the manifestation of the word.
Bible records:  And the Lord said to Abram after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.” (Genesis 13:14-17)
Abraham heard and saw to possess the land which was more than imagination.
Abram was able to look in the word of God to see land for children while he was yet to have a child in his life.
Abram looked as commanded, to arise and walk in the promise of God as evidence of his faithfulness in God.
Abram, looking to God, in His word, is to hold fast in faith to have children when he was past the age of having a child.
God spoke to Abram: “And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” (Genesis 15:4-5)
Abram saw the word of God, he believed, and became righteous.
It is written in the pages of the Bible for all to learn by looking up to God diligently for direction. Psalm 121:1-2 testifies: I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” God is in His word; to seek His word diligently will make one follow God.

Prayer for today: Ask that your life begin to see in the word of God.

FAITH MAIL: To serve God wrongly is not possible to find God.

Numbers 14

A careless one is not with the mind to seek God in the way of God.
Proverbs 19:16 admonishes, saying, “He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is careless of his ways will die.”
A careless one, seeking God out of the way of God, becomes a potential self-destruction.
What denies you from serving God in His way?
Serving Him right is not like being burdened, like a burden, to engage as a way of life.
Jesus states that: “My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:30)
Doing right is seeking God diligently to find Him. (Deuteronomy 4:29
Deuteronomy 4:29 records, “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Do it right to find God; it should not be a burden to seek God and find Him.
Isaiah 55:6 states, “Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.”
There is no better way to find God than to seek Him diligently.
Regardless of the inconvenience in line, to discourage and deny seeking God, there is no room for complaint but to be committed, striving to find God.
One who is foolish to the core will not believe there is a God to live to find Him.
Proverbs 14:1-2 records, “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.” They are corrupt, they have done abominable works. There is none who does good.”
In your actions and your ways will testify to living foolishly.
A believer in God must continually serve and worship God.
As an acclaimed believer, are you serving God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength?
The character of the foolish one is the evidence not to give regard to God, in all He has done and will do.
All that seeks God is giving God attention.
Psalm 28:5 states, “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.”
Seeking God is giving regard to God.
Seeking God should be a way of life.
God creates all to live life for Him. (Revelation 4:11)
Serving God wrongly or not giving oneself to serve are not right before God.
To serve God wrongly comes with a costly consequence.
Uzzah served God with good intentions but lost his life.
It was Uzzah’s attempt to keep the Ark of God from falling that took away his life. (2 Samuel 6:7)

Prayer for today: Ask God to order your mind for you to live a life of seeking diligently.
Ask that you will not live a life situated in a place that does not give yourself to the glory of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Let the Word of God gain entrance into the heart.

Ezekiel 3

The destination of the word of God is the heart of all.
Repeatedly, verses in the Bible record that the word of God is for the heart.
Deuteronomy 11:18 records, “Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart…”
Job 22:22 states, “Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart.”
Psalm 119:11 states, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”
Proverbs 4:4 records, “He also taught me, and said to me: ‘Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live.”
Revelation 17:17 states, “For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.”
The truth to know and live by is in the Bible.
The heart is the place, the house for the word of God.
Do you have a place for the word of God in your heart?
The heart is where the word of God resides when the heart opens.
A heart that does not open for the word of God is empty and not able to live by the word of God.
Jesus, the living Word of God, testifies to the need to gain permission for the entrance of the Word of God, not to force it.
Revelation 3:20 records the word of God, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”
What holds you to deny the entrance of the Word of God into your heart?
Make the right choice, that your heart be the house of the word of God.
In the word of God, there is healing, deliverance, and preservation.
It is the wisdom of God to have the desire for a room for the word of God.
Ezekiel 3:10 records, “Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears.”
Every time we hear the Word of God, the heart works in tandem with our ears to receive the living Word of God for living life for the glory of God.
Hearing and listening are evidence of receiving, which ultimately reaches the heart.
Before God spoke to Ezekiel, He caught his attention by opening the heavens for him to see visions of God (Ezekiel 1:1).
The visions that Ezekiel saw enable him to focus his ears, to listen wholeheartedly.
Do you know how to open the heart as an entrance for the Word of God?
Taking time to study the word of God is a valuable resource.
Any word that enters and does not produce a result should be suspicious since the word did not enter only to arouse emotions.

Prayer for today: Ask for the Word of God to carry you and set you for His glory.

FAITH CAPSULE: Gain to retain the presence of God, maintaining His presence.

Acts 20

Have the desire to live for God by allowing His word to build you up.
Sins and iniquities will deny one the ability to maintain oneself with God.
To gain and retain the presence of God demands walking in the word of God.
To maintain with God is encapsulated in knowing God.
Knowing God is not the same as knowing about God.
The majority, particularly acclaimed believers of God, ones that live life in the building in the name of the church, only know about God but do not know God.
Many are conversant in quoting the word of God, but do not walk in God.
To know God, start by listening to Him.
Listening to the word of God prompts one to be for God.
The word of Jesus testifies to the importance of listening to gain an understanding of knowing God.
Jesus spoke: “Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.” (John 8:43)
The speech of Jesus is the word of Jesus.
To know Him and love Him is to listen to His word and gain an understanding of Him.
Under heaven, no one is born with understanding and knowledge of God, but learn to know God.
Romans 15:4 records, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”  
Here are some of the bible verses written to know what it takes to maintain self with God:
Acts 6:4, “but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Acts 20:32, “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.”
Jude 20-21, “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
When one listens to the scriptural verses above, one is bound to maintain with God by seeking God diligently:
You should continually but not casually give yourself to the word of God.
One who remains with God makes the word of God a way of life.
Be prayerful to be in the word of God to remain with God.
Allow the word of God to enter you to fill you and be faithful.
Are you an acclaimed believer in God?
Live for God by His word.
What one knows that is not of God should walk away from such.
How is your walk before God?
God oversees the affairs of all.
Give yourself to the word of God continually.
Apostle Paul encourages, “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.”

Prayer for today: Ask that the mercy of God will draw you close to Him.