FAITH CAPSULE: Consciously or unconsciously, do not compromise the command of God.

1 Samuel 2:12-36

To do as commanded by God is doing good that counts before God. 
One that knows to do good and not do is compromising the command of God by giving self to sin. (James 4:17)
With understanding, all should know not to compromise the word of God. The children of Eli compromised the word of God. 
Eli failed to train his children enough, and it counted against Eli before God.
The compromise by the children of Eli causes his destiny to become corrupted. 
Compromising God will violate one from the presence of God.
To compromise the command of God is an indication of a lack of fear for God and will open the door for the devil. 
Proverbs 8:13 warns, “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.”
Consciously or unconsciously, do you compromise the command of God?
Before God, there is no legitimate excuse not to do according to the word of God.
In the life journey, compromising the command of God will complicate the life journey of life.
The word of God for all is His command that is not negotiable and is not to be compromised. 
With no exception, all should live life according to the command of God to gain and retain a positive relationship with God. 
One compromising the word of God is redirecting the word of God, not pleasing God the evidence of lack of understanding that serves God diligently.
One that pleases self is serving self but not serving God.
Are you serving God or serving yourself?
Search self to know your stand before God.
Compromising the word of God displeases God.
Compromising the word of God is getting set for self-destruction.
Jesus did not compromise the word of God and do nothing to Himself but for God to please God.
Be encouraged not to compromise the word of God but to please God.
John 8:28-29 records the encouraging word of God for all to please God, “…When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. 29 And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.” 
Are you doing according to His command to please Him but to please yourself? 
Do you have faith to please God without compromising His command?
Giving self to the written word of God is to have faith to live life according to His command. 
Hebrews 11:6 buttresses, “But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
Have faith to seek God by living by His word and not be compromising His word.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled not to compromise the command of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: What do you belong to, before God that sees all?

Psalm 10

Are you one that is living life as a fool or as a wicked one?
The fool one and the wicked one are a combination of evil agendas with ways of no fear for God.
Continual evil activities exist where they flock together. 
To them, when evil does not have a place is like an abomination.
Proverbs 13:19 records, “…it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.”
Are you one that is living life as a fool or as a wicked one?
Who is a fool?
Psalm 14:1 identifies the character of fool one, “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.” 
Proverbs 1:7 records, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” 
Proverbs 10:23 also identifies the character of fool one, “To do evil is like sport to a fool, but a man of understanding has wisdom.”
Do the above verses describe you or point you out as a fool? 
Who is wicked?
The wicked have nothing good but to do evil.
The conversation of Jeremiah before God identifies the character of the wicked one. 
Jeremiah 12:1-2 records, “Righteous are You, O Lord when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth but far from their mind.” 
The word of Jeremiah before God points out that having the word in the mouth but not from the heart is wickedness. (Jeremiah 12:1-2)
Psalms 11:5 p record the reaction of God to the wicked one, “The Lord tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.” 
One that is a partial liar or constant liar is a wicked one before God.
One with the choice to search for self should have the understanding to come out of living life as a fool or wicked but to live life for the glory of God.
Living life as a fool or wicked is a sin before God.
God is a longsuffering and merciful God that does not overlook sins and iniquities.
Ecclesiastes 8:11-13 documents what is up for the wicked, ” Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.” 
What do you belong to, before God that sees all?
Come out of sin, avoid not to live life as a fool or as a wicked!

Prayer for today: Ask God to keep you for His glory.

FAITH CAPSULE: The record of laborious prayer of Jesus. 

Daniel 3

A faithful one can be prayerfully violent against a challenging situation.
Be prayerfully violent to reverse the irreversible situation in your life.
Matthew 11:12 testifies to violent faith, “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” 
At times, the irreversible situation in life will only respond to become reversed for good when violent faith takes charge.
A violent faith can be engaging laborious prayer.
Luke 22:44 records a laborious prayer of Jesus, “And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
The record of laborious prayer is evidence that all should engage in prayer violence in a challenging situation.
A lion is with nature of violence to engage challenges.
Jesus is the Lamb of God (John 1:36) to illustrate His gentleness and willingness to be the sacrifice for our sins. 
Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Judah (Revelation 5:5) to display His absolute authority and power over all challenges.
As a believer (walking in Him) that has received Jesus as the Lord and savior, why not live life as a lion? 
All that is walking in Him must be as a lion that stirs up to confront the irreversible situation. 
Lions do not travail but prevail.
Lion is a symbol of dominion-breakthrough with boldness and character. 
With the expectation for a challenging situation to become reversed from irreversible, do not be gentle but activate the lion character in you.
CHARACTERS OF VIOLENT FAITH
Spiritually resolute: 
By faith, we are to be unbending and never give up but to gain and retain the presence of God in desires.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego (three friends of Daniel) refused to serve Nebuchadnezzar gods or worship the gold image. 
The three friends of Daniel were unbending but faced judgment in a fiery furnace of fire.
The three friends of Daniel came out of the fire ordered by Nebuchadnezzar with no smell of burnt on them but were promoted in the land by Nebuchadnezzar. (Daniel 3) 
Violent faith will not fail but will prevail as the three friends of Daniel quenched the ordered evil fire of Nebuchadnezzar.
Confidently restful:
Violent faith, a Lion character will not turn away from the irreversible situation. 
Proverbs 30:30 records, “A lion, which is mighty among beasts, and does not turn away from any.” 
A lion is an absolute self-defense. 
Jesus sleeping in the storm testifies to confident rest. Mark 4:37-39 records, “And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat so that it was already filling. 38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” 39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.” 
One with the understanding of the word of God is to gain confidence to rest in the time of a challenging situation, the evidence of a violent character.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to live life by His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: Distraction does not announce the plan to destroy when it strikes its victims. 

Psalm 22

Distraction will derail or deny arrival to the calling of God.
Are you avoiding the patterns of distraction in your life?
One that watches and prays is set to recognize distraction that wants to militate against one.
Get to know and give attention to deny distractions from close ones or from a distance to distract.
Deny distraction in your life.
One that receives Christ as Lord and Savior do not exempt such from encountering distraction, but with vigilant can avoid not becoming a victim.
Many have received Jesus as Lord and Savior, but the agents of distraction are in place to deny the attention of focusing on God to live life for God. 
Does that sound like you?
If you have received Jesus into your life, stand still by looking up to avoid distraction, not to become derailed from dwelling and abiding in the presence of God.
Martha was a victim of distraction. 
When Martha welcomed Jesus into her house, she could not avoid distraction from denying her to gain a position in the presence of Jesus. Luke 10:38 records, “Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, ‘Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, tell her to help me.’” (Luke 10:40) 
Just like Martha, have you welcomed Jesus into your house? 
Martha welcomed Jesus into her house, but distraction denied her from the presence of Jesus.  
Who or what is your distraction? 
Watch against devices of distraction that prompt the loss of focus on God.
Anyone that is not careful shall be distracted will assault to prevent from arriving at the divine assignment of God.
Also, distraction will make it almost impossible to prevail in the life of the journey. 
Distraction can be a disruption or disturbance.
Distraction does not announce the plan to destroy when it strikes its victims. 
Distraction can also be an indefinable force that will derail to deny a man from having faith to see God.
The challenging time of today shall provoke distraction not to focus on God.
Do not become a victim of failure and evil occurrences over your life.
For all, with no exception, distraction is of the enemy, to derail arrival at the assignment of God.
There is no one with exception from distraction.
The word of God repeatedly warns all to watch and pray.
The prayer is to ask God to enable you with watching and praying. 
The pattern of distraction for you to become derailed in answering the calling of God shall not be your portion.

Prayer for today: Ask from God not to become a victim of distraction from answering in His calling over you.

FAITH CAPSULE: Think and wait on God that waits to act for those who wait on Him.

1 Kings 19

God alone is the Only perfect God. 
Time is in the hand of God to control, and none dictates to God determining how time goes.
God is is in a position to call anyone to His attention without being avoided by anyone.
Jonah attempted to avoid the calling assignment of God, but he could not hide but only run. 
Jonah 1:1-3 records, “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.”
Under heaven, no one can avoid the calling of God. 
The effort of Jonah to run away from answering to the calling of God placed him in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.
Are you avoiding by running away from the hand of God, the calling of God? 
God does have unfailing means to get attention from any of His creations.
When it was time for God to call Moses, there was no way out for Moses to avoid the calling of God. 
Exodus 3:1-3 states, “Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” 
Ignorance is not possible for turning aside from God. 
Ignorance will hold one from answering to the calling of God.
God called Elisha through Elijah.
God said to Elijah, “And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.” (1 Kings 19:16)
Elisha delayed his answering to the calling of God when he responded first to Elijah, “And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?” (1 King 19;19)
Elisha eventually put all aside to follow Elijah, answering to the calling of God. 1 Kings 19:21 records, “…Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.”
What is holding you from answering to the calling of God over your life?
Think and wait on God that waits to act for those who wait on Him.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you in His righteousness.