FAITH CAPSULE: Asking is a demonstration of faith in the word of God. 

Isaiah 55

What is your desire to get the attention of God?
Are you facing any challenge that demands a solution?
Get to know that the word of God is the solution for all challenges of the world?
God, by His word, is the only Eternal surgeon; He is the only One who reverses the irreversible, and He is the Unchanging changer with the solution of any magnitude.
What is your pressing challenge?
Have you been asking for from God or assuming a solution?
Matthew 7:7-8 records: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” 
Specifically, have you been asking or assuming? 
There is a difference between asking and assuming. 
Asking is a demonstration of faith. 
A blind man petitioned for his solution before Jesus by crying out to Jesus without asking for his need.
Jesus knows all, but He wants all to ask.
Have you been asking or making noise? 
Jesus eventually prompted a blind man to ask when He questioned him, “So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him, saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?” (Luke 18:40-41) 
In seeking your need, be specific in your asking but not assume. 
In your asking, insist, persist, and resist to receive.
The word of God demands asking from all.
What God says He will do is a done deal for anyone that knows to engage His word faithfully. 
God is the Creative creator that is true and cannot lie. 
The psalmist testifies, “As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.” (Psalm 18:30) Proverbs 30:8 states, “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.” 
Hebrews 12:4 buttresses, “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” 
The word of God is authentic to deliver answers when there is asking! 
Isaiah 55:11 buttresses: “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it brings forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” 
Considering the scriptural verses above, why not give to the word of God to gain from God? 

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to give self to God to fill you with the knowledge of His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: Do you have faith not to be doubtful?

Mathew 11

To be doubtful is rooted in faithless.
Without a doubt, a faithful one cannot be a victim of doubt.
What is causing you to have doubt instead of having faith in the Lord that will do the un-doable?
With doubt, fear will settle to make one unsettled. 
When fear rises, faith will sink. 
Live life by giving yourself to the word of God to have faith that does not sink. 
With more earnest, give heed to the things heard in the word of God. Romans 10:17 identifies the source of faith: “…faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” 
Any doubting in any area of your life?
Imagine John the Baptist with doubt of who Jesus is when he was in the prison of life.
The Bible records: “And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?” (Matthew 11:2-3) 
The questioning of John the Baptist about Jesus testifies to his doubt.
Title or position in any area of life is not evidence not to be full of doubt.
Matthew 3:13 records that John baptized Jesus, “Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him” 
The record of Matthew 3:13 is enough for John the Baptist not to doubt who Jesus is.
John 1:29-30 records, “…Behold The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said,
“Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.”’ 
The recording of John 1:29-30 is more than enough as a testimony that John the Baptist should not doubt about Jesus.
Just like John the Baptist, do you doubt who Jesus is?
Give earnest heed to what you have heard about Jesus, and there should be no doubt in your life.
Imagine, John also exalted Jesus, but his doubt denied him to remember what he said to Jesus as stated: “He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.” (John 3:31) 
The challenging of John the Baptist demonstrates that he knew about Jesus but did not know
Jesus because of his doubt.
Get to know Jesus and not be a vessel of doubt.
The response of Jesus to the doubt of John the Baptist speaks to all with doubts: “…Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” (Mathew 11:4-6) 
One with faith cannot be doubtful.

Prayer for today: Ask not to be a vessel of doubt.

FAITH CAPSULE: To add or take out of the word of God is an error with costly consequences.

Numbers 20

Whatever God says is important.
The word of God demands full attention to avoid misrepresentation by adding or taking out of His word. 
God does not waste His word, and He means what He says. 
God spoke to Adam in the Garden of Eden, “Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:15-17) 
After the word of God, the deceptive one cunningly approached Eve to twist the word of God with what God did not say, “…Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Genesis 3:1) 
Eve opened the door for the devil when she responded to the devil by adding to the twisted statement of the devil stating, “…Nor shall you touch it, lest you die.” (Genesis 3:3) 
Are you consciously or unconsciously adding or taking away from the word of God? 
One that adds to the word of God sets for falling.
Before God, it is not acceptable for any man to add or take away from His word.
Adding or taking out of the word of God is deception.
Romans 3:7-8 warns against deception, “For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? And why not say, “Let us do evil that good may come?” 
Under no circumstances do not become a victim of engaging in deception in the name of God.
Deception to please others with testimony in the name of God is not acceptable by God.
God gave a detailed word of command to Jeremiah directly for His people, “Therefore prepare yourself and arise, and speak to them all that I command you.” (Jeremiah 1:17) 
To deliver the message of God should not be with addition or subtraction.
Delivering the message of God demands preparation because with preparation comes a detailed presentation. 
A well-presented message is what keeps the messenger from sinning against God.
Moses was a victim of adding to the word of God.
God said to Moses, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” (Numbers 20:8) Moses went as directed but added to the command of God according to his desire. 
Moses struck the rock twice with his rod against the word of God that asked him to speak. (Numbers 20:10)
Regardless of your title, be watchful in the word of God to avoid adding or subtracting the word of God.
Moses added to the word of God that failed him to step on Promised Land.

Prayer for today: Ask from God that you will not walk outside of His word. 

FAITH CAPSULE: Sanctify your heart to do right before God. 

Numbers 20

Claiming to have hope in God is not only by mouth but must be rooted in the heart. 
One that does not keep heart diligently as requested by the word of God cannot and does not understand and know to have hope in God.
The word of God states: “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” (Proverbs 4:23)
Do you have a heart with hope in God?  
The Bible records what it takes to have hope in God: “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear…” (1 Peter 3:15)
A sanctified (separated) heart for God will have hope in God. 
A sanctified heart to God is a heart that seeks God diligently.
Among ways to sanctify the heart for God, to have hope in God is meditating on the word of God.
Meditating the word of God:
Joshua 1:8 records the meaning of meditating to have the heart for hope: “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” 
Giving heart to God in His word day and night will no doubt do according to the word of God and have hope in God. 
Giving heart to meditating the word of God day and night will know God enough to trust and remain standing in hope for the response of God. Meditate on the word of God but not just memorize the word of God.
Sanctifying heart to God is hallowing God:
Hallowing (blessing) God according to His command is the evidence of heart with hope. 
When the word of God locates a man for direction, hope in the heart shall do as commanded. 
Moses could not do as commanded by God but against the word of God as the Bible documents: 
“Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” So Moses took the rod from before the Lord as He commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” 
Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank. (Numbers 20:7-11)
God commanded Mose to speak to the rock for water, but he struck against the word of God.
A failure not to believe God for His word is not having hope to do as commanded by God.

Prayer for today: Ask God to establish His word in your heart to trust and hope in Him.

FAITH CAPSULE: Take note of two things by giving attention. 

1 Samuel 13
1. Know to trust and hope
2. Avoid making the wrong choice.

1. Know to trust and hope:
Claiming to have hope in God is not only by mouth but must be rooted in the heart. 
One that does not keep heart diligently as the word of God demands from all cannot and does not understand and know to have trust and hope in God.  
Proverbs 4:23 states: “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” 
Do you have a heart with trust but not with hope in God? 
With the expectation for manifestation, acclaimed believers visit the gathering of believers because of trust but do not demonstrate hope for the expectation. 
It is not complete to expect or receive the blessing of God by having trust but not having hope.
Jeremiah 17:7 records it, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord.”
Know and understand that God is not talkative that fails in His word.
The word of God does not return to Him void. (Isaiah 55:11)
What God says He will do is a done deal!
Do you have a heart with trust and hope in God? 
PRAYER
Ask that the strength in the word of God will answer in you, keeping your heart with all diligence.
Ask that in every way of seeking God, you shall keep trust and hope continually.
2. Avoid making the wrong choice:
Making choices in the life journey is possible to live in pain or not arrive at the divine assignment of God. 
Saul was chosen as King by God, but he made the wrong choice outside before God when he disobeyed the word of God.
Saul repeatedly disobeyed God.
First, he engaged in unlawful sacrifice against the word of God. (Prophet Samuel instructed Saul to wait for a sacrificial approach when he was at war with his enemy. Saul did not obey but made the wrong choice to carry out the sacrifice) 
Saul states his excuse that the people were scattered when Samuel did not arrive on time ( Saul compelled to disobey). 
Samuel identifies him as FOOLISH. (1 Samuel 13)
Secondly, God directed Saul to destroy the Amalekites. (1 Samuel 15)  Saul spared King Agag at his choice against the command of God.
Saul made his own choice to spare, not destroy, as commanded by God.
One that is unwilling to obey disobeys.
Disobeying the word of God is turning from God.
Saul was 30 years old when he became king, and he reigned 42 years over the Israelites.
At the time of disobedience of Saul, the presence of God was absent for him. 
God turned to David as His choice while Saul was king. (1 Samuel 13:13-14)
For forty years of reign, Saul was on his own. 
The disobedience of Saul to the command of God was his sin against him.
God made Saul retain the throne, but his descendant could not carry on his dynasty. 
PRAYER
Ask God that reverses irreversible will have mercy on your wrong choice taken against His choice for you.
Ask that you live a life of obedience constantly.