FAITH CAPSULE: The majority knows about God but, only a few know God.

John 8

Lack of Understanding.
It is not possible to know God with a listening disability which results in a lack of understanding.
Jesus questions with an answer confirming for all to know the reason for lack of understanding, “Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.” (John 8:43)
The world is too busy to ignore and also not give attention to God. 
It is not possible to understand who you do not know. 
One that gives attention to God will listen to gain understanding and know God for who He is. 
The majority knows about God but, only a few know God.
Ask God to enable you to know Him more.
Forgetting attributes of God does not know God.
One that is mindful of God will continually remember the works of God to know God. Deuteronomy 4:5-6 buttresses, “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. 6 Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding…” One that is not exposed to learn about God will not give attention to understand the attributes of God, to know God.
Truth is not appealing to get attention, to be known.
God is true, but His truth is hardly acceptable to the world. It is not possible to believe and not know God. John 8:45-47 records the word of Jesus that speaks the truth about not knowing God, “But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore, you do not hear, because you are not of God.” One that does not accept the truth cannot believe and will not know God that is true.
You must know God to come out of the religion of this wicked world.
To know God is rooted in the living word of God that is written for understanding if any will give self to study the word of God.
To study the word of God is a sacrifice with the cost of labor.
To know God is seeking God diligently, to please Him and to find God as promised in Hebrews 11:6, “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.” 
You must know God because knowing about God is not enough to escape from the pain that exists in the wicked world.
Know God, come out of religion, live life for the glory of God.
You must know God that is the truth to be free in this wicked world.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to know Him more.

FAITH CAPSULE: The mercy of God means God is compassionate and kind.

Genesis 39

The mercy of God is with forbearance that does not runs out.
The mercy of God is His loyal love; it is the conventional love of the covenant-keeping God. 
The mercy of God is not by merit but by the goodness of God to be received.
Just as power belongs unto God, mercy also belongs to God. 
God cannot be intimidated or manipulated by any of His creations to receive His mercy.
The mercy of God is not attainable by the work but by working with God. 
God testifies to His mercy in Romans 9:14-16, “…I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion. So, then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.”
The mercy of God is in place for all, and nothing under heaven can displace or deny one that God will visit.
The mercy of God is attainable when the life of one aligns with the word of God:
One that lives life according to the word of God will always receive the mercy of God. For example, Joseph lived life according to the word of God when he ignores the temptation to violate the word of God not to fail before God (Genesis 39:7-15). In one instance, he denied the offer to sleep with the wife of his master by claiming: “…How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (Genesis 39:9) The reaction of Joseph reacted against the temptation of the wife of his master to experience the mercy of God as the Bible mentions, “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor…” (Genesis 39:21). 
The mercy of God is attainable when one loves God
The obedience to God is the evidence of love for God that will always provoke God for His mercy. 
The Bible makes all realize that loving God is keeping His commandments (John 14:15). To love God is to fear God.  
The story of Joseph points out that Joseph kept the commandment of God by forbidding adultery when he fled away from sleeping with the wife of his master. Joseph loves God to obtain the mercy of God.
The mercy of God is attainable when one trusts God 
The Psalmist declared, “But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation” (Psalm 13:5). Trusting God will provoke the attainment of the mercy of God. Trusting God is looking up to God with no doubt. Looking up to God with an open heart before God will locate God for His mercy. 
Luke 17:13 records, “And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 
God is merciful. He does not run out of mercy for one that knows to trust and lift voice to Him.

Prayer for today:  Ask that God enables you to align with His word all the days of life He has given you.

FAITH CAPSULE: In life, God has a calling for all.

Genesis 12 

God alone created all for His glory and His honor. 
Revelation 4:11 testifies to God, the Creator of all for His will, “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will, they exist and were created.” 
What is it that you do not understand about God? 
God alone is the Almighty, the Ancient of days, the only Eternal Creator. 
1Timothy 6:15 describes God, “…He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords.” 
God alone is above and beyond all, and Psalmist states it clearly, “The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever.” (Psalm 29:10) 
God is the unchanging changer that will make and unmake. 
God alone in the position to reverse the irreversible. 
The calling of all belongs to God. 
God creates all for a purpose to live life before Him while having the breath of life.
His calling comes with the process, for His purpose over the called ones. 
The calling of God over your life must be connected to God continually by dwelling and abiding in His direction, the only way to answer the calling of God obediently.
In life, God has a calling for all with a different assignment. 
The calling of God over the life of one will break such at the initial of His calling but will no doubt turn to the blessing for obeyed as directed.
In the calling of God, with obedience to His direction, you will experience the backing of God and, He will not leave you nor forsake you when answering His calling.
When God calls you, do not look away but keep looking forward without distraction. 
The family and Lot received calling direction out of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, but the wife of Lot looked back into self-destruction. (Genesis 19:26)
The calling of God will come with challenges, but obedience to God will deliver the called one unfailingly.
In your journey of life, have you been called out by God?
When God calls you, know to remember that, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.”  (1Thessalonian 5:24)
When God calls you, do not allow doubt, do not be discouraged from answering the calling of God.
In your answering to the calling of God, discouragement will question you with negativity to redirect your calling wrongly. 
When you engage the calling upon your life, do not commit yourself to no man but God alone. Jesus did not commit to no man as John 2:24 records His testimony, “But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men.”
Answering God and arriving at the destiny of His calling demands continuous obedience to His word of direction not to become wasted in the journey of His calling.

Prayer for today: Ask that God will enable you with understanding to know and answer Him unfailingly.  

FAITH CAPSULE:  Ask that the month answers as your month to fear God more.

Deuteronomy 6 

Fear God by your way of living life.
Living life by the fear of God is taking a position to provoke the mercy of God over your life.
To fear God is rooted in giving attention to the word of God by inclining the ear to be keeping the word of God in the heart, not just in the head.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 points out the need for all to be living life by the fear of God, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.”
Are you one that keeps the word of God in the head with no space for the word of God in the heart?
Give your heart to the fear of God. 
In life, let the fear of God become your character, your identity before God. 
The fear of God is the identity of Job before God as God testifies, “there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still, he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause.” (Job 2:3)
One that fears God in the heart is with the character that pleases God.
Have a heart of fear for God to shun the evil not to have a place in you.
It is the will of God for all to fear God and know to train children to fear God. Deuteronomy 4:10 admonishes all, “…Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”
Who will not fear God? 
For you, know it from this day that it is the rightful due that God is feared.
A worth God that is exceedingly merciful!
One that does not fear God will not abide and dwell in the presence of God.
The Bible records what will become of those who fear God:
Psalm 33:18 records, “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy.” 
Psalm 34:7-9, “The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him and delivers them. Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.” 
Luke 1:50, “And His mercy is on those who fear Him From generation to generation.” 
Let the fear of God keep you under the eyes of God.
What will prompt you to fear God? 
Determination will not enable one to fear God but, desire and prayer that the month answers as your month to fear God more.
Why not allow the fear of God to become your priority? 
In your journey of life, let the fear of God become your compass to arrive at the calling of God.

Prayer for today: Pray that the fear of God becomes established in your hearts not to depart from God.