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JANUARY 2021 FAITH MAIL

Monthly Newsletter

THE YEAR OF INCREASED MERCY OF GOD

God is a merciful God, and the privilege of God but not your right has kept you alive to this present hour.
Above evil hands, above all advances of the enemy, the mercy of God is more than available to answer for deliverance and preservation. 
It is the mercy of God that brought you this far in the challenging trouble over the earth.
For example, the activities of Sodom and Gomorrah provoked the destruction. Before the onset of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the mercy of God singled out Lot and family for deliverance.
On the day of destruction, mercy activated for Lot and family as the Bible records, “When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.” And while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.” (Genesis 19:15-16) The mercy of God was in place for Lot, just as the mercy of God has brought you this far.
In the challenging trouble of today, are you giving attention to the mercy of God over your life to appreciate God?
Today, give regards to God for His mercy that is keeping you.
Continually, let your resounding praise sound before God with mercy that never expires over your life in this time of trouble over the whole earth, under the heaven.
Lot in the time of the mercy of God for deliverance and preservation, he lingered.
As if Lot was not happy about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by God, he reluctantly rejected the offer of his escape to the mountains as directed.
By your ignorant, are you lingering not giving attention to the deliverance and preservation of God over your life in this troubling time?
Ignorance will make a destitute of a believer. Learn by the documentation of Lot, come out of ignorance to know and live to acknowledge the mercy of God.
Lot asked for uncommon mercy to escape to another possible land.
Lot asked: “Please, no, my lords! Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die. See now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one; please let me escape there (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live.” (Genesis 19:18-20)
Lot realized the mercy of God upon his life,
Lot asked for INCREASED MERCY before God, pleading for the option of escape from Sodom and Gomorrah to Zoar land. 
The request of Lot was granted and received as the Bible states, “Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.” (Genesis 19:22)
The mercy of God is abundant.
With understanding, Lot asked for INCREASED MERCY. 
God gave Lot INCREASED MERCY that delivered him from destruction.
With understanding, know that the mercy of God that brought you this far will now answer as INCREASED MERCY that will see you through a NEW YEAR.
The mercy of God brought you this far.
Call your New Year a year of INCREASED MERCY of God.
Power and mercy belong to God.
The mercy of God is the meaning of loyal love, the conventional love of the covenant-keeping God. 
The mercy of God answers two-fold. 
First, Romans 9:15-16 records,God spoke to Moses about His mercy, “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.” 
No one is qualified to question God about His mercy for whom He shows mercy.
Second, mercy answers for those who fear God as testified in Luke 1:50, “And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.”  
With fear for God is the evidence of walking by the word of God.
Walk in the journey of life, knowing to fear God.
With fear for God, the undeniable mercy of God will answer.
All year long, what is your walk like before God? 
On a journey of a New Year, do you have a desire to walk right before God? 
All man owes God to walk obediently with Him. God invested so much in all, but the majority extends a partial or no obedience to Him. God is a merciful God but not with an excuse for none to walk disobediently before Him.
The mercy of God brought you this far through the troubling year. 
Ask for the INCREASED MERCY of God to see you through in the New Year.
Approach the New Year as the year of INCREASED MERCY of God over your life. 
Throughout the year, meditate that year 2021 is your year of INCREASED MERCY OF GOD.

BE REVIVED BY GOD

Devotions

FAITH CAPSULE: Is it your desire to be revived by God?

1Kings 17

In the journey of life, regardless of age, status, or title, there will always ups and downs. In the place of ups or downs, situations will demand to become revived, not become a failure, or experience untimely termination. 
To become revived is to experience renewal with strength, to become energized, to be active, and not be denied to live life to the glory of God.
In life, to become revised by God will enhance one physically, spiritually, and emotionally. 
With the desire to be revived, the psalmist asked from God, “Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.” (Psalm 119:88) 
With the desire, understandably ask God to revive you just as the psalmist did.
The lovingkindness of God is His considerate, His caring love, and His mercy that endures forever.
The desire to keep the testimony of God testifies to the understanding that one knows the blessing of keeping the testimony of God. Psalm 119:2 informs all that, “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!” The testimony of God is His proof, His demonstrations, His evidence encased in His word. 
One that seeks the word of God will excel to the glory of God. 
The key to it all is to become REVIVED by GOD. 
Is it your desire to be revived by God?
One that is revived by God (not by determination) will be able to keep the testimony of God and be blessed. 
The blessing of keeping the testimony of God is to become revived, to RECOVERED, RESTORED, REPAIRED, REGAIN AND BE REJOICED.
ASK FROM GOD TO REVIVE YOU TO RECOVER. 
Jacob became revived by the report that Joseph was alive. As a result, Jacob was able to recover and went to meet with Joseph. (Genesis 46)
Pray that God will provoke a means to revive you, that you will recover to gain all the goodness of God separated from you by the wickedness of this world.
ASK FROM GOD TO REVIVE YOU TO RESTORE. 
Samson became revived to restore the position of miracle, not of mockery over his enemies. (Judges 16)
Pray that God will strengthen you to become restored in a position of increase to deny every mockery over your life.
ASK FROM GOD TO REVIVE YOU, TO REPAIR YOU. 
Desire to become repaired, answering as a temple of God.
Pray that God will revive you to become repaired in every area of life, as His temple. 
ASK FROM GOD TO REVIVE YOU, TO REJOICE IN THE LORD CONTINUALLY.
PRAY that God will revive you to live life with the joy of God as your strength.
ASK FROM GOD TO REVIVE YOU TO REGAIN.
Pray that God will give heed to your calling on Him at all times.
God is kind.
Have the desire and pray to be revived by God, and you will keep the testimony of God.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will live life for the glory of God.

GOD IS GREAT

Devotions

FAITH CAPSULE: God is great to be feared.

Psalm 89

The word of God is the source of knowledge to fear God. Deuteronomy 28:58 informs all that, “If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD.”
What is taking you away from living by the word of God to gain the fear of God?
The word of God that you give yourself will make you know the fear of God.
Do you fear God? 
Seek God, fear God, and let no evil have a place in your way of life. Let your identity of one that fears God. 
Do you fear God, or you only have a mouthful of the fear of God but not with the fear of God in the heart?
Ecclesiastes 12:13 speaks it all, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all.”
To fear God is to hate evil by not embracing hatred. 
Proverbs 8:13 states, “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.” 
How much of His fear do you carry in your life?
The fear of God is the way of life, the identity of the children of God dwelling in the presence of God. “In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge.” (Proverb 14:26) Confidence is the character of those who fear God that knows the refuge of God as their habitation.
One with the fear of God will trust and have hope in God, will demonstrate confidence in the face of challenge. Fear of God is to live life to the glory of God. “The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.” (Proverb 14:27) 
How can a creature not fear His Creator? 
How often have you been in a creative position, but not having the needed patience but destroyed your creation because it did not come out as expected? 
God will not do as a man will do.
God is a good God, a merciful God, a longsuffering God, and is worthy for all to be fearful of Him. 
Have you ever considered the way that leads to life? Proverbs 19:23 points it out, “The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil.”  
One with the fear of God abide in satisfaction.
Be a wise one to fear God. 
With fear for God, knowing God will result in having stability in the wicked but not to become a victim.

Prayer for today: Ask that you live life to fear God in all your ways.

THIS YEAR 2021

Devotions

FAITH CAPSULE: Trust and hope for the extension of the hand of God for your deliverance from destruction.

Genesis 19

At the time of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah because of wickedness, two angels came to the land. Lot saw the angels and decided to host the angels overnight. As a result of hosting the angels, he struggled with the wicked ones of the land that wanted to know the angels carnally.
Wicked of Sodom and Gomorrah persisted with the attempt to break into the house of Lot.
The angels reacted to pull Lot into the house from the hands of the wicked ones. The bible record the scene between Lot, the wicked ones, and the two angels: “And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot and came near to break down the door. But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great so that they became weary trying to find the door.” (Genesis 19:9-11)
The hand of God delivered Lot from the destruction of the wickedness of the land. Today, ask that the hand of God will continually locate you from every form of destruction that persists.
Genesis 19:15-16 records how Lot was brought out to safety from destruction, “When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.” And while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
Ask God for increased mercy that will continually pull you out from where lingering is holding you down for inevitable destruction. 
This year, plead that the increased mercy of God will deny your inconsistent way of life.
God is a living God and a merciful God with a hand that is not short to deliver. 
Trust and hope for the same hand of God that delivered the children of Israel from the bondage of over four hundred years in Egypt will not elude you. 
The wickedness against the life of Lot became blinded. Blindness is what will make wicked agency weary and unable to locate you. 
Ask for the hand of God that answered for Lot.
Devote to your desire for God, and God will not deny you. 

Prayer for today: Ask for the hand of God to become established over your life for deliverance and preservation in this wicked world.

WITH PRAYER

Devotions

FAITH CAPSULE: With prayer before God, it is time to stand against the troubling challenge.

Ecclesiastes 3

Ecclesiastes 3:1-3 records, “To everything, there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up.”  Time gives every engagement a meaningful approach and adds value to the steps that man takes in life. 
Indeed, there is a time for everything in life. 
Make a move at the right time not to fail to experience the deliverance of God. As an acclaimed believer amid challenging trouble that has destroyed the line which separates right and wrong, there is a time to act: There is a time to be quiet, and a time to speak out loud; a time to be defensive and a time to go on the offensive. 
Today might be your day to go on the offensive against all troubling forces that do not represent God but evil work against your life.
David sought God to go on the offensive against a time of trouble in His life. Psalm 138:7 records, “Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand Against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.”
Psalm 143:11, “Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake! For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.”
Ask God in the name of Jesus, to pluck you from any company representing wickedness militating or agitating your life. He is a living God with hands that can redeem you. Ask that the same hand that delivered the children of Israel from the bondage of over four hundred years in Egypt shall answer for you. Exodus 3:20 testifies the hand of God, “So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that, he will let you go.”
In a challenging time, prayer is the weapon for a believer of God to go on the offensive against all troubling forces that do not represent God but of evil.
God is true to deliver in times of troubling challenge.
Trust and hope in the word of God.
Psalm 34:19 testifies, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.” 
One living by the word of God is on the right track before God as a righteous.
In the face of challenging trouble, make the right time before God that does not fail.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you with the strength of praying against the troubling time of challenge.