FAITH CAPSULE: The grace and mercy of God brought you this far.

Philippians 4

What are your thoughts so far? God has brought you.
One who can think will know to thank God, for He is merciful.
Romans 9:15 informs all, “For He says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
From the first month of the year to this hour is a great privilege of God
that have brought you this far.
Continually thank God for His grace and mercy, which is not partial.
Acknowledge God for your going and coming is His grace and mercy.
Ask for the grace and mercy that brought you this far, and they shall not expire over your life.
Know God so that you do not live by sin.
God has brought all thus far.
Pray to fear God. One who lives by the fear of God is evidence of one who lives by His word.
The majority know about God but do not know God.
The evidence of not knowing God is sin and sinning before God.
The whole world is full of sin.
Sin and sinning are evidence of not fearing God.
When there is no fear, sin takes over in the form of wickedness.
Wickedness ravages the world.
God saw the wickedness of all.
Genesis 6:5-7 records, “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually….”
Knowing God will strive against sin.
Search if the self is continually evil.
Deceive yourself not, pray against sin in your life, not to live wasted.
Keep in mind that God has brought you thus far.
In the coming days, weeks, months, and years, with desire, strive to live a life of responsibility.
Seeking God is not only about attending or engaging in church activity.
In life, the desire to pursue creates the purpose to achieve. 
Pursuing with purpose demands an investment of responsibility. 
Responsibility is a price to excel for the glory of God.
Are you responsible before God? 
To live a life of responsibility with a commitment to God is to seek God with all heart, soul, and strength.  
Deuteronomy 4:29 records seeking God to find Him, “…you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and, with all your soul.” 
Responsibility is a choice to find God and to gain His presence.
Pray that you will live a responsible life, all the days He has given you.
Be responsible, running after the things of God, not of the world.
Have the desire for your need to be in the way of God.
Live satisfactorily by trusts and hopes in the word of God to settle needs.
Philippians 4:19 records the promise of God, “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
Seeking God for wants instead of needs demonstrates trust in God but no hope in the promise of God.

Prayer for today: Ask to be a vessel with a spirit of satisfaction.

FAITH CAPSULE: It is good to be a delight to God.

John 8:31-47

Are you living life as a true believer?
The word of God is God.
One who knows about the word of God demonstrates potential to perish.
Know the word of God not to perish.
Hosea 4:6 records, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge…”
One who knows about will be the candidate who rejects knowledge.
It is never enough to know about, but to know God.
Keep in mind that God magnified His word.
Psalm 138:2 records, “For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.”
The word of God is all-important in the life of all.
The word of Jesus about truth to those who believed Him also speaks to all with no exception. 
John 8:31-32 records, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”  
The word of God is truth.
Do you know God or know about God?
Knowing about is not the same as knowing the truth.
Knowing that the truth builds a believer.
One who builds by the truth, the word of God, will not be a liar, deceiver, or manipulator. 
Knowing the truth is the evidence of one who fears God and turns one to live free for God. 
The book of Hebrews 2:1 admonishes all, “…we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.” To live life as a believer that is true and not live as a liar, one must give more earnest heed to the things heard in the word of God.
Are you living life as a true believer? 
In truth, are you fellowshipping with one heart, one soul that builds up all things in common in the fellowship?
Are you violating or not violating the spirit of God and the great grace upon your gathering?
The word of God repeatedly admonishes all to be a true believer, stating, “…give the more earnest heed to the things heard in the word of God”.
The word of God demands from all to “…give the more…” 
Asking all to give more is additional hearing and hearing in the Word of God.
Giving oneself to the word is not casual attention but demands earnest engagement to become a true believer, not just a noisy maker.
Busy to the word and less to the world.
When a believer gives less to the word of God, the world will occupy more of the believer. 
You can be a liar to deceive and manipulate others, but God cannot be because He sees all.
Today, know the truth (word) of God.
Be steadfast in living by the word of God, the source of salvation. 
Give more earnest heed to the word of God to allow the truth of God to take over in your life. 
Proverbs 12:22 states, “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.”
Be a believer who is full of the truth of God.

Prayer for today: Ask that God empower you to be a true believer.

FAITH CAPSULE: You shall not die but live for the glory of God.

Mark 4:1-32

God answers prayer.
Let your prayer reflect that you remember the goodness of God, to call on Him.
Psalm 20:7 records, “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.”
Pray, meditate, confess that you shall not die but live life to the glory of God.
One who remembers the doing of God will provoke God to remember and not forget such.
Do you know that God creates you to live for His glory?
The majority lack the knowledge and not understanding that God created all for His glory.
Revelation 4:11 testifies, “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.”
God creates all to exist for His glory and not be a victim of the wicked world. 
Let your living be to the glory of God.
God knows all about you before He created you for His glory.
The word of God to Jeremiah is a testimony to the truth that God knows you more than you know that He knows you.
God spoke to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5)
Believe it that God knows you.
Live life before God with understanding and knowledge to activate acknowledgment of Him.
God knows all that is going on in the lives of all.
God is like a stage master who writes a drama script that is not questionable.
God is not subject to anyone.
God is a good God who delivers as He chooses to do.
Psalm 34:19 testifies to the doings of God, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” 
Affliction can be an attempt or effort for the enemy to bury another one while such is alive.
Pray before God that you shall not die but live life to the glory of God.
What stops you from living for God?
Are you seeking God in your way or in the way of God?
There is always a standard to find God.
Deuteronomy 4:29 records what it takes to seek God and find Him, “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.”
God is the creator of all.
To seek God is not enough; to seek Him diligently, you will find God.
Find God and live for His glory.
God is not a slave master but a saving master.
Live by His word, the evidence of understanding God.
Disallow the distraction of the world so as not to be derailed from finding God.

Prayer for today: Prayerfully meditate, confess positively to provoke the blessing of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Exposure to the mercy of God shall gain from God.

Ezekiel 37

From yesterday till today, having life is the grace of God.
God alone brought you this far.
It is only the mercy of God that answers for your life.
Mercy is in the hand of God.
Acknowledge it in every way of life that the mercy of God has granted you the breath of life.
In the hand of God, there is the direction to position one for deliverance.
Prayerfully, desire the encounter with the hand of God.
God will have mercy on whom He chooses to extend.
Also, one who cries unto God shall experience the hand of God that is merciful.
Mercy belongs to God, and no living being is in a position to stop God from having mercy on whom He chooses to.
Romans 9:15 records, “For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
Have the desire to gain the merciful hand of God for the direction for deliverance and preservation. 
What is it about the hand of God?
Pages of the Bible record the direction hand of God as it locates one for deliverance.
Ezekiel testifies to the hand of God.
Ezekiel 37:1 states, “The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.”
Whoever experiences the hand of God is set for direction in the word of God.
Ezekiel testifies, “And He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know. Again, He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. (Ezekiel 37:3-5)
In the direction of God is to see and become exposed to the miracle of God.
One exposed to the miracle of God shall excel for the glory of God.
One exposure to the miracle of God is what will close out a doubt.
Why not desire the encounter with the hand of God?
The hand of God is a power that enables one to see in the word of God.
Ezekiel 37:7 Ezekiel listened, “So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.”
Do not deny the hand of God by failing to move in the direction of God. 
Ezekiel listened and saw as directed by God, and experienced the miracle of God.
In the word of God, there is healing and deliverance. (Psalm 107:20)
Claim the word of God by seeing to receive and become in you.

Prayer for today: Ask to know and see in the word of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Positive thought provokes positive occurrence.

Genesis 19

Know it, think of it, prayerfully meditate on it, the new day or season ahead is moving you forward.
It is what you think or ask that will become of you.
Ephesians 3:20 encourages, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”
Positive thought provokes positive ocuurence.
God is a merciful God who oversees the affairs of the world.
Make it a characteristic to acknowledge God.
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! 
For His merciful kindness is great toward us and the truth of the Lord endures forever.”  (Psalm 117:7) 
The mercy of God was in place for Lot and his family.
The wife of Lot failed to see the mercy of God in her relocation. 
As an acclaimed believer, do you see God in your relocation? 
The mercy of God has relocated you into your new season or a new day. The new day or season is moving you forward.
A failure to recognize that God is moving you forward is a pathway to self-destruction. 
Trust and hope in God that the challenges of yesterday shall not be permanent.
Ask that the mercy of God shall terminate challenges over your life. 
Believe it, confess it, and know that “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.” (Psalm 34:19)
Your new month shall not run out without the visitation of God for your deliverance in the name of Jesus. 
Regardless of any provoking challenge in your new month, the refreshing hand of God shall answer your life fully. 
In this new season, your relocation, to give thanks to God, shall constantly be your song, to the glory of God.
Embrace where you are with thanksgiving to God and allow the past to be in the past. 
Glorify God to be glorified in the life He has given you. 
Know that having life today is not because of merit but because of His mercy. 
Having life today is not a right but a privilege of God. 
Those who live by faith will see in faith and move by faith.
Know that the truth of the Lord endures forever. 
The truth of God is in His word. 
He gave His word to warn Lot and his wife: “…Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.” (Genesis 19:17) 
An escape from self-destruction demands setting sight on the Unchanging changer, the Commander of commands. 
The word of God was difficult for the wife of Lot to obey because she could not look away from her past, her comfort zone. 
The Bible records that the wife of Lot looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. (Genesis 19:26)
Could it be that your relocation into a new season is God repositioning you for the better? 

Prayer for today: Ask God to take over your days and your moments for His name to be glorified over your life.