FAITH CAPSULE: To have a relationship with God is rooted in giving oneself to the word of God.

Proverbs 3

Build a personal relationship with God.
One that is built up by the word of God is bound to have a relationship with God.
Do you have the desire to be built by the word of God?
One built by the word of God will not become a victim of destruction.
The word of God identifies the need to be built, stating, “Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.” (Psalm 28:5 )
Give yourself to the word of God to build you.
Keep in mind, the word of God is God. (John1:1)
Jesus is the Word of God.
One who gives oneself to the word will have a relationship with the word of God.
One with a relationship with God will not fall off the track of life.
Relationship with God is rooted in faithfulness.
Faithfulness is to keep abiding in the presence of God. 
Are you full of the word of God, to walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; to serve Him and hold fast to Him?
Keep in mind that the word of God is a light for navigation in this wicked world. 
Personalize the word of God, and the wisdom and knowledge will give stability, so as not to become a victim of a wicked world.
Proverbs 3 records that when one keeps the word of God in the heart, such shall have the length of days and long life with peace.
Mercy and truth will not forsake such.
Having a relationship with God will enable one not to despise nor detest His correction.
Have the desire to live in a personal relationship to:
Keep the word of God as a way of life; to walk safely without stumbling; not be afraid of any terror nor trouble from the wicked ones.
A relationship with God will result in confidence in the Lord and not withdrawing from doing good when it is necessary. 
The relationship with God will keep one from devising evil in the wicked world.
The Word of God is His command, His law, which gives light, and without it, there is nothing anyone will do in safety. 
Proverbs 6:23 refers to the word of God as light and for teaching. 
Psalm 119:105 states that the word is a lamp for feet and a light on the path. 
Proverb 6:22 buttresses, “When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you.” 
Let your desire be for a relationship with the word of God.
A relationship to enable navigating the wicked world.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will receive the word of God to live by His word. 

FAITH CAPSULE: The calling of God will come with challenges, but obedience to God will deliver you. 

Genesis 19:1-26

In your answer to the calling of God, be obedient to direction.
It is the will of God for all to exist for Him.
One who exists for God is bound to live by His calling assignment.
Is all you are doing answering the calling to live for God?
Are you answering with commitment?
The calling of God for you must be connected to God continually by dwelling and abiding in His direction, the only way to answer the calling of God in life fully.
God has a calling for all with different assignments in life. 
When God calls, the called can be broken at the initial answer to the calling.
However, with the fear of God, it is possible to answer the calling of God accordingly.
One who answers God accordingly is in a position to gain the blessing of God.
In the calling of God, with obedience to His direction, you will experience the backing of God unfailingly by not leaving you alone at His calling.
When God calls you, do not look away but keep looking forward without distraction.
At the calling of Lot and family from destruction at Sodom and Gomorrah, the wife looked away into self-destruction. (Genesis 19:26)
The calling of God will come with challenges, but obedience to God will deliver you. 
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.”  (1 Thessalonians 5:24) 
When God calls you, do not allow doubt; do not be discouraged from answering the calling of God.
In your answer to God, discouragement will question you with negativity to redirect your calling wrongly. 
What is discouraging you from asnwering to the calling of God over your life?
When you engage the calling upon your life, do not commit yourself to anyone but God alone.
Jesus, in His assignment, did not commit to any man as John 2:24 records His testimony,“But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men.”
When God calls you, there will be no negotiation for your preference of how, who, or where, or when to answer God.
God is the Creator of all and sees before or beyond the journey in life.
God is the perfect caller who sees the journey of answering His calling.
The word of God that locates Jeremiah testifies that God knows all.
“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.”
God knows and has your calling in place for you to live life for Him.
Let your trust and hope in God be like the vehicle of transformation that will drive you to arrive without regret.
Do not be discouraged.
Psalm 34:19 encourages, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.”

Prayer for today: Ask that distraction will not come between you, and your answering to the calling of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Be grown in the word of God to live for the glory of God.

Genesis 3

Be in construction mode for God.
To be constructed for God is a lifetime.
To build up for God is an ongoing process.
Growing is a non-stop process.
Among the characteristics that support growth is giving heart to God.
Worship Him by praising Him for His loving kindness and His truth.
All must be growing in God.
The word of God is the only source to grow before God.
Psalm 138:3 identified the word of God, “You have magnified Your word above all Your name.”
Why not give oneself to the builder, the word of God?
The apostle Paul admonishes all,“So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” (Acts 20:32)
Realising and giving oneself to be built up for God calls for responsibility.
Responsibility before God leads to a relationship with God. 
Responsibility to be living a righteous life before God will count as a believer, just like Abraham. 
James 2:23 records, “…Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.” 
Abraham lives a life of responsibility to have a relationship with God.
God gave Adam a word for his responsibility when He said, “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 2:16-17)
Adam was not responsible by the word of God and could not be moved, but acted irresponsibly in conversation with Eve as she conversed with the serpent (devil). Genesis 3:1-3 records the conversation between the serpent and Eve,“Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”  
A failure by Eve for not communicating the word of God with the serpent was an irresponsible conversation, a lack of responsibility that broke up the relationship of Adam and Eve with God.
God sent Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden.
Jesus demonstrated the responsibility of communicating the word of God to avoid the evil devices at all times.
Become built by the word of God to live by the word.
Responsibility before God demands living by the word of God in every way, not to become a victim of evil.

Prayer for today: Ask that God will enable you to grow and live by His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: The life for all is for God, not for any god.

Genesis 3

God created all with His word available to engage as a way of life.
Engaging the word of God is the expected responsibility for all before God.
All should be responsible for living by the word of God.
Responsibility is the price to live for the glory of God.
The apostle Paul speaks to all the reasons to be built up, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” (Acts 20:32)
Responsibility before God leads to a relationship with God. 
Responsibility to be living a righteous life before God will count as a believer, just like Abraham. 
James 2:23 records, “…Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.” 
Abraham lives responsibly before God, and he has a relationship with God.
Abraham lived by the word of God.
Adam did not live by the word of God.
God gave Adam a word for his responsibility when He said, “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 2:16-17)
Adam was not responsible; he was moved by the irresponsible conversation of Eve, his wife, with the serpent (devil). Genesis 3:1-3 recorded the conversation between the serpent and Eve,“Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”  
A failure by Eve for not communicating the word of God with the serpent was an irresponsible conversation, a lack of responsibility that broke up the relationship of Adam and Eve with God. God sent Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden.
Jesus demonstrated the responsibility of communicating the word of God to avoid the evil devices at all times.
The same devil approached Jesus, but Jesus responded with the word of God. 
Matthew 4:1-4 records the response of Jesus, “Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
Responsibility before God demands living by the word of God in every way, not to become a victim of evil.

Prayer for today: Ask that God will enable you to live by His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: To be humble before God is the way to find Him.

Matthew 18

Humility is simply the ability to obey God.
In the journey of life, your humility will declare your heart/mind before God.
God wants all to be humble in the journey of life.
Imagine the record about Jesus and humility in Philippians 2:8 records, “And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.”
One who is humble will be obedient to the word of God.
As an acclaimed believer, what kind of heart/mind is yours before God?
Philippians 2:5, “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” The mind of Jesus is humble and obedient.
Do you have the mind of Christ or with the desire for the mind of Christ?
The mind of Jesus is the mind of obedience, a total submission to the commands of God, with no iota of disobedience. 
The word of Jesus points to the truth that one with the mind of humility.
Matthew 18:2-4 records, “Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”  
What stops you from having a humble mind to live obediently by the word of God?
With desire, prayerfully ask that God will enable you to live life with humility, living obediently before God, so as not to miss heaven. 
Among the promises of God for the ones with humility states,“The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way.” (Psalm 25:9)
Proverbs 29:23 states, “A man’s pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor.”
It is a priority to be humble before God.
2 Chronicles 7:14 states, “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 
In your praying, seeking the face of God, and turning away from wickedness without humbling before God, it is possible not to provoke the promise of God. 
Fasting before God is also a way to humble oneself to seek the face of God. 
Ezra 8:21 records, “Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.” 
Before God, prayer answers to one with desires.
Psalm 119:34states, “Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.” 

Prayer for today:  Ask for the understanding to keep and observe the word of God with the whole heart.