FAITH CAPSULE: Are you listening to understand and to see in the Word of God? 

Ezekiel 4

The Word of God is hidden direction.
The Word of God is a prescription for healing, deliverance, and preservation.
One who gives self to the Word of God lives by the Word of God, to exploit, to the glory of God.
Do you have the understanding to see your direction in the Word of God?
One with understanding who hears the Word of God will see the Word as direction.
The Word of God directs, as Proverbs 6:22 testifies: “When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you.”
Is listening to the Word of God your way of life?
With listening comes the understanding to know right in the journey of life.
Always listen to God to hear.
To Ezekiel, God spoke direction: “See, I am giving you cow dung instead of human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.” (Ezekiel 4:15) Ezekiel also listened with understanding to see and received the direction by the Word of God.
Every act of listening to the Word of God is to see and gain from the Word
Are you listening to understand the Word of God?
Joshua, Jeremiah, and many others in the pages of the Bible could not miss God.
Understanding is to see unfailing direction in the Word of God, just like Ezekiel and others in the pages of the Bible.
The Word of God is the manual for all. 
Live a life of understanding to see and receive from the Word of God.
Jesus is the Word of God. (John 1:1)
John 10:10 records the purpose of the coming Jesus: “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.” 
Listen to the Word of God to see God in Him (the Word of God) and live life more abundantly.
John 14:25-27 records the gift of His peace:“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
Every recording of the Word of Jesus that sounds in your direction is the source of your peace.
Are you listening to understand and to see in the Word of God? 
In all your listening to the Word of God, understand to see, to receive, and what you see will become of you.
God is good!

Prayer for today: Ask that God enable you to live life with the ability to listen. 

FAITH CAPSULE: The journey of life demands understanding of God.

Psalm 106

Understanding will prompt one to know God.
To lack understanding is to lack knowledge.
lllHosea 4:6 admonishes all,“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.”
It is important to have understanding and knowledge, not to live a life of waste.
Understanding makes giving regard to God a way of life.
When there is no understanding to give regard to God, such people take a position with painful consequences.
Psalm 28:5 records, “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.”
Without understanding, one does not remember God for His doings.
One with no understanding is a candidate for failure.
One who does not remember God is bound to become rebellious to the word of God.
Psalm 106:7 records the testimony of the lack of understanding of the wonders of God by the Israelites: “Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; they did not remember the multitude of your mercies but rebelled by the sea-the Red Sea.”  
Do you lack understanding of God’s wonders?
The Israelites demonstrated a lack of understanding with an act of rebellion.
They complained repeatedly before God.
Numbers 14:1-4 records the complaint of the Israelites,“… And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! Why has the LORD brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt…?”
Every complaint before God is a sin that will provoke consequences.
God responds to the complaint of the Israelites in Numbers 14:28-29, “Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness…”  
Understanding is not of the mouth but of the heart. 
Understanding the wonders of God will always cause one to remember and not to become rebellious. 
Proverbs 16:22 testifies that “Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it…”  
Wellspring is a source of abundant supply.
With understanding, one is bound to live life with an abundance of life that Jesus brought for all. Jesus declares, “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) 
Have a desire for God’s understanding.
The Israelites lacked understanding of God and became lost in the wilderness.
Psalm 106:13-14 refers to the Israelites,“They soon forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel, but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert.”
To forget the works of God is a lack of understanding of God.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will not live a wasted life.

FAITH CAPSULE: To live a life with the fear of God is to be humble and obedient to God continually.

Deuteronomy 4

Today, many no longer fear God with their heart but with the mouth. Unfortunately, one who does not understand the fear of God does not know God. 
Proverbs 2:5 buttresses: “Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.”
Is it possible that your selfishness has closed you off from being mindful of God and from knowing God, and from living for the glory of God?
A selfish heart that is not mindful of God is bound to be far from God.
Not knowing God is foolishness.
To live life, do not be fooled; it is foolish to say there is no God. 
Proverbs 14:1 identifies, “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.” They are corrupt; they have done abominable works; there is none who does good.”
As self-minded, you are not with the fear of God, but you have displaced God in your life, the automatic route into the path of eternal damnation.
No one is born to this world with the knowledge to fear God.
The knowledge to fear God comes from learning in the word of God. 
Deuteronomy 31:12-13 buttresses the need to learn and fear God saying,“Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, “and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess.” 
To live a life with the fear of God is to be humble and obedient to God continually.
Without humility, obedience is not possible. 
Philippians 2:8 records of Jesus, “…humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.” 
The humble will fear God. 
Do you fear God indeed and in truth? 
To be lost from the word of God is to lose the rightful position in God.
Pray for the fear of God in your life.
Jeremiah 32:39 is the reason to ask for the fear of God, which states, “Then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.”
Do not be deceived, but fear God from the depth of your heart.
God is true to His word.
Ask, and it shall be given to you.
Today, search yourself to know your stand in the way you live life. 
Living a life that is all about you is evidence of selfishness.
Come out of selfishness; live for God.
It is not right to live a selfish life.
Selfishness can be unconscious and lead to self-destruction.
Live life for God, not for yourself.

Prayer for today: Pray before God to enable you to live a life for His glory. 

FAITH CAPSULE: Abraham lived a life of obedience to experience God.

Genesis 22

Are you living a life of obedience or disobedience?
Live a life of obedience to God.
The word of God demands obedience to His word.
Live obediently to gain in the promise of God.
Are you living a life of obedience or disobedience?
Obedience to God will drive the obedient one to arrive at the divine assignment, but disobedience will prevent one from reaching as expected before God.
Abraham lived a life of obedience to the word of God.
God called him out of his land, and he and his family left, not knowing the challenges ahead.
Genesis 22:1-3 records: “Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.” 
Abraham obeyed the calling of God.
Abraham was counted as faithful, which positioned him for the divine assignment. (Hebrews 11:8)
Abraham obeyed and did not fail before God to claim God’s promise.(Hebrews 11:17)
Just like Abraham, know that obeying the word of God will gain access to the presence of God.
How is your journey of life in obedience to God?
In the journey of life, there is no reasonable excuse for disobedience to God.
God’s deliverance plan from destruction is a deliverance plan for Lot and his family, an escape from destruction.
Genesis 19:17 records, “So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”
The direction for Lot is to escape sudden death, which demands obedience.
Claiming to be living a life of obedience is easier said than done.
Live a life of obedience before God, who sees all ways of life under heaven.
To live a life with the fear of God is to be humble and obey continually.
Tenderness of heart is rooted in the word of God, a place for humility. 
Without humility, obedience is not possible. 
Philippians 2:8 records of Jesus, “…humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.” 
The humble will fear God. 
Do you fear God indeed and in truth? 
To live for God is to obey His word.
What has taken the place of God in your life, replacing your living life for God?

Prayer for today: Pray to understand and know God, to fear Him.

FAITH CAPSULE:  What is it about the mercy of God?

The mercy of God is abundant
Numbers 14:18 states,“The Lord is long-suffering and abundant in mercy…” 
God does not run out of mercy.
His mercy is abundant, but man runs out of it.
Are you living outside of the word of God, expecting His mercy to be in place for you? Be obedient to the word of God, and live for God to experience His mercy.
The mercy of God is abundant and sufficient, but never becomes insufficient for those who fear Him. 
Understand and know that to fear and obey God in your way of life is to gain His mercy continually.
The mercy of God is to know God, to fear Him.
Luke 1:50 admonishes, “And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.” 
According to the word of God, with the fear of God, mercy will become obtainable from God. 
Why not desire and allow the fear of God to reign and rule your life?
Fear God, love God, and obey His word.
Deuteronomy 7:9 testifies, “Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments.” 
With the fear of God, mercy will become a life of testimony to the glory of God.
The mercy of God is His endurance forever. 
The word in1 Chronicles 16:34 speaks to all, confirming the endurance of God that is forever:“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.”  
The everlasting God exists in His mercy.
The mercy satisfies all areas of life. 
The Psalmist records in Psalm 90:14, “Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.” 
The mercy of God inhabits joy and gladness. 
Proverbs 20:28 says, “Mercy and truth preserve the king…”  
The Mercy of God will not preserve kings alone, but all who live life with the fear of God.
Know how to live, giving regard to God.
Jonah 2:8 “Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own Mercy.” Disregard idols to receive mercy.
From this moment, live consistently by the word of God.
Attain the unfailing mercy of God.
Understand and know how to walk in the word of God.
Do not run out of His mercy.
The mercy of God is in place to deliver and to preserve.
God is a merciful God.
Mercy belongs to God.
Mercy is unquestionably of God.
No one is in a position to question why the mercy of God answers for one in need of mercy.
Mercy is the character of God.
God is rich in mercy, and His mercy is great.
One with the mercy of God shall be relieved from suffering.
Great is the mercy of God!
Lot and his wife were in the place of destruction, but mercy delivered them.
Understand that mercy is undeniable; God is merciful.

Prayer for today: Pray to dwell and abide in the mercy of God