FAITH CAPSULE: In Jesus name, it is too late for any adversary to deny your miracle March.

Luke 6:6-19

In your miracle March, assessing your open door breakthrough is most likely to engage many adversaries. However, gain understanding in the word of God that Jesus is enough to deliver your breakthrough. It is made known in the word of Apostle Paul that adversaries are assessable to open door but one must believe that adversaries can be deny from denying one from possessing open door breakthrough miracle. It is written, “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” (1 Corinthians 16:9) Can you imagine adversaries not an adversary, taking a stand at the open door of such a God’s general?
The testimony of how a man with a withered hand could not be denied by adversaries at his open door miracle is encouraging. “Now it happened on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was withered.” (Luke 6:6) A man with the withered hand had two hands just like every other person except that one was withered. It was not mentioned how he came across Jesus but it was a Sabbath day, a time when the Pharisees wanted to put Jesus to test. The Pharisees wanted to find charge against Jesus for healing the man with the withered hand. The man with the withered hand in the presence of Jesus had approached his open door miracle. In his open door, the Pharisees took the position of adversary. At your open door breakthrough miracle, is there any adversary attempting to deny you your deliverance?
The man with the withered hand needed a breakthrough miracle from shortage to fullness; from mockery to miracle but adversaries at his open door miracle waited to make sure his miracle failed. To be withered is not to be complete but Jesus the Restorer of the lost; the One that reverses the irreversible changed the withered man’s story by making him whole. Jesus, “…When He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.” (Luke 6:10-11) In your life, what do you need to stretch out from? Jesus is there, He has come to give life and not to cause any shortage. Before the withered man received his healing, Jesus commanded him, “…Arise and stand here…” (Luke 6:8) The man answered Jesus without any doubt as he rose and assessed his open door miracle. By virtue of his miracle, adversaries at his open door, “…Were filed with rage…” (Luke 6:11) Let rage be to your adversaries; allow Jesus to reign in your life, your breakthrough will come and the adversary will be at rage but Jesus will not stop to reign.     

Prayer for today: Ask Him to reign and rule over all that concerns your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: In the month of March, march in faith; possess the miracle of the third day.

Mark 1:29-45

Jeremiah 10:12declared, “He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.” (Jeremiah 10:12) He is the only God and His ways are higher than our ways. Waiting to see Jesus move the same way He moved in your neighbor’s miracle will take forever in you receiving your miracle breakthrough. Jesus does not move by man’s calculation, but by His compassion. Are you calculating how or what His move is going to be for you? At the time of His healing the man with leprosy, “…Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I am willing: be cleansed.’”(Mark 1:41) It was Jesus who stretched out to heal the man with leprosy. The same Jesus approached a man with a withered hand and commanded him to stretch out his hand in Mark 3:5, “And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as a whole as the other.” Jesus is not a magician, but He is a miracle working God.
In miracles, you do not know how your expectation is going to be manifested but insist on your expectation for manifestation. Miracle is an extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers. Why not take a step forward in faith for your own March miracle? Before the man with the withered hand encountered his miracle, there was a need for him to step forward. It is written, “And He said to the man who had the withered hand, ‘Step forward…”  (Mark 3:3-4) The man took a step of faith and all that could deny his miracle were silent. What are the issues that are holding you from stepping forward when you need to step forward in your breakthrough miracle? Are you calculating how your miracle is going to happen? Jesus is not a mathematician or a magician, but He will move on your behalf if you will take a step of faith. In this month of March, march on in faith and possess the miracle of the third day in your third month of 2013. With understanding in the word and work of His hand, gain the knowledge that He will not fail you. The man with the withered hand stepped forward; he did not wait for Jesus to stretch unto Him. Your miracle will come in Jesus name.

Prayer for today: Hear my prayer O Lord God and let my cry come up to You. Do not hide your face from me.

FAITH CAPSULE: Running the race requires endurance through the grace of God.
 
Hebrews 12:1-24

The word of God admonishes in Hebrews 12:1, “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”The journey of life is a race of life. Running the race is not by strength or by determination, but only by the grace of God. Despite the truth that the race can only be successfully run by grace, there should be no reason to abuse the grace to run through. To run the race through, two things have to be avoided as mentioned in the scriptural verse above: Weight and sin.
Weight is the unnecessary thing that adds nothing to us but take away from us by slowing us down. Weight is minor thing which we often consider as major. Weight is also what man should fully let go and not carry along while answering to God’s calling in running the race of life. With weight not being let go, one is set to fail and not run successfully. What is it that that can be considered weight in your race?
Sin is the evil which man often engages consciously or unconsciously. The major root of sin is pride. Which is it in your life? Is it manipulation, unforgiving, lying, deception, keeping malice, fornication, adultery, stealing and all kinds of race terminating baggage?
The race is already set and there is no choice but to run it. To run the race requires endurance through the grace of God. In this world of challenges, running with determination will not be enough but running with endurance is what it takes to run successfully. Running the race with endurance can only be engaged by looking up unto Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of our faith. For effective and successful running, Jesus paid the price on the cross with His blood. The Blood of Jesus never runs out or short of supply as a result, take to the word by “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2) Are you getting weighed down in the race of life? Be encouraged and do not be discouraged in the race of life. Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith already stated, “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)Hold on to Him by keeping your eyes on Him and He will see you through.
With Jesus, you will run with peace and find rest.

Prayer for today: Ask God to cause His face to shine on you that you may become save and not fail.

FAITH CAPSULE: Take to the word of God to take control over your challenge.

Jeremiah 1, Matthew 22:14

Jesus’ words are not dead but they are living. His words are power to direct and to deliver. Twice in the book of Matthew, in the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard and the Parable of the wedding feast, He stated, “For many are called, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 20:16, Matthew 22:14) The quotation demands a serious attention by virtue of its emphasis by Jesus. Indeed and in truth, it is safe to say that today, many are answering and maintaining their calling in the center of their divine assignment while many are falling and not maintaining their calling. Having started right and later succumbing and falling in doing the work of God is not always evident to the fact that they are not called of God. Distractions in the world today are enough to deny the called but there is no enough excuse for man to derail from the Lord’s calling. Have you been called and now face tough challenges? It is good to rest in the assurance of the word that states, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” (1Thesalonians 5:24)Stay on the truthfulness of God’s Word and you shall overcome.
In God’s calling, challenging times will come, but when we remain faithful we shall not fall but shall remain standing. When God called Jeremiah to the center of his divine assignment, it was with words of encouragement over challenges that were ahead for Jeremiah. God spoke to him, “Therefore prepare yourself and arise, And speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed before their faces, lest I dismay you before them.” (Jeremiah 1:17) Whenever He calls you, He will back you up if you will not take to your back-up plan. Backing out of His calling will definitely lead to the falling of the called. God also warned Jeremiah stating, “They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you,’ says the LORD, ’to deliver you.’” (Jeremiah 1:19) God will not call and fail to back His called. Failure, however, happens when the called fail to maintain faith in God. The same way God gave His assurance to Jeremiah, He also gave to Ezekiel. He spoke to Ezekiel, “You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious. But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house…” (Ezekiel 2:7-8) In your calling, take to His word to take control over challenges; abstain from despising the word of His command that you may live to the fulfillment of your destiny. In God’s calling, there is no way out to avoid challenges. The challenges in your calling will make a way out for you and not break you.

Prayer for today: Ask for His enablement in the course of my calling.