FAITH CAPSULE: The word of God is true and if only we can be true to His word, it will deliver unto us all that He has promised.

John 11:1-26

Lazarus’ case was a closed one until an encounter with Jesus took place. Lazarus was dead and had already been pronounced dead. He was packed in the grave and four days had gone by with all hope lost. The Bible records in John 11:3, “Therefore the sister sent for Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” Those who knew Lazarus called on Jesus because they knew Jesus personally; not because they were following the crowd as spectators. Yet in the time of emergency, Jesus did not see in the same way they were seeing. They saw their situation as death, but Jesus did not see death. Your case is not closed. Every situation that has sent you packing will pack itself out of your life if you will believe that the same Jesus that was, is the same One alive and in the business of answering prayer and doing miracles. John 11:6, “So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.” Jesus heard the call, but did not move by their time calculation. Many times we call, but many times God’s response was not on our own timing, but at the best as He has timed it. Jesus is not limited by our time neither can He be controlled by time. Most times when we call on Him, we continue to run where we are rather to be walking; also we walk where we are to run. Are you rushing when you are to be resting? Any situation that has been committed to Jesus should be bound with expectation for manifestation. In every of our calling on to Jesus, there should be no reason or need for anxiousness. Be encouraged by the word of Philippians 4:6, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” The word of God is true and if only we can be true to His word, it will deliver unto us all that He has promised. This was not the case in the life of Mary and Martha when trouble knocked and entered into their home. Mary and Martha were in pain and agony; they lost hope and peace was not on their side. They had committed it unto God by calling on Him, but by their timing it was too late. Before time Jesus has been and after time, He will continue to be. Time is in His hand and He will never late in attending to us.

Prayer for today: You shall overcome in Jesus’ name if you will keep waiting and not doubt Him.

FAITH CAPSULE: There is no situation that is bigger than the Word of God.

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Ezekiel testified to the hand of God upon him, “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. Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.” (Ezekiel 37:1-2) The hand of God is deliverance and preservation. His hand came upon Ezekiel, it was meant to call Ezekiel’s attention to God’s intention. Indeed, there is nothing impossible for God to do when it comes to the case of dry bones. The Bible pointed it out that the bones were not just dry, but they were very dry. If very dry bones can come back to life, then there is no situation concerning you that cannot be called back to life. The same God yesterday is still the same God today and He will be the same forever. Ezekiel needed to receive the touch of His hand to know that there is power deposited in the spoken Word of God. Ezekiel received God’s command to speak forth to the dead bone: “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 37:4-5) The hand that came upon Ezekiel qualified him to speak to the dry bones and Ezekiel did just as the Lord had spoken. Ezekiel 37:7, “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.” Ezekiel spoke the word at the command of God and the dry bones came out of dryness. The same word that answered for Ezekiel will answer for us. The Word of God has been given to us to use as power when we speak it; if we are able to hear Him and see where and what needs to be spoken to. Ezekiel did not just speak, but he saw after he had spoken what the Lord commanded him to. There is no situation that is bigger than the Word of God. If there is any experience of very dry bone representative, all we have to do is to speak forth the Word of God and let God move in response to His Word that will never go back to Him void (Isaiah 55:11). You speak and God will see it through.

Prayer for today: Cause me to always see and speak to whatever needs to hear Your world O Lord my God.

FAITH CAPSULE: As close as the banana and plantain may look alike, one cannot sow bananas and reap plantains.

Genesis 27

God is perfectly managing each and all of His creation. No man can sow oranges and reap apple. As close as the banana and plantain may look alike, one cannot sow bananas and reap plantains. In life, what ever you sow is what you will reap. It is impossible to sow the seed of deception and expect to reap the fruit of reception. Where you are sowing seeds of lies, you will reap the fruit of being deceived. Esau, the first son of Isaac, knew well enough not to marry outside of his father’s prescribed area but nevertheless, he still went and married without Isaac’s blessing. It is written, “When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.”(Genesis 26:34-35)Esau’s move gave his parents grief of mind, which can be likened to heartache, stress, disruption, anger and maybe sleepless nights. At a very old age when it was time for Isaac to bless his children, Esau was in line to take the best part of the blessings. Despite the grief that Esau had caused his parents by marrying outside of his father’s prescribed area, he was still considered to be the one receiving the best of the blessings. Isaac called on Esau and spoke to him, “Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me. And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”(Genesis 27:3-4)There is no procedure neither is there any mishap that can obliterate or erase for one not to reap from what was sown and this was also the case for Esau. His mother intercepted Isaac’s assignment for Esau and she made Jacob to overtake the blessings of Esau. Jacob went and carried out Isaac’s assignment and entered into an assigned blessing of his brother. At the time Esau came back from his hunting, Jacob had already carried out Isaac’s request and went away without any way of Esau regaining the blessing. Esau sowed the seed of grief for his parents and there was no way out for him but to reap the fruit of grief. Jacob, however, did not get away from sowing the seed of deception. Jacob also reaped the fruit of being aggravatingly deceived in the hand of Laban, his father in-law. Watch the kind of seeds you are sowing because when reaping time starts, prayer will not help you to escape the pain of what you sow.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace that makes man to sow good and not bad.

FAITH CAPSULE: Do not replace yourself from where He places you.

Esther: 1-17

As a child of God, are you in the right place engaging the right purpose of God for your life? Wherever you are or how you are will not stop God’s work on your behalf. He said in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”The word of God is speaking to us and He is aware of where we are and all that we are going through. God’s plans for us are a testimony to the fact that we should remain focus at all times. Mordecai was a Jew that was captured and carried away by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. Mordecai brought up Esther, his uncle’s daughter, after the death of Esther’s father and mother. The place for Mordecai was at the king’s gate. The Bible recorded in Esther 2:21-22, “In those days, while Mordecai sat within the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthana and Teresh, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. So the matter became known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.”Bigthan and Teresh were eventually terminated for the plot against King Ahasuerus and it was documented in the favor of Mordecai. One would think the report ended up just in documentation. However, the report later turned out to be an avenue for deliverance for the Jews when Haman wanted to have all Jews in the land destroyed. On the night of the day that Harman’s generated law to destroy the children of Israel was passed, the king’s lost of sleep led to the deliverance of the Jew. While the king was not able to sleep, he read the documentation that saved his life through Mordecai. Esther 6: 1-2, “That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.” The king was provoked to honor Mordecai based on the chronicle documentation of how his life was saved by Mordecai. As a result of the place and purpose in the life of Mordecai, the Jews were released and a new turn took its toll in the life of Mordecai as he went from gate to great in the hand of the King Ahasuerus. Do not replace yourself from where He places you.

Prayer for today: Ask for God’s hand to keep you from missing out in the place of God’s assignment for your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: It is never too late to cease from every work that makes man to become a potential recruit for Satan.

Acts 1:15-26

“Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.” (Acts 1:16) After thousands of years from when Judas made himself available as a guide to those who arrested Jesus, many are still operating as a guide arresting Jesus. As a claimed believer, are you the Judas of modern day? The Bible declares concerning Judas, “For he was numbered with us and obtained a part in this ministry.” (Acts1: 17) Many are numbered and have obtained a part in the ministration of the word of God, but yet they are consciously or unconsciously operating as a guide to those who are blaspheming and persecuting the Lord Jesus Christ just as Judas did. It is important to know that the eyes of the Lord are not hidden from every act of all followers and non-followers and He will bring judgment at His appointed time. Determination not to be a part of those who are arresting Jesus will fail, but asking for the grace of God will help to prevail from failing. Jesus once prayed for Simon (the man with great determination) when Satan wanted to pick on him, “But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” (Luke 22:32) Satan is always looking for someone to devour, but by the prayer of Jesus, he failed in his attempt to sift Simon. The same Satan that failed in the life of Peter prevailed in the life of Judas. It is written, “Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve.”(Luke 22:3) Judas could not maintain his number so he lost the privilege to be counted. There is going to be a counting day; a day of accountability and it will be permanently late for any readjustment because repentance would have become expired and impossible. It does not matter how long you have been in the race or how long you have been following Jesus. Neither does it matter the kind of title you have. It matters for you to constantly spend time at His feet for a divine covering that will make it impossible for Satan to recruit you as a guide to arrest Jesus. It is never too late to cease from every work that makes man to become a potential recruit for Satan.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace that keeps man faith from failing.