FAITH CAPSULE: With boldness and character, become a winner. 

Numbers 33:1-4, Joshua 1

The combination of boldness and character is the combination that makes a believer a winner.
Boldness and character is the identity of knowing God to live by His word.
The handwork of God is around every heaven and earth.
The Psalmist states, “…for your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.” (Psalm 75:1) 
The book of Proverbs also testifies, “The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.” (Proverbs 18:10) 
The above scriptural verses are enough to uphold one who constantly lives by it as one with boldness and character.
Answering as one with boldness and character should be rooted in the word of God.
One that is keeping the testimonies of God is in a position to stand as a winner.
One with boldness can know the word and keep standing on the word of God without failing.
Character in the Christ-like life marks one to live as a winner.
Boldness without the character is not possible to make a winner.
When boldness and character are intact in your persona, being victorious will never be a stranger to you in all areas of life. 
The children of Israel experienced all kinds of challenges while they were in the bondage of over four hundred years. 
There was a need for boldness at the time of their move out of bondage to their Promised Land.
Numbers 33:3 records, “They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians.” 
They left with boldness, but there was no character to carry them through, except for Caleb and Joshua, who maintained the boldness and character of a believer. 
The children of Israel left with boldness because they had just witnessed the move of the merciful hand of the deliverance of God. 
They saw their slave masters of many years bury their firstborn while their firstborn were full of life. 
They were glowing while their oppressors were groaning. 
They were with boldness. 
As they engaged in the journey of freedom, the smoke of the negative ones that joined them engaged in negative complaints against the doing of God over their life.
Complaints caused patience to subside, and their journey took a different course. 
Boldness, which arises from the testimonies of what God has done and is doing, will deliver victory into life if the character is rooted in the word of God. 
As a child of the Almighty God, deliverance and preservation is for you to be a winner and an overcome. 
God did not deliver one and lead such into the hand of the enemy. 
Know better that God meant deliverance for good. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to endue you with the heart to hold on to His promises in all areas of your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: It is your day of “good news” as you go about your desired way in the name of Jesus.

John 4:46-54

Without a doubt, believe in the power of His word.
Jesus is Lord, and the word of His mouth is power. 
The Bible records about a certain nobleman, “…And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.” (John 4:46-47) 
A certain nobleman heard of Jesus and sought Him for his deliverance need.
How often have you heard of Him in challenging situations and not seek Him? 
Jesus was coming from where He turned water into wine. 
As usual, He was in transit, terminating every terminating force in the life of people who went to Him for need. 
Have you heard of Him, but you never went to Him? 
Today, as you come in contact with the testimony that Jesus is Lord and the word of His mouth is power, deliverance news will track you down. This day, as you go to work, school, or journey, you will get breaking news of healing, favor, and deliverance if you believe the word of God. 
The son of the nobleman was dying when he came to Jesus. 
John 4:49-50 records, “The nobleman said to Him, ‘Sir, come down before my child dies!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way; your son lives.’ So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.”
The nobleman set out on his way to seek healing and deliverance from untimely death for his son. 
The noble came across Jesus, the way, the truth, and life. 
Jesus commanded him to go his way, and he responded with obedience. When the certain nobleman responded to the word of Jesus, his expectation for the healing of his child became a manifestation. 
Do you believe in the power of His word? 
The same power that answered for the nobleman will answer for you this day in the name of Jesus. 
As the nobleman received direction to go on his way, he believed and went without question, hesitation, or doubt. 
If you believe and go on the way you have set for yourself this day, the same word still alive today will locate you for breakthrough news. 
John 4:51 states, “And as he was going down, his servants met him and told him saying, ‘Your son lives!’” 
One that believes will receive.
Because you have believed, you will receive your breakthrough news in the name of Jesus. 
Every negative pronouncement will become news of a positive nature to the glory of God. 
It is your day of “good news” as you go about your desired way in the name of Jesus.

Prayer for today: Ask for His word to sound in your direction.

FAITH CAPSULE: It is not enough to be fluent in His word if one is not in Him. 

Psalm 116

Knowing about the name of Jesus is not enough to claim to know Him.
God answers to those who seek Him.
He is the same yesterday and forever. 
David said, “I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.” (2 Samuel 22:4) 
David was not entertaining with words, but he was gaining entrance into the court of God. 
David was gaining entrance into the presence of God through praise because it is praise that grants access to His court. 
Psalm 100:4 records, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.” Thanksgiving will get you to the gate, and praise will get you into the court. 
David wanted to get to the court when He declared praise worship for His salvation from his enemies. 
Praise driven by joy, not just mouthful praise but praise from the heart, will get you to His court. 
What do you call Him? 
He has so many names no other god shares because He alone is the great God. 
Which of His names will you call? 
It is the name of God that you call that will answer for you. 
If you call on Him as a God of provision, He will answer to you, and if called on Him as a God of salvation, He will not deny Himself. 
The question is, do you know Him?  
Romans 10:13 records, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”  
Know His name to call on Him for salvation.
The word says whosoever calls, and whosoever could mean anyone that knows His name.
Those who know His name live by His word. 
Many respond to situations calling, “Oh my God”, or say, “Oh Jez”, but do not know Him.
Many people know about His name, and some know His name. 
Knowing the name of Jesus is not enough if the one who claims to know Him is not in Him. 
To be known in Him is to live the word of God daily. 
It is possible to live the word of God. 
If the word of God were not livable, God would not have the expectation for all to live by His word. 
Jesus said, “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” (John 15:7) 
It is not enough to be fluent in His word if one does not abide in Him. 
One that abides in Him shall become known to Him.
The grace of God is sufficient, and it will make it possible to live the word of God.

Prayer for today: Ask that you be enabled to become consistent in calling on Him alone.

FAITH CAPSULE: Do not replace yourself from where God has placed you. 

Esther 8:1-17

Do not replace yourself from where God has placed you.
God has the best interest for you as His investment, to exist for His glory.
Jeremiah 29:11 states, “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 speaks to all.
God is aware of the location of all.
God is aware of the challenges militating against all.
Where you are physically is not as important as where you are in the Lord.
With God, all will work for good. 
Mordecai was a Jew who was captured and carried away by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. 
Mordecai brought up Esther, the daughter of his uncle, after the death of the father and mother of Esther. 
The place for Mordecai was at the gate of the king.
The Bible records 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 had to die because of their plot against King Ahasuerus.
The documentation of Bigthan and Teresh laying the hands of the king turned out to be a 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 came up with the law to destroy the children of Israel, the king lost his sleep, and led to the deliverance of the Jew. 
While the king was awake, 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.” 
King reacted to the document and decided to honor Mordecai.
The document saved the life of Mordecai.
As a result of the place and purpose in the life of Mordecai, the Jews experienced deliverance, and a new turn took its toll on the life of Mordecai as he went from the gate to become great in the hand of King Ahasuerus. 
Do not replace yourself from where God has placed you to be.
Allow God to be in charge of your life. 

Prayer for today: Ask for the hand of God to keep you in the place of the assignment of God for your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Always do right before God with no wrong. 

2 Samuel 6

Before God, there is no excuse to do wrong in the right way or to do right in the wrong way.
After God created Adam, He decided on His perfect understanding to create a helper for Adam, saying, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” (Genesis 2:18) 
Adam did not demonstrate the need for help, but God knows it was good to create Eve as a helper for Adam. 
Adam chose to violate the command of God by responding to the suggestion of Eve by eating from the forbidden tree. 
At the time of the visitation of God to Adam and Eve, God asked why they ate from the forbidden tree.
Adam responded to God, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” (Genesis 3:12) 
The answer of Adam to the question by God was an indirect excuse for his disobedience and a way of blaming God for his act of disobedience. Before the Perfect God, there is no excuse to do wrong in the right way or to do right in the wrong way. 
God demands full compliance to His command without any excuse for disobedience. 
Adam had a very appealing reason, but action is what weighs before God. As Adam violated the word of God, Uzzah, the son of Abinadab, violated the word of God. 
Uzzah did the right wrongly when he put out his hand to the ark of God in an attempt to prevent it when the ox that was transporting the ark stumbled. 
The effort of Uzzah provoked God, “Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error, and he died there by the ark of God.” (2 Samuel 6:7) 
Uzzah attempted to do right wrongly.
Uzzah should not have put his hand on the holy thing. 
Numbers 4:15 records, “…but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.” 
The law was specific that the ark was to be carried by the sons of Kohath, not by any other means of transportation, and no one should touch by hand. 
The Psalmist describes the character of God, “All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.” (Psalm 25:10) 
God is merciful and very truthful to His word.
His testimonies are very consistent from the past to the future. 
Are you doing right wrongly or doing wrong rightly? 
With God, doing right in the right way is all that counts. 
Also, there is no excusable excuse that counts. 
Adam had reasonable excuse but does not count before God. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you not to miss your steps in any of His paths.