FAITH CAPSULE: Do not worry, deny fear and come out of self-imprisonment in the prison of fear.

John 20:19-30

When Jesus walked back and forth on the face of the earth with His disciples, there were times His disciples demonstrated fear because they could not stand in faith but sank in fear.
In the face of confronting challenges, when fear strikes, faith will sink.
After the resurrection of Jesus, the disciples could not stand on faith which is the promise of Jesus.
The inability to stand in faith will fall into fear.
John 20:19 records the fear of God, “Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 
Disciples of Jesus engage in self-imprisonment because fear displaces their faith.
Jesus knew that fear replaced faith in them when He said to them, “Peace be with you” Jesus, the living word of God, is the Prince of peace, and He visited them with peace because they could not stand in faith.
Where there is fear, there is a worrying disposition of the word of God.
Is there any fear or worrying confronting a challenge militating against your life? 
With experiencing challenges, allow the word of God to arise in you.
God is the one that you need in all challenges. 
The devil is never careless but always careful and on time to take advantage when a believer slips from letting the word have its place in every confronting situation. 
The disciples were not with a better solution to free them from their self-imprisonment of fear but the living word of God. 
The antidote to fear is faith. 
Faith in Jesus will cause peace to reign.  
Jesus spoke to the disciples, and they saw the mark of crucifixion. 
The Bible records, “When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.” (John 20:20) 
The mark on Jesus registered gladness into the disciples, and the spirit of fear departed. 
One that will begin to see the mark of the crucifixion and believe such shall be able to live abundantly.
Also, the fear about all that is in the wicked world will not have its place in your life. 
As a believer in the living word of God, it is your choice to depart from self-imprisonment in the prison of fear by rejoicing. 
Receive and believe that Jesus went to the cross for all. 
The disciples came out of fear to the testimony of the visitation of Jesus. 

Prayer for today: Ask in the name of Jesus that fear will no longer have you locked up in any way of living life. 

Also, ask for the word of God that terminates fear and shall never cease from sounding in your direction. 

FAITH CAPSULE: Do not be a fool but give your heart to God. 

Psalm 14
A heart given to God is with the fear of God.
The majority no longer fear God with their heart but with their mouth. 
Lack of understanding of 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 not to be mindful of God, not fear Him, the evidence of living life as a foolish one?
One not living life for God is a fool, saying there is no God.
Psalm 14:1 states, “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.”
One that is a fool will not know to do good before God.
God sees all.
Do not be a fool.
Know to do good before God at all times.
Whatever you do before God is what you are sowing to reap.
In this wicked world, know to do good to attain the mercy of God. 
Live life, sow good to reap good from God. 
It is a wise saying that whatever one sow are what such will reap. 
For example, as close as bananas and plantain look alike, there is no way to sow bananas and reap plantain. 
What are you sowing to reap? 
Hosea 10:12 records admonish, “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy.” 
God will reward your devices!
All should know that God is near to all at all times.
Do you know to live life for God?
God is near at all times.
2 Chronicles 16:9 testifies, “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro…”
There is no hiding place from God that is near at all times. 
One that gives self to God by spending time in His word is conversant with God to hear from God and is in a position to do according to the word of God. 
In all your doing, the word of God will lead you to keep and to speak to you. (Proverbs 6:22) 
Giving self to the word of God is taking a position to gain the mercy of God. 
However, God cannot be intimidated to provoke His blessing.
God testifies to His mercy in Romans 9:14-16, “…I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion. So, then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.”
The mercy of God is in place for all, and nothing under heaven can displace or deny His mercy. 
However, live life for God to provoke His mercy over your life.

Prayer for today:
Pray that you live life for God.
Ask to be enabled to do good.
Pray to be able to focus on God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Do not ignore the word of God to avoid glorious destiny.

Luke 19: 1-10, Acts 16:16-40

Engaging the instructions of God is engaging in a glorious destiny. 
Also, ignoring or snubbing the instruction of God is taking a position to become substituted for the ordained position of God for life.
The word of God instructed all to keep His Spirit burning and alive in life when it states, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Jesus for you Do not quench the Spirit.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-19)  
The word of God makes all know joy is what gives access to the presence of God. 
Psalm 16:11 buttresses, “…in the presence of God is fullness of joy.”  
The apostle Paul reiterated in Philippians 4:4, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” 
God resides in a joyful environment. 
The case of Zacchaeus:
In the seeking of Jesus, Zacchaeus gained the attention of Jesus, “…When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” (Luke 19:5) 
Just like He offered Zacchaeus to stay at his house, it is the same that He will respond the same to one as Zacchaeus responded.  
The Bible records the response of Zacchaeus, “So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.” (Luke 19:6) 
Can you respond to Him joyfully when He comes to locate you at your sycamore tree? 
The Bible is not telling all for the fun of it that Zacchaeus received Him joyfully, but it is telling all to observe to do what the word says. 
The calling attention of God is to be without ceasing, not only when there is a need. 
A prayer-less life is with prevail-less life, while a prayerful life provokes prevailing life. 
Paul and Silas prayed, sang, and the Holy Ghost came down. 
Acts 16: 25-26, “But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.” 
Above all, giving thanks is the ultimate because the word records it as the will of God in Christ Jesus. 
Give God thanks in all things and for all things to the glory of God.
Most importantly, thanksgiving will only flow where there is a flow of joy.
The Spirit of God will respond to one with joy by demonstrating His presence of God. 
The word of God is true to the core if you will incorporate yourself in the word.

Prayer for today: Ask to constantly engage His word as instructed in the pages of the Bible. 

FAITH CAPSULE: One not thinking of the word of God is thinking outside of God.

Exodus 33

Do not allow yourself to become limited by your thoughts but think to have the word of God reign and rule over your entire situation. 
Isaiah 55:8-9 documents, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” 
Encased in His thoughts are His ways. 
The way of God is the word of God. 
The word of God is His presence. 
Take to the word of God that is true to perform and to perfect; His word is mighty. 
One not thinking of the word of God is thinking outside of God.
What are you thinking?
One that is of self-thought is demonstrating to be in charge of self.
God testify being in charge of all.
The word of God to Jeremiah, “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.”(Jeremiah 1:5)   
God knows all more than anyone knows selves and His always waiting for those who wait on Him to know His ways. 
When Moses was at a point in His journey, despite his relationship with God called on God to ask for the way for him to go.  
Exodus 33:12-14 records, “Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this person.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”   
The way of God is His word, and His word is His presence.
All should know to study and do according to what God says in the pages of the Bible. 
Knowing and not doing is hindering the glorious destiny. 
Are you willing to commit all to the hand of God by exchanging yourself for the way of God?
God is faithful to lead and guide all in His way.
Seek God, ask for His way. 
Let not your thoughts not be outside of God to avoid being led into the wicked world.
The Bible admonishes all, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)  

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to give yourself to His way in every area of life. 

FAITH CAPSULE: Live responsibly, seeing in the word of God.

Joshua 1

Responsibility is the price to excel for the glory of God.
It is a responsibility to see in the word of God.
An acclaimed believer that does not see in the word of God will live as an unbelieving believer.
Seeing the word of God is rooted in listening to the word of God to do and receive according to the word of God.
What kind of a believer are you?
Are you seeing in the word of God?
One that meditates on the word of God day and night is hearing and hearing the word of God to see what God says in His word.
One that is meditating on the word of God is communicating with God.
Joshua 1 Joshua 1:8 states, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”
Responsibility is a choice not to force one to see God continually and find God.
God is not a slave master but a saving God.
Responsibility is seeking God diligently to find God.
It is irresponsible to seek Him by mouth.
Deuteronomy 4:29 confirms, “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
However, it is ignorance of a believer not to seek God diligently to hear, to do according to the word of God to find God.
Responsibility is to watch and pray.
The word of God repeatedly commands all to watch and pray.
One that is not watching and praying is not in a position to see God that waits to act for those waiting on Him. 
Isaiah 64:4 records, “For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.”
Elisha was responsible and waited on God in prayer on behalf of his servant to see the deliverance plan of God over his life, not to become a victim of evil.
2 Kings 6:17 states, “And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.”
It is ignorance of a believer not to hear, see, and do according to the word of God.
What kind of a believer are you?
As a believer, let it be a way of life, a responsibility to see God with His plan for deliverance and preservation over the life of such.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to live a life of responsibility to the glory of God.