FAITH CAPSULE: Unfailing consistent prayer quietly or loudly is loud crying before God.

John 11:1-44

Let your crying be rooted in understanding that you are crying to God, not to a man. To be crying out loud or crying inside quietly is not hidden before God. With understanding, know to cry to God alone. One with a schedule of prayer without failure, before God, is the evidence of crying out loud to God alone. Unfailing consistent prayer quietly or loudly is loud crying before God. With no doubt, crying out will always get the attention of God that is not deaf. The question in the word of Psalm 94:9 points out the truth that God hears as stated: “He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?”
In your challenges, are you crying out to God or crying out to a man?
In your crying to God be encouraged by the word in Psalm 18:6, “In my distress, I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears.”
One praying consistently to God is crying out for God’s attention which is not silent for His attention to His children. Psalm 39:12 buttressed, “Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.” Is your crying consistent and loud enough to get heaven’s attention? Are you too quiet not to be victorious?
The word encourages all to open our mouth loud. Psalm 81:10 stated: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.”  Crying out loud is not evidence of weakness it is a demonstration of trust and hope with the understanding in God’s word that God attends to His children.
King David’s understanding in the word of God is the mark of crying out to God with consistently not to fail for God’s attention Psalm 55:16-17 buttressed, “As for me, I will call upon God, and the LORD shall save me. Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.”  The testimony of David is the evidence of his reason to get heaven’s attention. Praying which is calling out to God all day will get heaven’s attention. Is it your custom to be calling on God in the evening hour, morning hour and noon? Those who make calls on God as their way of life does so regardless of their challenge. Does that sound like you?
To cry out when the need calls for will provoke heaven on behalf of those with understanding to be praying, crying out to God.
Do not be quiet in your seeking God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the strength to be seeking Him more than ever before.

FAITH CAPSULE: At obedience of God’s word expect your midnight miracle.

Exodus 12

Midnight is an hour of taking the battle to the front of the enemy. The midnight hour is an hour of great deliverance when uncommon miracle by the outstretched hand of God is manifested. When God promised deliverance for the Israelites out of the bondage of over four hundred years, He told Moses, “But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand. So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that, he will let you go.” (Exodus 3:19-20) Indeed and in truth, the outstretch hand of God moved, “And it came to pass at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.  So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.” (Exodus 12:29-30) Through the pages of the Bible, there is no other wonder such as God’s outstretched hand against Pharaoh and his people at a midnight hour. Is there any area where you are experiencing bondage or stagnation?
Pharaoh reacted to the move of God’s outstretched hand of the midnight hour, “Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise, go out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel. And go; serve the LORD as you have said. Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.” (Exodus 12:31-32) In addition to the Israelites freedom from the bondage at the midnight hour, by the outstretched hand of God, they were also rewarded for their years of slave work. It is written, “And the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians so that they granted them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.” (Exodus 12:36) At your midnight hour, deliverance will answer at full scale. God will cause you to plunder your enemy by virtue of recovering all that has been stolen from you.
The key to the move of God’s outstretched hand on behalf of the Israelites was their obedience to God’s command through Moses. The word testifies, “Then the children of Israel went away and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.” (Exodus 12:28) Is there any act of obedience to be engaged before experiencing your midnight miracle of the outstretched hand of God? Obedience to God’s command is key to the manifestation of the midnight outstretches hand of God miracle.

Prayer for today: Ask God for your all-round deliverance.

FAITH CAPSULE: Commands in the word of God is doable and it is not impossible to do.

Hosea 4

Listen to Hosea 4:6 as recorded, “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.”
One that is lack is the evidence of one that is not full.
It is how you are full of knowing God that will determine how far you walk with God or walk before God to avoid and not to become a victim of this wicked world.
To be lack of knowledge is to be set for self-destruction as identified in Hosea 4:6.
To have knowledge is to have an understanding. Having understanding is rooted in listening ability in the word of God. Do you listen to God’s word constantly or casually?
Jesus asked and gave the answer why there is a listening disability: “Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.” (John 8: 43) Having understanding is a need to be full and not lack knowledge. In any man’s life, with no UNDERSTANDING is the disability to LISTEN to the WORD of GOD that is written. With no UNDERSTANDING man cannot believe God to do according to His word and become free from self-destruction. By listening to God’s word is to gain understanding and to BE-LIVING by God’s word which is the direction to be having KNOWLEDGE over this wicked world.
Every command in the word of God is doable and it is not impossible to do has requested by God. With understanding in the word of God is to be having a knowing edge over wicked agendas and not to be a victim. There is no choice that is better than having the choice of listening, gaining understanding in the word of God to become full of knowledge and not become a victim of the wicked world.
In the Bible, Jesus repeatedly gave us do-able directions for self-deliverance saying: “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matthew 26:41)
“Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.” (Mark 13:33)
“Watch, therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.” (Luke 21:36)
Just like Jesus said, Paul, the Apostle also called for the importance of prayer:
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saint.” (Ephesians 6:18)
The book of 1 Peter 4:7 also recorded, “But the end of all things is at hand; therefore, be serious and watchful in your prayers.”
How is your prayer life? Are you one that is serious about prayer? Jesus demonstrated the need for prayer life for all man and Paul admonished the need for prayer as stated in
Acts 6:4, “But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Prayer for today: Ask God to fill you with understanding in the knowledge of His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: Engaging prayer laboriously not lazily is practicing prayer with labor.

Daniel 6

John the Baptism, at the location of water baptism, with people getting baptized there was no record of baptism backed with prayer. However, when Jesus came for His baptism, He prayed, and heaven opened. The book of Luke 3:21-22 documented, “When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You, I am well pleased.” Prayer will open heaven if one will understand engaging prayer laboriously as a lifestyle.
Communicating by faith is also praying by faith (Speaking by faith) to God for the manifestation of expectation.
Once, Jesus communicated by faith when a fig tree withered. His disciples reacted with curiosity when they asked Jesus: “…how did the fig tree wither away so soon?” (Matthew 21:20) Jesus responded to His disciple’s question: “…Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive” (Matthew 21:21-22). With Jesus’ communication of faith (prayer of faith) a fig tree withered. Engage God with the prayer of faith to receive undeniable proof of answer from God.
Prayer is labor which answers for deliverance and preservation in this wicked world. Prayer is labor with a custom approach. David’s prayer of labor for his deliverance and preservation which is custom is recorded: “As for me, I will call upon God, and the LORD shall save me. Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.” (Psalm 55:16-17) David’s testimony points out that prayer labor happens with a custom approach which is the way of living life before God prayerfully, to be receiving from God.
Daniel is another one with a lifestyle of prayer labor of custom. Daniel’s testimony of his deliverance and preservation recorded: “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days” (Daniel 6:10). Daniel’s deliverance from an untimely death in the den of lions was the result of his prayer of labor with custom before God.  Do you have a schedule of attending to God prayerfully?
Study the word of God to understand the power of praying before God as a lifestyle. Take note that, “Whatever things were written before was written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope (Romans 15:4). Engaging prayer laboriously not lazily is practicing prayer with labor.

Prayer for today: Ask for God’s hand to draw you prayerfully to His presence.

FAITH CAPSULE: Communication or your speech before God is communicating with God.

1 Kings 8:22-61  

Prayer is a personal communication or petition addressed to God.
Communicating before or with God can be in verbal or non-verbal.
It is done in the form of supplication, adoration, praise, contrition (sincere remorse) or Thanksgiving. Prayer with no understanding will lack to have the reason why or what praying to get an expected answer.
Prayer is also a devotion which can be done either public or private.
Bishop David Oyedepo of the Winners’ Fellowship once stated that “Prayer is like a labor room where undeniable proofs are given birth to.” Prayer is indeed labor and, when it is actively engaged, it delivers undeniable miracles.
Prayer with patience will answer as the antidote for suffering. Job, in the time of his suffering, patience, and prayer (communication with God) was continual. The Bible encourages us, “Is anyone suffering let him pray” (James 5:13). Give self to prayer as a way of lifestyle with continual communication with God in every moment of life which is the evidence of not ignoring nearness of God to all man.
Prayer always demands earnest engagement (serious intention, purpose or effort). The seriousness, which prayer demands is evident in the testimony of how Elijah prayed for rain. James 5:17-18 “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit” Elijah prayed earnestly (he prayed with seriousness and purpose).
Is your prayer with seriousness or is it to gain the attention of a man?
Jesus, our Lord, and savior was not exempted from earnest praying. He was at praying ground when His betrayals came to arrest him. Luke 22:44 recorded Jesus’ earnest prayer in labor: “And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” Are you striving to pray laboriously or to pray lazily? Jesus prayed in sweating like great drops of blood falling, the evidence of laborious prayer. Are you one that is expecting to engage prayer differently from God’s way and get a result? Prayer that is labor is seeking God diligently to be rewarded by God. (Hebrews 11:6).
Prayer is labor that builds up before God with answers as hedges like a wall for one with prayer’s protection from enemies accessible. Job’s constant prayer over his household answered as hedges which denied Satan’s access for his evil. The Bible recorded Satan’s complain before God after failure not to do evil for Job: “Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.” (Job 1:10) With the prayer of labor that is continual, build up hedges of God’s protection. Just like King David, let prayer be your lifestyle and be known by God for hedges of protection. (Psalm 139:5)

Prayer for today: Ask from God for the strength to increase you on your prayer altar.