FAITH CAPSULE: It is impossible to walk two ways at the same time.

John 10:1-30

Truly, life is a challenging journey that is full of ups and down. Have you been saying or considering that life is difficult? Is it possible that you are the one that has been living life in a difficult way? Life can be challenging, but man can always overcome the challenges of life by making the choice of the right way. There is a way to live life and to live it abundantly; there is a way to live life and to live it with challenges that will not overtake man. Taking to a complicated way is to complicate the journey of life. The way of complication is encased in too many ways in the place of way and truth at a time. However, it is impossible to walk two ways at the same time and get to the expected end. Taking to the journey of life that leads to expected end demands the only one way that leads to the expected end. Have you chosen the right way? John 14:6, Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Jesus is the only way that is true.
The reason to take the way, the truth is stated in John 10:10, “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” Mark 10:45 recorded the reason of Jesus’ coming, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” By taking to the journey of life, which way will you chose for route? The way of life is not about what seems right. Taking a way that seems right often leads to destruction. Proverbs 14:12 sounded the warning of avoiding what “seems” to be the right way stating, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”
Jesus said, “…I am the way, the truth…”  In the way of the truth, challenges will emerge but man shall overcome.
What He has said, He meant. He has never lied, and He will not lie. Take a moment and begin to re-trace your steps to see if you have taken to the way that seems right. Lift your eyes up unto Him today and ask Him for help. He is a compassionate God that does not cease from being compassionate.
Above all, the journey of life demands truth that makes man becomes free. Jesus, the way, the truth admonished, “…If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32) Take to your journey through the way; abide in the truth that leads to expected end.

Prayer for today: Ask Him to redirect your steps from every way you might have taken outside of His holy name.

FAITH CAPSULE: Study the word to understand and know the importance of doing good to the glory of God.

Proverbs 6

God is good. His Spirit is good. (Psalm 143:10) Good is God’s identity also it is the character of God. Jesus responded to a certain ruler calling Him God, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. (Luke 18:19) There is no good as God. It is the goodness of God that makes His endures for everlasting. (Psalm 118:1, 136:1)
Those who study the word will understand and know the importance of doing good to the glory of God. Also, it is man’s knowledge and understanding of doing good that will be provoking the good hand of God upon man. Doing good is what is acceptable to God. Since the beginning of creation, it is what is good that God was looking for. The bible recorded, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good…” (Genesis 1:1-4) God’s character is good. Good is what God looked for through His history creation.
Through the scriptural verses, word of God repeatedly admonished us about the important of doing good,
“Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.” (3John 1:11) “And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?” (1Peter 3:13)
“But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.” (Hebrews 13:16) “This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.” (Titus 3:8) “Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart.” (Psalm 73:1)
What is doing good before good God?
Doing good describes man as morally excellent; righteous; pious (having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God) Doing good is what God like but hates evil the opposite of good. Knowing and understanding what God hates should make man to be obeying the word of God. Doing good is also to be staying away from what God hates. The book of Proverbs 6:16-19 identified seven things the Lord God hates stating, “These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked planes, Feet that are swift in running to evil, A false witness who speaks lies, and One who sows discord among brethren.” Knowing what God hates should keep man to be doing good.

Prayer for today: Ask God to impact you to only do good for His grace.

FAITH CAPSULE: Engage the freedom power in the word by giving self to thanksgiving before God rather than giving self to worry.

John 8:21-36

Truth of God carries power that cannot be denied.
Truth shall make you free when you know the truth by giving thanks to God in all things for all things. Knowing to be giving thanks to God in all things for all things is the truth in the word of God. Truth of God is power that is loaded to make man free. The truth word of God that makes man free stated, “Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God.” (Ephesians 5:20-21) Engaging the word by giving thanks to God for all things shall make all things work together for good. Regardless of your challenge, turn to the word of God by giving thanks for all things and wait to see the truth for all things work together for good.
Truth of the word that makes man free stated, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6) In the face of anxious situation, allow your prayer and supplication be completed in thanks giving to present your request before God. In life, engage the power of freedom in the word by giving self to thanks giving before God rather than giving self to worry or anxiousness in time of challenges.
In life, believe and receive Jesus, gain understanding in the word of the truth of God. Colossians 2:6-7 said it all, “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.” God answers to thanks giving and we are to know and understand that giving thanks provokes the power of God.
Are you engaging thanksgiving to God? A heart-full heart with consistent understanding and knowledge will deliver the power of God to be: coming out of trouble; get heavens attention; deliverance from self-created affliction; deliver life in position of sudden death; receiving abundance of provision; getting remembered by God and occupying position of observing the word of God.
The truth of the word of God is power. Jesus spoke the truth to those who believe stating, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.  And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32)
Truly, receive and believe the truth, Jesus word of God. Allow the power invested by the blood of Jesus the Truth.
The truth shall make you free!

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of giving thanks with understanding and knowledge.

FAITH CAPSULE: Today, remind yourself that Jesus is not dead; He is a living God.

Luke 24:1-35

After the resurrection of Jesus, two followers went on journey while in Frustration was their baggage. With frustration the issue of distraction, discouragement and disappointment persists. Frustration often leads to inability to see and hear from where there is a way. For the followers on journey to Emmaus, the bible recorded, “Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.” (Luke 24:13-16)
After the breaking news of Christ’s resurrection, there were two of His followers traveling to Emmaus while others were scrambling and attempting to confirm the breaking news of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The two on their journey to Emmaus were consumed by the distraction, discouragement, and disappointment because of Jesus’ death. As a result of distraction, discouragement, and disappointment in the two followers on journey to Emmaus, they failed to see and could not identify with Jesus. Also, they could not listen to hear and identify the voice of Jesus.
What is it that has come upon you on this journey of life? What is taking the driver’s seat in your vehicle of life’s journey? Luke 24:15-16 recorded, “So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.” They could see in the physical, but they had lost sight of their Savior. They knew Jesus, but they did not know Him well enough to identify with Him at the point of visitation after he had resurrected from where the devil could not hold Him captive.
The two followers must have been at the point of frustration thinking their hope was gone.
Keep up hope by trusting the promise of God. Today, remind yourself that Jesus is not dead; He is a living God. Whenever frustration sets in, distraction, discouragement, and disappointment will take you for a ride in the wrong direction. When there is no sight or where sight becomes blurry, there will be a failure to see help whenever help is in place. At the time the two regained sight, it was time for Jesus’ departure. It is written, “Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.” (Luke 24:31) Your story does not have to be like the two that were on the way to Emmaus because Emmanuel is what you are looking for and He has risen for us. If you will begin to put frustration in its proper place, you will begin to journey with concentration, encouragement and effective results will reign through your entire journey.

Prayer for today: Give thanks for Jesus is alive indeed.

FAITH CAPSULE: The blood of Jesus that was shed on the Calvary is not a liberty to continue in sin.

John 19

God’s goodness is the grace of Jesus. He paid price on our behalf by drinking the cup of sin, pain, grief and every other undesirable punishment. Jesus carried the cross so we would be enabled to cross over. “And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. (John 19:17-18)
The grace of God cares by being available for those who will seek Him with whole heart. Glorious name of God deserves praise and thanks. Psalm 69:30 mentioned, “I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.” God is a loving God and He proved His love by His word and action. He proved His love on the cross when Christ was crucified. God proved in His word stating, “…that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3:15-17) God is mindful of His children and demonstrated by His word and action which cares much for man but man cares less. God invested so much on man but man despises His word.
God is a forgiving God. Out of curiosity, Peter investigated the issue of forgiveness when he approached Jesus with question stating, “…Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” (Matthew 18:21) Jesus responded to Peter, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” (Matthew 18:22) Surely, God made room for His children to be able to make Heaven. Imagine 7×70 (490) times of going back to ask for forgiveness with the grace to make heaven. In Jesus, “…we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” (Ephesians 1:7) God is definitely worthy of reasonable sacrifice of thanksgiving on a regular basis. It is evidence by His goodness that sin is not enough to separate His children who cry out to Him with a heart of repentance.
Goodness of God’s forgiveness; the grace of the blood of Jesus that was shed on the Calvary is not a liberty to continue in sin. The word of God admonished us, “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?” (Ephesians 6:1-2) Sin and sinning should not be a dwelling place. Jesus paid it all!

Prayer for today: Pray that the blood of Jesus shall not be a waste over your life.