FAITH CAPSULE: A careless sleep over the word of God is a slip-up that will expose man to untimely death.

Judges 16

It is written, “Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. When the Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him.” (Judges 16:1-2) Samson could not be killed because of the word of God upon his life. Before he was born, God sent His word through His angel who declared that Samson should be a Nazirite (not to drink wine; not to eat anything unclean and no razor should touch his hair) from birth for the rest of his life. Time and time again he could not be brought down by forces of the wicked. Once, a lion caught up with him by surprise and he was able to tear up the lion like a young goat (Judges14:5-6). Power demonstration in the life of Samson was uncommon because the word of God was intact in his life.

The spirit of God constantly kept and delivered Samson from trouble. Samson was a mighty man of God. He was above all that attempted to take his life because the hand of God was upon him to keep Him awake and alive. Have you engaged the delivering word of God that is keeping you above or beyond any form of evil agenda? The word that is keeping man from evil agenda must be jealously secured and there should never be a careless sleep over the word of God in man’s life. A careless sleep over the word of God is the avenue to slip-up that will expose man to untimely death. Despite all that God deposited in his life, he overthrew himself when he had a careless sleep. Samson revealed what was to be kept secret to Delilah.

Samson should have seen the warning signs when he engaged Delilah whose name means lustful. Lust and temptation are birds of the same feather. Delilah the lustful one brought temptation to Samson in attempt to terminate Samson before his time. Indeed, Samson entered into a careless sleep after revealing the source of what God had deposited in his life. Judges 16:20 recorded, “And she said, ‘The Philistines are upon you, Samson! So he awoke from the sleep, and said, ‘I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free! But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.’” Samson slip-up was a careless sleep which made him a victim of his enemy where he supposed to be victorious. Samson had a careless sleep; word of God vacated him and was delivered to his enemy. Are you having a careless sleep? Whenever the word of God is violated, becoming a victim of evil agenda is inevitable.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to be constantly awake in the word of God for your deliverance and preservation.

FAITH CAPSULE: Miracle of the third answered with compassion for Moses and he came out untimely death. Exodus 1, 2

It is written, “Now it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and chief baker among his servants. Then he restored the chief butler to his butlership again, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”(Genesis 40:20). It was on the third day that Pharaoh decided to restore his chief butler from the prison and the butler regained all that has been lost. This third month, pray that the eyes of the Lord which run to and fro throughout the whole world will locate you in everything that is representing confinement of Pharaoh. Ask God to remember you and locate you with a favorable visitation. When God remembers, it is always with favor. Also when He visits, it is always with salvation.

The Bible recorded how Moses’ mother hid him from the evil one’s hand for three months (Exodus 2:2) and placed him in an ark of bulrushes. After three months of hiding, the ark brought Moses to the attention of the evil one’s daughter. It is written, “…She saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children” (Exodus 2:6) Moses, in the face of his enemy, on the third day he came out of wicked and untimely death. The miracle of the third day; third month answered with compassion for Moses and he came out of untimely death. In this third month of the year, trust God that delivered Moses to deliver you from every mark of the wicked upon your life.

When the devil thought it was over for the ministry of Jesus on earth, our Lord and savior rose on the third day. On the third day, the grave of three days led to the birth of new grace. In this third month if you will begin to look up to God for newness of mercy, His grace shall recover all that the enemy has buried concerning your breakthrough.
Have you at any time felt that it is over? You have lost a ground that has held you high in the community or among colleagues. It is clear that there will be no way for you to get back to your lost ground. Trust God for the grace of third day that answered for Jesus to become your portion.
Do you truly accept Jesus as your Lord and savior by virtue of how you live life? If you have received Jesus as your Lord and savior, your righteousness in Him shall answer for your deliverance.

Prayer for today: Ask God that this third month, His grace shall bring forth your restoration and it shall keep you and establish you for His glory.

FAITH CAPSULE: Agents that do not represent God in your life are to be permanently terminated.

1 Kings 18

On Mount Carmel, Elijah (an agent for God) engaged four hundred and fifty false prophets of Baal (agents of King Ahab) in a power demonstration. In that encounter, Elijah asked the false prophets to call for their god to show with power. The god of the false prophets was a no show despite long hours of calling. When all attempts to call on Baal was exhausted, Elijah placed a call on God of gods, the only God that answers by fire. Without any delay, God answered Elijah and a consuming fire fell. By virtue of God’s showing, Ahab and his entourage saw the move of God in power demonstration. It is written, “Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”’ (1 Kings 18:39) Just like the people on Mount Carmel saw the move of God and declared, The Lord is God, have you seen enough of the move of God in your life to begin to declare the Lord is God?

It was clarified between the God of Elijah and the prophets of Baal that the God of Elijah is the Lord God, and there is none to worship but Him. It was victory on the Lord God’s side as a result; Elijah declared an open war against the prophets of Baal. 1 Kings 18:40, “And Elijah said to them, ‘Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!’ So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there.” Where are you? Where is your location on the ground of God? Have you accepted Him as your only God, the Lord of lords, the eternal Creator, the One that was, that Is and that will always be? If you will begin to sing it out from the depth of your heart with the expectation for Him to manifest, then you are in tune with heaven and your own Mount Carmel victory.

Now is the time to take a stand and ask God today that all agents of confusion, delay, hindrances should be seized on your behalf just as Baal prophets were seized. Pray that today, they shall not escape the hand that will seize them, ask for them to be brought down just as the Baal prophets were brought down at the Brook of Kishon. Those agents that do not represent God in your life need to be permanently and eternally terminated so they will have no life to work against you anymore. Do not spare them, go ahead with your weapon (the word of God), invade them, raid them, disable them, unmake them; do not spare them. Pray a standing prayer, allow God work on your behalf and victory is certain in Jesus name, amen.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of strength on your prayer altar.

FAITH CAPSULE: Not placing trust in Him is the evidence of not knowing Him indeed and in truth.

Daniel 3

Trust is to rely and have confidence in the truth and reliability of God. It means to have hope. Who do you trust? Do you trust God or chariots? Trust in God is easier said than done. However, it is only those who know the name of God (not those who know about His name) will always put their trust Him. The Psalmist states it better, “And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.” (Psalm 9:10) Inability of not placing trust in Him is the evidence of not knowing Him indeed and in truth. One that does not fear Him cannot possibly trust Him and without trust in Him there be no hope in place. It is how much one knows about God that will determine one’s level of trust in God.

In the face of fiery fire, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego refused to serve or worship king Nebuchadnezzar’s gold image. They three brothers trusted God and were determined to stand their ground for God. King Nebuchadnezzar questioned them about who would deliver them. They were so sure of their God by their response stating, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.” (Daniel 3:16) The three brothers knew that there is no matter under heaven or above heaven that is too powerful for God not to resolve.

What is demanding the compromise of your trust?
Just like that of three brothers, is there any matter threatening to you? You can be rest assured that you have no need to answer to your matter’s question but to trust in God. The three brothers trusted God and responded to the King, “If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.” (Daniel 3:17) Indeed deliverance answered for the three brothers and king Nebuchadnezzar responded to the three brother’s deliverance in Daniel 3:28, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!” Your trust in God will frustrate the hand and moves of the enemy in your life. Your trust in God will promote you and prostrate your adversary to the glory of God.

Prayer for today: Ask God to endue you with the grace which causes man to stand in trust regardless of confronting matter.

FAITH CAPSULE: Man needs to engage prayer to have a clean heart.

Psalm 19, Daniel 1

It is important that man should give heart to a procedure that will remove all which represents wickedness. Procedure to remove and clean the heart is in prayer. The Psalmist prayed, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10) Determination to have clean heart will fail but prayer will prevail. Peter determined not to deny Jesus but failed. It was Jesus’ prayer for Peter that prevailed for Peter’s eventual restoration from denying Jesus. Man needs to engage prayer to help in having a clean heart.
The thinking which man carries in the heart is what will determine man’s exploit on the face of the earth. The book of Proverb 23:7 buttress “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he ‘Eat and drink!’ he says to you but his heart is not with you.’” It is clear that man should keep heart with diligence to avoid any form of negativity. With prayer, Man should also know and understand to keep heart with diligence otherwise wickedness will reap through the heart of man.

Daniel kept his heart with diligence by purposing positives to the glory of God.  Daniel 1:8 records, “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” Daniel’s operated a purposed heart and it marked him out for great exploit to the glory of God. Daniel’s heart made the difference that matters in all of his life.

Pride which is the root of all wickedness needs to be flushed out of man’s heart. It is our heart that God wants to meet before He commits great exploit into man’s hand. 2Chronicles16:9 testify, “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.” What the eyes of God are looking for throughout the earth is not what our eyes or any eye can see. God’s eyes look for heart that is loyal to Him. For heart to become loyal it must be clean from all junks of life and be kept with all diligence. It is written, “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” (Proverbs 4:23)
As you desire a clean heart, keep to heart the word of Proverbs 20:9 which states, Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”?. Desire and pray for a clean heart and God will deposit what it takes to have a clean heart.

Prayer for today: Let it be known in your prayer before God, how you desire a clean heart.