FAITH CAPSULE: Lay it all at the feet of Master Jesus

Mark 5: 21-43  

Jesus has not stopped in crossing over, but His crossing over has taken a greater dimension by the move of the Holy Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit, His presence is instant and available more than when He was here on the earth. It is written, “Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea.” (Mark 5:21) It is demonstrated here that Jesus was always crossing over while those who were seeking Him were always in position to receive Him. In one of His crossing over, “…Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet and appealed to Him earnestly, saying, ‘My daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.’” (Mark 5:22-23) Jairus put aside his religious title that could have built an empty pride in him. Jairus’ title did not measure to the task that was at hand as he went to meet with the only King of kings and the Lord of lords. Jairus needed to have his daughter delivered from the point of death.
Jairus did three things to have his daughter delivered. First, he put aside his religious burden and met Jesus at the right location, which was the crossing point. Your crossing point could be on the ground of fellowship. Often, many have missed their crossing point because of title (pride). Jairus could not allow his title to deny his miracle but approached Jesus for his desire. How are you responding to altar call when altar call is made? It does not matter how often you have stepped out in the past, as long as the need continues to exist, you have to persist and insist on your blessing.
Secondly, Jairus saw Jesus and he took a step of faith. Jairus’ stepping out caused him to have a direct contact with Jesus. Jesus knows all things and Jairus’ need was not strange to Jesus. His stepping out and seeing Jesus was a renunciation of being a part of the multitude to be one who was on purpose and not flowing with the crowd. Let Jesus see you in your need and not just in the crowd.
Finally, Jairus fell at Jesus’ feet meaning that, He laid it all unto Jesus. Imagine Jairus begging earnestly for the life of his daughter saying, “Here I am, a poor religious leader, have mercy on my dying daughter.” While begging at the feet of the Master, he made his request without paying attention to his title and the multitude. Pride does not deliver but only destroy…watch out.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you from every spirit of pride.

FAITH CAPSULE: Lay it all at the feet of Master Jesus

Mark 5: 21-43  

Jesus has not stopped in crossing over, but His crossing over has taken a greater dimension by the move of the Holy Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit, His presence is instant and available more than when He was here on the earth. It is written, “Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea.” (Mark 5:21) It is demonstrated here that Jesus was always crossing over while those who were seeking Him were always in position to receive Him. In one of His crossing over, “…Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet and appealed to Him earnestly, saying, ‘My daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.’” (Mark 5:22-23) Jairus put aside his religious title that could have built an empty pride in him. Jairus’ title did not measure to the task that was at hand as he went to meet with the only King of kings and the Lord of lords. Jairus needed to have his daughter delivered from the point of death.
Jairus did three things to have his daughter delivered. First, he put aside his religious burden and met Jesus at the right location, which was the crossing point. Your crossing point could be on the ground of fellowship. Often, many have missed their crossing point because of title (pride). Jairus could not allow his title to deny his miracle but approached Jesus for his desire. How are you responding to altar call when altar call is made? It does not matter how often you have stepped out in the past, as long as the need continues to exist, you have to persist and insist on your blessing.
Secondly, Jairus saw Jesus and he took a step of faith. Jairus’ stepping out caused him to have a direct contact with Jesus. Jesus knows all things and Jairus’ need was not strange to Jesus. His stepping out and seeing Jesus was a renunciation of being a part of the multitude to being one who was on purpose and not flowing with the crowd. Let Jesus see you in your need and not just in the crowd.
Finally, Jairus fell at Jesus’ feet meaning that, He laid it all unto Jesus. Imagine Jairus begging earnestly for the life of his daughter saying, “Here I am, a poor religious leader, have mercy on my dying daughter.” While begging at the feet of the Master, he made his request without paying attention to his title and the multitude. Pride does not deliver but only destroy…watch out.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you from every spirit of pride.

FAITH CAPSULE: Your walk, location and what you stand for are defining factors of who you are.

Psalm 1

In life, your walk, where you sit and what you stand for are the defining factors of who you are. Jesus once asked His disciples, saying to them “who do men say that I am” (Mark 8:27) Can you honestly question and answer who you are? It is not that it matters to Jesus who the people say He was or He is today. Jesus is the living word of God made manifest through the pages of the scripture and even in present times to those who walk, sit and stand where God is glorified.
Who are you? Does your life reflect Christ? Are you a bible which people can read? Is the word of God rooted in you? Man can be deceived but God cannot be deceived. It is possible for man to be well decorated before man but naked and empty before God. Forget about your titles, it is how you engage God’s task for you that matters before God.
It is written, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.” (Psalm 1:1) When the word of God declares blessing, it is established in heaven and on earth. A man who walks, sits and stands in accordance with Gods’ standard is blessed just as declared by the word of God. Life is a journey, who you surround yourself with will determine what you get out of life. The word you meditate on in the journey of life will determine whether you get to your expected end or not. Whose word do you believe in? Do you believe the word of God or man? The word of God is a sure counsel that leads man from walking, sitting or standing for the name of God to be glorified. 
When the counsel of God begins to cause delight in the life of man, it becomes evident that the word of God is meaningful to one’s life. Do you delight in the word of God? They who delight in the law of God are those who meditate the word of God day and night. (Psalm 1:2) Meditating on the law (word of God) is the avenue not to walk outside God’s way. The Psalmist identifies the blessing of walking, sitting and standing in line with God stating, “He shall be like a tree, Planted by the rivers of water that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.” (Psalm 1:3)
Live life for the glory of God by paying attention to how you walk, sit, and stand in His counsel and He shall attend to you to bless you.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace that makes you walk not in the counsel of the ungodly.

FAITH CAPSULE: Abiding in Him and the word abiding in us is what will bring forth fruit.

John 15:1-11

It is written, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! (Psalm 107:20-21) He sent His Word; it is not written that He will send His word. Jesus the living word of God also declared, “He declared, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” Jesus was not stating I am coming. The word of God is all we need to live in the world of challenge. The word is sent to give us a knowing edge over every circumstance because there is no circumstance that is bigger than the living word of God. God sent His Word to us as power which brings wonderful works to life. Is the word of God working as much as it should be working for all the acclaimed receivers of the word? The Word of God will only work for those who walk in the word of God. Engaging work where the word is being preached is not evidence that word will work for one. Many walk in the word and reap the fruit or their walk. Many also work where the word is being preached but nothing to show for.
Entering where the word is being preached without abiding in the word adds nothing to man. Jesus stated, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 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 15:5-7) Jesus stated clearly here that abiding in Him and the word abiding in us is what will bring forth fruit. The Word of God is entertained in the heart before it over takes in the physical. Also, it is not enough to be fluent in the word if there is no abiding in the word of God. God cannot be deceived; God knows what He expects and He will only give back in the same measure for His name to be glorified.

Prayer for today: Ask for the word of God to have a place in your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Ridicule is from the outside; it is an agent of discouragement.

Luke 8: 49-56

Jesus came to give life abundantly. He declared, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” Jesus was not stating I am coming…He came already to give Himself to whosoever receive and believe Him. He came to make us if we choose to follow Him. He lived an exemplary life for us to see that with Him, in Him and through Him, all things are possible. Jesus is our Advocate, our representative before the Father. Have you accepted Him into your life? If you have accepted Him you have become a believer. As a believer, make sure that all things which do not represent Him, that are outside of your beliefs are outsiders to you and they should all be considered and treated as outsiders. Disallow outsiders inside of you.
Let the outsiders be on the outside so that doubt will die, mockery will be denied and above all, ridicule will not have a place inside of you. Jesus, despite the power in Him, when it was time to bring forth Jairus’ daughter back from death to life He disallowed outsiders. The first thing Jesus did was to encourage the family not to be afraid but believe by saying to them, “it is well.” Secondly, He told them that their daughter had only went to sleep and not unto death so that they should stop weeping. While Jesus was taking care of the inside (the family of Jairus), the outside was in operation. Luke 8: 53 described the outsides operation, “And they ridiculed Him, knowing that she was dead.”  The outsiders ridiculed Jesus thinking it would be impossible for Him to raise Jairus’ daughter back to life. Ridicule is from the outside; it is an agent of discouragement. As an agent of discouragement, ridicule will bring forth discouragement to stop exercising faith from having its place.
After having addressed the family with encouraging words, Jesus did not hesitate; He settled the outside when, “…He put them all outside, took her by the hand and called, saying, ‘Little girl, arise,’ Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that she be given something to eat.” (Luke 8:54-55) Jesus disallowed the surrounding people (the outsiders) from denying the miracle for Jairus’ daughter. Just as Jesus put all agents of mockery and ridicule out in the case of Jairus’ daughter, so He will do on your behalf.

Prayer for today: Ask God to uphold you in His way so that your own faith will not fail.