FAITH CAPSULE: By telling lies, God is not deceived at all times.

Acts 5

A liar is nothing but a twister of the truth of God.
Twisting the word of God is adding to or taking away from the word of God. 
Twisting the truth of God can be lying in the place of telling the truth.
Twisting the truth is evil that needs to be avoided, not to be part of the way of life.
Deuteronomy 19:19 warns, “…so you shall put away the evil from among you.”
Put away lies; the identity of the evil.
By your actions and your word, are you responsible for twisting the truth of God?
Avoid ignoring or not intervening to correct lies that are not true.
An adage states, “Tell the truth and let the enemy be ashamed.” 
As a believer, there is no excuse to avoid or not deny liars that you know.
Are you an acclaimed believer of the word of God but twisting the truth of God?
By telling lies, God is not deceived at all times.
Give yourself to the word of God to attain perfection in Christ Jesus as
Colossians 1:28 buttresses,“Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” 
Search for yourself to determine your stand before God.
Refrain from twisting God’s truth as your way of self-defense while engaging in wrongdoing.
One engaging in twisting the truth of God will become convinced that lying can make a way where there is no way. 
Do you know that twisting the truth of God is evidence of taking distance from God?
Twisting the truth of God will keep one far from God, to become set for evil. Psalm 56:5 testifies,“All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.” 
Are you one with no means of controlling yourself from unwarranted talking that is a route of twisting the word of God? 
Are you with the impression that God is in your twisting agenda? 
Romans 3:5-8 documents that twisting the truth does not stand before God at all times, “But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.) Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world? For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? And why not say, “Let us do evil that good may come”? —as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just.”
Embracing lies is also twisting the truth of God, positioning oneself for destruction.
Do not embrace lies as your way of life, which is the character that twists the truth that will come to light to experience exceeding pain. 

Prayer for today: Pray not to live life as a liar.

FAITH CAPSULE: Disobedience has a consequence before God.

2 Samuel 6

God is a good and gracious God.
God will not void His word, and neither shall there be any excuse for anyone to violate His word.
The order in place for the ark of God was without exception.
God warned not to touch the ark of God.
At the time of transporting the ark of God to Jerusalem, at a threshing floor (a place for processing grain), Uzzah reached out to prevent the fall of the ark.
It was unintentional of Uzzah to touch the ark, but the word of God is with the intention for man to keep orderliness in the word of God.
It is a death penalty for anyone who touches the holy object of the tabernacle of God (Numbers 4:15) 
In the word of God, there is always a condition to achieve His promise.
Word of God stands to perform with perfection when there is obedience without violation. 
The Word of God does not return void to God; gain understanding of God to avoid self-destruction.
Isaiah 55:11 buttresses, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
Disobedience to the word of God will not excuse destruction as the consequence of disobedience. 
Are you obeying or disobeying the word of God?
Proverbs 13:13 warns all, “He who despises the word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.” 
God as a merciful God is no excuse for sin against Him.
Uzzah lived in the days of the law does not allow him to sin, and living in the days of His grace is no excuse to be living a life of disobedience to the word of God. 
The book of Roman 6:1questions, “…Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?”
The direction of God is His order. Living outside of God is living in disorder.
Moses, a giant in the hand of God, had no reasonable excuse for his disobedience before God.
Disobedience has a consequence before God.
Once, Moses received an orderly direction but disobeyed God.Numbers 20:8 records the word of God disobedient by Moses, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus, you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” 
Moses went and struck instead of speaking to the rock.
He took the order of God in his hand to call them rebels.
One that is out of the order of God is out of the ordination of God.

Prayer for today: Ask that God will keep you from disobedience to His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: It is for your benefit to know, understand, and ask before God.

Luke 11:1-23

Understand God in His word so as not to pray amiss.
In your prayer, ask God to enable you to live by the will of God.
Pray for the will of God over your life.
The will of God is His plans or thoughts concerning the life which He has given to His creation.
God confirms in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” 
Revelation 4:11 records the thoughts of God towards His creation: 
“You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.” 
It is the will of God for all His creation to exist for His glory.
God is worthy!
Glory and honor belong to God.
Power belongs to God alone.
God meant what He said, and He will do what He says He will do. 
God is a good God with good thoughts toward His children. 
The good thoughts of God are not in the assembly line but already in place.
It is for your benefit to know, understand, and be asking for the will of God in your life.
Jesus encourages, “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Luke 11:9) 
He did not say beg because you do not beg for what has been in place for you. But with the evidence of having a desire for the will of God, you ask, seek, and knock to receive from Him. 
Asking is praying or calling on God through the name of Jesus Christ. Asking sometimes requires consistency or persistence, but the bottom line is that children will have to ask before receiving. 
Prayer does not have to be in multitudes of words nor colorful words. 
Prayer is not limited to time or location. 
Prayer does not have to be in repetition.
Prayer can be loud or quiet, but engage in fervent prayer.
A prayer encased in the word of God is a powerful prayer that moves mountains.
Faith has its source in the Word of God, and through the Bible, mountains could not resist, but the prayer of faith moves mountains. 
Do you carry the word of God? 
In your prayer, the word that you carry will answer as fire to burn off the agenda forces before you to the glory of God. 
Jeremiah 23:29 confirms, “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord…”
The word of God is fire.
With the knowledge and understanding in the word of God, know to ask and not fail to receive, not to miss manifestation.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to seek to live by His will.

FAITH CAPSULE: Have the desire for God, and He will draw you near.

John 4:43-54

God is not far from all; get close to Him.
Have the desire for God, and He will draw you near.
This season, with your desire, ask that God will enable you to encounter His word.
John 4:46-47 records, “So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.”
A certain notable (noble) man in the city, among his people, heard about Jesus and went to Jesus. 
Are you one who has heard about Jesus without a response to Jesus?
Who are you, and what is your delay in attempting to deny your encounter with your deliverance? 
Many times, you have heard of Him, but go to Him.  
Is it your desire to seek Him?
What is holding you back from seeking Him? Is it your distance that is denying your coming to Him? 
Once, while Jesus was passing a village, ten lepers who stood afar off did not allow distance to deny them from encountering healing and deliverance.
The Bible states that the ten lepers lifted their voices and said, Master, have mercy on us! (Luke 7:12-13) 
Why are you holding back from coming to Jesus for your healing and deliverance?
The lepers denied distance and received their healing by the healing Word of Jesus, in their direction.  
The son of a nobleman (a notable man) was dying when he came to Jesus. 
John 4:49-50 documents the conversation of the nobleman with Jesus: “The nobleman said to Him, ‘Sir, come down before my child dies!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way; your son lives.’ So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.” 
Do you believe in the power of His Word? The same power that answered for the nobleman is still available to answer for those who deny distance to approach Jesus for their healing and deliverance. 
Deny distance not to distract you from looking unto God.
As the nobleman received healing direction from God to go on his way, he believed and went without question or doubt. 
When you believe and go on your way by His direction, the same word is still alive today, and expect His word to locate you for your healing and deliverance. 
The nobleman went on his way as directed by Jesus, “And as he was going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, ‘Your son lives!’” (John 4:51)
If you have believed in His word, you will receive your breakthrough news in Jesus’ name. 
From today, in all your endeavors, make encountering Jesus your priority and engage His healing Word of direction.

Prayer for today: Ask that the word of God will answer in your life to the glory of God. 

FAITH CAPSULE: At all times, it is wise to answer when He commands.

Luke 5

How does a novice want to take a position to be put through a professional of their trade?
One day, four seasoned professional fishermen toiled all night with no fish to count.
On the day with no fish to count, the professional fishermen were set to depart empty-handed.
When the novice showed up with the advice for the professional fishermen to go back into the water and go deep.
The novice, to redirect in times of emptiness, can be the creator of all, the King of Kings.
Jesus showed up and called the fishermen back to fishing, where they toiled all night with no result.
Jesus said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” (Luke 5:4)
Are you experiencing a lack of no result in any area of life? 
Is it your job that is experiencing stagnation?
What is your experience of no result in any area of life that demands the miracle intervention of God?
Jesus sent a word for the fishermen to launch deep where there was no fish to show after all night. 
The word of Jesus sounded foolish but was backed with power because Jesus said it.
At all times, it is wise to answer when He commands.
Know it that, “…the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” (1 Corinthians 1:25) 
Are you receiving a similar command that calls for you to launch out deep where there is nothing to show?
Simon responded to Jesus, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word, I will let down the net.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.” (Luke 5:5-6)
Launching out at His command is breaking through for abundance where there is none to show. 
The command of Jesus to launch out in the place of hopelessness is an act of faith. 
Abraham acted in faith by obeying God. 
God called Abraham out of his comfort to the unknown ground. Hebrews 11:8-10 documents “…he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” 
Abraham left his family for the word of God, a character of leaving all behind for God.
The fishermen, at times, left behind the profession of fishing for fish to fishing for men as they followed Jesus.
Abraham dwelt and waited for God. 
There was no record of doubt among the fishermen, and neither was there any record of complaint ror Abraham. They acted by launching into the command of God, the word of God that is rooted in power. 
Are you giving yourself to the word of God that is healing, deliverance, and preservation?
Know that trust and hope are the word of God that sounds in your direction.
Launch out as commanded by His word; let down all, and He will lift you above and beyond your expectation. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to do as His word commands you.