FAITH CAPSULE: Be persistent and see if the Lord is faithful to fulfill according to His word. 

Matthew 7:1-12, Luke 18:1-8

God is faithful to fulfill according to His word for one that will know Him not knowing about Him
Manifestation of expectation yet to be is not the issue of how long of waiting but how far God brings one is the grace of God that counts.
It might be long to wait, but never too much to keep asking from God.
Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7-9) 
God is not a talkative that wastes words. 
Whatever He says He will do is a done deal. 
The psalmist testifies to the word of God, “I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.” (Psalm 138:2) 
God honors His word for one that gives to His word.
The word states further to assure all about the power of asking: “Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?  If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him? (Matthew 7:9-11)
Have you been asking and not been receiving from Him? 
One should not stop asking.
To stop asking demonstrates a lack of faith.
Do not stop asking in the place of expectation for manifestation.
In the parable, Jesus speaks to be persistent.
Jesus spoke, “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ And he would not for a while; but afterward, he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’”  (Luke 18:2-5) 
Waiting on God with no manifestation is not too late to return to the prayer altar.
Be persistent and see that the Lord is faithful to fulfill according to His word. 
The parable of the persistent widow states, “…men always ought to pray and not lose heart…” 
In times of challenges, it is the time to keep an eye on God and not look away from His creation.
God has brought you this far.
In your expectation, it is worth it to take it all to the Lord in prayer and see How the Lord will move with an answer. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to open your understanding to asking, seeking, and knocking before Him.

FAITH CAPSULE:  Luke 17:15-16 documents that God awaits the offering thanks for His doing that is of His goodness.

Luke 17

Ten lepers encountered healing from Jesus.
Luke 17:15-16 records, “And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. 17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
God awaits the return of the heart one with thanks.
Psalm 150:6 states, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” The word of God demands praising God at breath, meaning every moment.
From the beginning of the year to the present moment, calls for meaningful thanks to God.
This moment, return to express praiseful thanks to God.
Give God a heartful thanks.
The word of God will deliver from what is not of God in the life of anyone living by the word of God.
Living in disobedience to the word of God is evidence of departing from the presence of God.
Jonah 1:1-3 records, “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.”
The word of God is God, and none should walk outside of His presence.
Hebrews 3:12 states, “Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.”
It is evil, unbelief to depart from the word of God and not be living for Him.
Ask that the mercy of God answer for you not to depart from the word of God, not to become a victim of having an evil heart.
The word of God is God, His presence.
Psalm 138:2 mentions that the word of God is above all His name.
Live by the word of God to experience the presence of God.
What is to experience by the word of God? 
Jeremiah 23:29 records, “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord,
“And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”
Ask that the fire nature of the word of God burn off all that is not of God physically, spiritually, and emotionally in your life.
Ask that the natural hammer of the word of God break down and flat all that is standing against your life, denying you to move forward to the center divine assignment of your life.
What is it about the word of God?
Psalm 107:20 records, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
PRAYER
Ask that the word of God locate you, answering for deliverance from every form of destruction, not to become a victim of destruction in the name of Jesus. 

FAITH CAPSULE: Many words breeds complain the cause of trouble.

Genesis 22

God called and spoke to Abraham, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” (Genesis 22:2) 
The only son of Abraham, one he loves, was requested for a burnt offering by the Almighty God in position to give and to take away. 
Abraham could not question God but engaged in the calling to sacrifice his son. 
As if it was not challenging enough to respond to the command to sacrifice, the journey to the center of sacrifice (the land of Moriah) was three days.
Imagine how nagging it must have been in the mind of Abraham for not knowing the exact location and having to travel for three days. 
The Bible records, “Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.” (Genesis 22:4) 
It must have been the longest three days of the life of Abraham, and yet there was no record of complaint in response to the command of God. 
He remained quiet, going through the journey of the command of God.
The Israelites could not keep quiet to keep their journey to the Promised Land. 
The complaint of the Israelites converted the eleven-day journey to a forty-year. 
Deuteronomy 1:2-3 testifies, “It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea. Now it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month that Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him as commandments to them.” 
The eleven-day journey became forty years because the Israelites could not resist complaint.
The word of God warns against wrong words in response to the command of God. 
James 1:19 records, “…let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.”  
Abraham kept to himself and focused on the command of God.
It must have been challenging, yet he went further and did not complain before God.
Abraham had no complaint, relegated distraction, and elevated his focus on God.
Abraham engaged in a reasonable sacrifice unto God. 
God responded to the obedience of Abraham as one who feared Him. Abraham released Isaac unto God in each step of his response to the command of God. 
Abraham demonstrated that he loved God with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his strength. 
There is a beginning and an end when a call of sacrifice comes with obedience in response to the glory of God.
Obedience to the command of God with no complaint counts before God. 
Abraham fully obeyed as commanded by God.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of total obedience to His word.

 FAITH CAPSULE: There is no reasonable excuse to justify disobedience.

I Samuel 13

Are you saying there is no God by your verbal communication or body action?
It takes a foolish-minded one to take a position as a speaker for a forum that claims there is no God. 
Psalm 14:1 buttressed, “The fool has said in his heart that “there is no God” They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.” 
Ones that say in the heart that there is no God are the ones that speak it from the mouth that there is no God. 
Jesus buttressed, “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.” (Matthew 12:34-35) 
It is always evil to say there is no God. 
Are you one that says there is no God by your actions and not only by speaking it out of the mouth? 
Are you saying there is no God by your verbal communication or body language?
How do you relate with others, communicating that there is no God?
Psalm 14:1 identifies the foolish ones:
Those who are corrupt (Lack of honest practices such as bribery and lack of integrity)
Those who engage in wickedness (revolting and miserable work)
Those who do not do good (they are evil in approach)
Does any of the above sound like you?
As a believer, you cannot afford to live life foolishly. 
A believer should not answer to the wicked world as a foolish one by the way of life. 
Proverbs 26:4 warned, “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.” 
In this wicked world, every ungodly act that demands an answer from one must be with wisdom, not as foolish. 
Always live with a godly act to avoid being marked as foolish.
Foolishness is a sin, and sin does not stand before God.
Saul was foolish when he offered the burnt offering that did not belong to his office as a King but belonged to a priest. 
Saul could not wait for the arrival of Samuel as commanded by Samuel. 
At the arrival of Samuel, Saul gave an excuse for the burnt offering as a result of the late arrival of Samuel. 
For Saul, the impending danger provoked his violation of the command of God (carrying out the burnt offering). 
Samuel responded to foolishness act of Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you.” (I Samuel 13:13) 
Regardless of any reasonable excuse, it is foolish to violate the command of God when responding to the challenges of the wicked world. 
There is no reasonable excuse to justify disobedience to the word of God.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled not to live outside of the command of God as a foolish one.