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. 

FAITH CAPSULE: When one can identify with what such carries, a journey exists to the glory of God.

Exodus 4

What do you carry that is meant to set you up for your divine assignment in life? 
The Bible makes all realize that everyone is the temple of God. 
1 Corinthians 3:16 records, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”  
As a child of God, you are a temple of God, meaning a house of God. 
In your house, what do you carry that is meant to set you up and establish you on your journey of life for the glory of God? 
It does not matter who you are; it does not matter where you are, but there is a need to know you are not empty. 
However, when you identify with what you carry, your journey is set for the glory of God.
The Bible records a widow stating, “A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves. So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.” (2Kings 4:1-2) 
Eventually, it was a jar of oil in the house which the widow counted as nothing that brought her out of nothing into abundance. 
Does your story sound like one with challenges and not knowing that your solution is within you? 
The widow was delivered from mockery to miracle when the challenges of her life resolved through a jar of oil she mistook as nothing.
Besides what is in the house, what you have in your hand and not know about might be your steering to the center of your divine assignment. 
God knew what was in the hand of Moses when He placed a call on Moses. 
Moses did not know what was in his hand when he attempted to reject the calling of God over his life. 
God called Moses, “Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’”(Exodus 4:1) 
God identified what was in the hand of Moses by calling his attention to it with a question, “So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”(Exodus 4:3) 
In the hand of Moses, an ordinary rod served as a vessel of transformation in his life. 
God will use you for His attainment if you listen and allow Him to identify what is in your hand. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to call your attention to what you carry for Him to use you.     

 FAITH CAPSULE: In the recording of the word of God are prescription that works against the enemy. 

2 Chronicles 20:1-21

What stages battle against existence in any area of life? 
It can be rest assured that there is a hiding place as a shield for deliverance. 
With hope in the word of God, deliverance and preservation will unfailingly answer against all battling existence in any area of life. 
The psalmist testifies, “You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word”. (Psalm 119:114) “Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live; and do not let me be ashamed of my hope.” (Psalm 119:116) 
The psalmist would not have testified if not truth.
The word of God is the power to deliver and preserve for one that will work the works of the word (which is to be living the word).
In the manual of life (the living word of God; the Bible) are all loaded manner of prescription that works against any force that is not of God.
However, if you search and work it out, the word of God that does not discriminate will answer for you.
Once, Jehoshaphat and his people prevailed in the face of challenge. 
2 Chronicles 20:1-3 documents, “It happened after this that the people of Moab with the people of Ammon, and others with them besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat. Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar” (which is En Gedi). And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.”  
In the verses above, it is clear that the victory of Jehoshaphat was rooted in setting himself apart by seeking God in praying and fasting. 
Engaging in praying and fasting is waiting on God. 
It is not possible to wait on God and be a waste. 
God is faithful to honor His word, and the word testifies, “For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.” (Isaiah 64:4)
Going by the verse above, God is a God who acts for those who wait on Him. 
Jehoshaphat prayed and fasted with the understanding that he did not wait to waste. 
Jehoshaphat prayed the prayer that made his request known by reminding God (putting God to remember). 
He stated, “O Lord God of our fathers, are You, not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there, not power and might so that no one is able to withstand You?” (2 Chronicles 20:6). 
One studying the word of God will identify prescriptions that have the power to deliver by reminding God.

Prayer for today: Ask by letting Him know that He alone is your deliverer in the face of a wicked world.