FAITH CAPSULE: He did not command what is impossible to obey. 

1 Corinthians 13

Without exception, all should love their neighbor as themselves.
One not loving by word or by action is evidence of the agent of evil.
Anyone without love is not with God, and at a distance from God.
Are you loving others as the word of God commands?
Paul the apostle states the importance of love in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.” 
The word of Apostle Paul identifies that demonstrating the gifts of God, such as speaking in tongues, prophesying, reaching out to the needy, and making oneself available when or where there is a need, but without having love, is empty, and nothing counts before God. 
To love is commanded by God.
Preaching love and not living by loving others is not complete before God.
Jesus meant what He said, “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”(Matthew 7:22-23) 
Are you obedient to self-selected but not to all of the commands of God?
It is possible to be deceived or lie in the presence of God, manipulating brethren, but God can see the heart of all.
The apostle Paul also describes what love is about, “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”(1 Corinthians 13:4-7) 
The description of love, as Apostle Paul identifies, is that the world will turn around for the better.
To love as commanded by God must be in truth and deed.
To love is not impossible, but love as God expects from all.
God is a good God; He did not command what is impossible to obey. 
One who loves as commanded by God will count before God as one who fully obeys God, as Galatians 5:14 speaks to all, “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 
Always know for yourself if you love as commanded by God.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to live a life of loving as obedience to the command of God, avoiding a life of waste.

FAITH CAPSULE: Giving oneself to prayer with understanding.

Matthew 25

Prayer is labor and is rooted in expectation for manifestation. 
Prayer is not a funfair or an engagement to impress, but a means to gain the attention of God.
Jesus demonstrates praying with labor as Luke 22:44 records, “And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
Prayer engagement is labor with earnestness, sweating profusely, the evidence of expectation that God will not ignore one.
Trust and know that God answers prayer.
Yes, no, or wait are the options of answers to prayer.
Ask God will enable you with the strength of prayer, so that you will not be a victim of evil occurrences.
Prayer is always the answer to challenges.
Are you giving yourself to prayer?
Giving to prayer demands consistency.
Giving oneself to prayer with understanding will unfailingly get an answer.
The word of Apostle Paul encourages stating, “but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” (Acts 6:4)
What is your prayer like during challenging or non-challenging times?
In times of challenge, are you giving yourself to praying or sleeping?
Matthew 25:1-3 documents the case of sleeping, “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut.
11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
13 “Watch, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
The majority answered that believers are flooding in the name of God as they please, sleeping or awake. 
Also, they are equipped with things of God or not.
The ten virgins in the parable are composed of five who are well-equipped with lamps and oil, while the five foolish are without oil for lamps.
As the bridegroom delayed (but not to deny), all were slumbering and slept at the place of watching.
Which speaks to you? 

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you not to be shut out from missing His presence.

FAITH CAPSULE: Do not become faith failure, think about identifying what stops you from becoming humbled before God.

2 Chronicles 7

Being humble will enable one to run the race of life without becoming a vessel of faith failure.
One who knows God will be humble, not a vessel of faith failure. 
Are you humble?
God knows all.
God pays attention to how all conduct themselves in the life journey. 
James 4:10 testifies that God pays attention to humble ones, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” 
One who is humble is one with a meek spirit.
The Bible identifies the meek ones:
Psalm 37:11, “But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.”
Matthew 5:5, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. “
God is consistent and committed to His promise as 2 Chronicles 7:14 records the promise of God for humble ones, “…if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Are you humble and glaring by your way of life?
With the desire, give yourself to become humble, to claim the promises of God over the life of the humble one.
Be humble in this challenging trouble and not become a vessel of faith failure. 
Philippians 2:3-8 identifies several ways to be humble, “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests but also for the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.” 
The way to live life for the glory of God is to be humble.
Jesus, our Lord and Savior, humbled Himself and was obedient to the point of death on the cross. 
What stops you from becoming humbled and living life for the glory of God?
Numbers of people in the Bible were humbled to walk with God. 
Paul was humbled.
Moses was humbled, and Numbers 12:3 testifies, “Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.” 
Make it your way of life to be humbled, keep your eyes on God, and not become a victim of faith failure in this challenging trouble of today.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to become humble before Him.

FAITH CAPSULE: The self-centeredness builds against God.

Genesis 11:1-9, Psalm 24 

Without a doubt, creation cannot maneuver God, the Creator.
If you are surviving by telling lies to deceive or manipulate your world, know that God, the Creator, alone, sees all.
Watch it and know that telling lies can build you up for years to move you forward, but just a day is certainly enough to bring you out as a liar, a deceiver, and a manipulator to bring down all the years built up in lies.
You can maneuver your world with lies, but not the Creator, the God of all.
Isaiah 40:28 records, “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.” 
The one and only Perfect God does have the world in His hand. 
Psalm 24:1 states, “The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein.”  
Under heaven and above, no one is in place to outmaneuver God. 
Can you imagine a creature attempting to outmaneuver the Creator of all?
The God that spoke to Jeremiah is the God that created heaven and earth and all its fullness. 
He spoke to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5) 
Many, by the wickedness of their heart, are destroying others to build for themselves. However, when the building is outside God, it becomes an effort to outmaneuver the only Perfect Creator.
The building of the Tower of Babel was not in line with God.
The building was evidence of an attempt to maneuver God.
Genesis 11:4 records, “And they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
Self-centeredness, which seeks to take charge instead of focusing on God, wants to maneuver God. 
Are you looking away from God? 
The construction of the tower of Babel failed to consider that God was in control.
The land and its fullness belong to God. 
God does not tolerate selfishness; He is not a man who acts like a man.
Self-centeredness represents arrogance and pride.
God saw where the people were coming from and knew where they were going as regards the Tower of Babel.
The self-centeredness that builds against God will provoke the response of God. 
Genesis 11:7-8 states, “Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So, the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.”   
Stop building outside of God, which is an act of maneuvering God.

Prayer for today: Ask that you be enabled to live life for the glory of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: No one should believe in God and give themselves to doubt.

Matthew 14:22-36

Whose word do you believe?
The word of God demands faith and no doubt.
Power to heal and deliver is in the hands of God.
Pray not to be a victim of doubting the word of God.
What holds one down from experiencing the hand of God is doubt.
Isiah 59:1 confirms the hand of God, “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save…”
Give to the word of God.
Know that the unfailing hand of God is for healing and deliverance?
Hear from Numbers 11:23, to stay focused that God does not fail, “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Has the Lord’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not.”
Trust and hope in God that any hand that points against you with an evil agenda shall be permanently withered for the glory of God over your life.
With doubt, faith will drown.
Jesus encourages all, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. (John 14:1)
Faith is a key to asking and receiving from God. 
When believers operate faith like a floating balloon, doubt can deflate to become grounded. 
The word of God demands faith and no doubt. 
James 1:6 records encouragement against doubt, “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.”
Once, the disciples of Jesus were on a journey on the water ahead of Jesus. 
While the disciples were in the middle of the journey on the sea, the boat experienced waves. 
Jesus could not abandon His disciples when He walked on the water. 
Peter saw Jesus walking on the water and was asked if to walk.
The Bible records, “So He said, ‘Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” (Matthew 14:29-30) 
Jesus was not a stranger to miracles, but Peter became an estranged disciple of Jesus through the miracles. 
With belief, there should be no room for doubt.
No one should believe in God and give themselves to doubt.
Peter should not give in to doubt in the place of faith. 
Just as Peter was sinking instead of walking on the troubled water, Jesus reacted, “And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, ‘O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.” (Matthew 14:31-32)
Peter failed as fear rose, and his faith began to sink in the troubled water.

Prayer for today: Ask God for deliverance from the spirit of doubt.