FAITH CAPSULE: Sincerely, knowingly wait on God in all your ways of living life.

James 3

One who knows God will live life by the word of God.
To know God is waiting and not to tolerate negative communication.
God acts with answers.
Know that waiting on God is worshiping God; worshiping God is seeking a jealous God. Exodus 34:14 states, “For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”
All are to seek God in His way, the character of one who knows God.
God alone sees all ways the Bible states, “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to showHimself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him…” (2 Chronicles 16:9)
Conscious or unconscious ways of man in life are to wait on God.
Consciously or unconsciously, communicating or confessing positive or negative does not escape the attention of God.
Word of God warns, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” (Proverbs 18:21)
The Word of God is not a waste; it demands that the tongue be in control.
Are you taking control of your mouth to avoid confessing negative thoughts that can destroy?
Claiming to be religious but not controlling the tongue from negative confession is a reckless way of life.
Word of God warned in James 1:26, “If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.” James 3:8 also warned, “But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
Know God not to be a victim to perish.
Know God to adopt waiting on God.
God is a merciful God who waits to act for those who wait on Him.
Isaiah 30:18 testifies about God that is waiting, “Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him.”
Isaiah 64:4 also buttresses, “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.” Without doubt, God truly waits to act for His children that wait on Him. 
Do you know God, to know Him in waiting on Him?
Do you sincerely, knowingly wait on God in all your ways of living life?
God does not sleep nor slumber; He is always waiting faithfully to act for His children who will sincerely wait for His action.
Every way of living life is waiting on God. In the ways of life, regardless of situation, it is worth being aware of positive confession instead of negative confession before God.

Payer for today: Pray not to live life outside of the knowledge of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: In every decision for direction, seek God for your direction

1 Samuel 23

Constantly, consistently, seek God for His specific direction for the journey of life.
Taking direction from God, being directed is the right way in life.
Knowing God as a God who does not fail is understanding God in His move.
David knows how to move in the direction of God.
Do you know?
Know God and not fear in the way before you.
Psalm 23:4 records the testimony of David, “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me?
Know God not to walk where to run, and not to run where to walk.
Knowing God to gain deliverance from His direction is equal to becoming victorious over the enemy.
David did not undermine the direction to gain victory where there was no way.
At the time of going to fight the Philistines, his army was afraid to go with David.
David responded to the fear of his army by asking for direction from God.
1 Samuel 23:4 records, “The Lord answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
In the place of the support of man rooted in fear, the direction of God could not fail but answered with victory for David over the enemy.
David saved the city of Keilah from the Philistines when he sought God for direction. In every decision for direction, seek God for your direction, and seek the face of God.
It is wise and worthy to seek God in all endeavors.
Matthew 6:33 admonishes all, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
God will reveal unfailing direction.
In His truth, there is most definite freedom for anyone who seeks Him.  
For the direction of God, watch and pray before God.
Isaiah 30:21 states, “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left.”
Today, seek God for His specific direction for your life.
Following a man for direction is not enough, but only in the direction of God.
Will you commit every step of your direction to God only?
God does not fail but is a faithful God to direct right.
Will you consider all that God has in place for your deliverance in your life journey?
The direction of God is all around one who seeks Him.
Are you ignorant that leads to destruction?
One with no direction will experience destruction.
It is not right to disregard asking for directions, but it is destructive.
Proverbs 14:12 warns, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”

Prayer for today: Ask God that whenever you turn left or right, His direction shall take charge over you.

FAITH CAPSULE: Eve could not obey God, as a result, evil pursued her. 

Romans 3

It is not possible to fear God for one who does not know God.
Strive to know God to avoid a life of sin.
Obedience to the word of God is knowing God and having the fear of God over the life of obedience.
Know God to obey the word of God.
It is disobedience not to do the word of God.
Disobedience to God comes with consequences that can be painful.
Disobedience is a route of sin and a ground for evil to pursue the sinner. Proverb 13:21 buttressed, “Evil pursues sinners…”
Are you listening to the word of God to obey exactly and attend to God so as not to become a victim of the evil one?
Eve could not obey God, as a result, evil pursued her. 
Eve could not escape the route of sin when she let her door open to the evil one.
Eve sinned when she lied by adding to the word of God. God gave His command to man, “…Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”(Genesis 2:16-17)
When the evil one approached Eve about eating from every tree, Eve responded, “…we may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘you shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”(Genesis 3:2-3)
God did not say “nor shall you touch it.”
Eve added to the Word of God.
Adding to what God did not say is telling a lie, and all that it does is give liberty to be pursued by the evil one.
Perceptibly, Eve did not know the word of God enough, but added to the word of God.
With God, there is no excuse for sin but only repentance or face judgment from God.
Are you adding lies to your testimony with the mind of glorifying God, not knowing it is sin?
It is a sin to tell lies.
Disregard the attempt to add lies to your testimonies to glorify God for what He does not do.
Romans 3:7 warns, “For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?”
Fear God, not the world.
Without the fear of God, one shall be vulnerable to walking into the path of temptation.
A failure to ward off temptation is to accommodate sin.
In this wicked world, taking the word of God earnestly will result in taking God seriously.
Be serious in the word of God, and the fear of God shall be a garment for deliverance and preservation.
Fear God and live life to the glory of God.

Prayer for today: Ask God to put His fear in your heart so that you will not depart from Him.

FAITH CAPSULE: Prayer is a personal communication with God.

Daniel 6, Luke 22:39-53

Prayer is the master key. Consider your prayer session to avoid praying amiss.
How is your prayer life?
In this wicked world, prayer is all it takes to gain deliverance from temptation.
When disciples of Jesus followed Him to the Mount of Olives, He told them, “…Pray that you may not enter into temptation…” (Luke 22:40)
Prayer is a master key to shutting out temptation and denying evil to gain entrance.
Prayer is a master key that shuts and opens.
Praying can demand strength to pray and to gain entrance to receive from God.
Prayer is not a fun fair; it is laboring before God.
The prayer time of Jesus in the garden demonstrates that prayer is a laborious assignment.
His prayer demonstrates, “And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” (Luke 22:44)
Jesus, our Lord and Savior, demonstrated to all that understanding and knowing prayer is to sail through in this wicked world.
Are you counting on someone to be praying for you?
Recognize that prayer of labor demands your personal prayer engagement more than relying on someone to pray on your behalf.
When Daniel realized the writing against him in judgment, the Bible records his reaction, “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt on his knees three times that day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days. Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.” (Daniel 6:10-11)
Daniel did not count on prayer from someone, but engaged in prayer time.
The master key, the prayer of Daniel, shut down the judgment set against him while in the den of the lion.
The mouth lions that were supposed to devour Daniel could not touch Daniel, and he came out unscathed. (Daniel 6:19-22)
The prayer of Jesus on Mount Olives was in agony.
Also, He was in labour and engaged earnestly.Earnest prayer is a serious, intended prayer; a purposeful prayer engagement; and a sincere prayer that is zealous.
Jesus on Mount Olives was in labor, as He sweated like drops of blood.
Is your prayer labor or casual?
Claiming Jesus is not by mouth but to be living like Jesus.
Prayer is a must.
Prayer can be loud or quiet.
Prayer is a personal communication with God.
Prayer is not a demonstration of pleasing man; prayer is not to be arousing empty emotion. Seek God laboriously; engage prayer as the master key.
Believe that God will act for the one who waits for Him.
Prayer is the master key.
Consider your prayer session to avoid praying amiss.

Prayer for today: Ask that the strength of praying on the altar shall not cease.

FAITH CAPSULE: Do not become a victim of sin.

Psalm 73, 94

Know God, do not be a sinner in the name of God.
At this moment, it is time to turn to God and not be a victim of sin.
When the children of Israel came out of the bondage of over four hundred years for their journey to the Promised Land, they all passed through the Red Sea.
The whole population of the Israelites journeyed under the same cloud of protection; God gave them all the same light and fire to lead them as direction and protection.
As they all journeyed, they all drank from the same rock as God allowed. God is good.
God is a merciful God.
Imagine the mercy of God towards the sins and sinning of the world?
Ecclesiastes 8:11-13 records the goodness of God, “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.”
During the journey, sinners and non-sinners were all together.
They experienced what the Lord was doing to keep them in their journey.
However, at the time of God, all were separated.
Sinners from non-sinners got separated by God according to their doings.
God did not struggle or experience the failure to identify sinners from non-sinners among the population of the Israelites.
God is a merciful God; He is a long-suffering God; He alone is in control of time, and He operates at His appointed time of separating sinners.
Until the appointed time of God to separate sinners from non-sinners, the blessing of God reached the whole population of Israelites.
Are you getting away with sin yet, enjoying the blessings of God that cover the whole population of sinners and non-sinners of the earth?
From the beginning of the year till this moment, the mercy of God has been answering the population of sinners and non-sinners.
However, think about the journey of the Israelites, where sinners were eventually separated by not crossing into the Promised Land.
At this moment, it is time to turn to God and not be a victim of sin.
God does not overlook sin; no sinner is out of His reach, but He is waiting for the appointed time to separate sinners from non-sinners.
God is not in a rush to do what He has set out to do.
The timing of God is not the same as the clock that operates in the world.

Prayer for today: Ask that the mercy of God answer for you, not to be a victim of sin.