FAITH CAPSULE: Among sacrifices to God for His blessing is giving Him thanks.

Psalm 100

Deuteronomy 5:8 records the declaration of God, “…For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God…” God is a jealous God. 
Deuteronomy 32:21 records the reaction of God to the wrong sacrifice of Israelites, “They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols…” 
It must be clear and settled in all to know that God pays attention to receiving sacrifice that will provoke jealousy that moves Him to bless. 
Among sacrifices to God for His blessing is giving Him thanks.
Hebrews 13:15 buttressed, “Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.” 
Begin to provoke God for His attention with a continual offer of thanks. 
Giving thanks to God is not thinking thanks, but giving thanks.
God alone is worthy of constant and consistent thanks.
Are you one that can count the number of thanks offered to God in a day? 
The ability to count is evidence of a shortage of giving thanks to God. 
God is worthy of an uncountable number of thanksgivings every moment. 
Are you in place thinking thanks before God? 
Thinking thanks before God is not the same as thanking Him, but a muted thanksgiving that is not worth it for a Worthy God.
For Worthy caring God, the Bible identifies thanksgiving to learn from: “And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, offer it of your own free will.” (Leviticus 22:29)
Free-will thanksgiving demands shout joy to God and declare His works with rejoicing.
Psalm 95:2 records, “Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.” 
Psalm 107:22 “Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.”
Another free will of giving thanks to God is the character of those who rely on God.
Jeremiah 30:19 records, “Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry; I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.”  
“But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving.” (Jonah 2:9)
Giving thanks with a loud voice was demonstrated by Jesus when Lazarus came out of death to life, “…Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.” (John 11:41-44)
With understanding, give God thanks as a reasonable sacrifice to provoke God for His blessing.

Prayer for today: Ask that thanksgiving be your way of life.

FAITH CAPSULE: What do you rely on to live life to the glory of God?

John 1

The word of God is God.
John 1:1 confirms, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Why not choose to live life by relying upon the word of God that has been since the beginning?
John 1:2 mentions, “He was in the beginning with God.”
Why not rely on the word of God that creates all created on earth?
John 1:3 mentions, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”
Why not give yourself to the word of God to gain life, the light of God?
John 1:4 speaks to all, “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.”
What do you rely on to live life to the glory of God?
Why not rely on God?
Relying on the word of God is relying on God to experience healing and deliverance.
Psalm 107:20 testifies to the word of God, “He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.” 
Relying on God is the character of those who know God.
Knowing about God does not know God to understand why to rely on God.
Relying upon God is the character of one with wisdom and knowledge encased in the word of God.
Proverbs 2:6 records, “For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
Ecclesiastes 7:12 states, “For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense, But the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.”
Isaiah 33:6 points out, “Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is His treasure.”
The reasons to rely on God are written all over the pages of the Bible.
One that learns from the word of God shall know to rely on God.
Romans 15:4 records for all: “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” 
One that will begin to spend time in the word of God shall know to rely on God continually, not to become a victim of evil.
Without a doubt, relying on God will experience the safety of abiding in the presence of God.
Psalm 91:1-2 records, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”
The secret of God is the word of God.
Relying on the word of God is entering to dwell and abide in the presence of God.
Gain a hiding place in the word of God by relying on it.
Relying on God will not fail. 
In this wicked world, hiding is not evidence of weakness but applying wisdom. 
Today, learn and know to rely on the word of God, to be hiding trust and hope in God.
Speak to the month, call it: the month of relying on God.

Prayer for today: Ask for understanding, to know to always rely on God. 

FAITH CAPSULE: Know God, rely on God not to be a victim of waste.

Exodus 33

Relying on God is the character of one that knows God.
One that only knows about God does not know to rely on God.
One that knows God will not walk their way but seek from God ways to engage for arrival at the desired journey of life, to the glory of God. 
Moses demonstrated reliance on God for His way to lead him. Exodus 33:12-13 records, “Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this person.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ 13 Now, therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” 
What do you rely on to get on the right way?
Moses relied on God not to miss out on the way of God.
God responded to the question of Moses, “And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33:14)
Moses relied on God to gain the answer and the rest of God.
One that knows God will know to rely on God by waiting on God that waits to act for those who wait on Him.
Isaiah 64:4 mentions, “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.”
Do you know God?
What is it that stops you from seeking to know God?
It is true to rely on God, waiting on Him to gain strength, when to walk or run.
Isaiah 40:31 testifies, “But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”
Know God, rely on God not to be a victim of waste by walking or running wrongly.
One that knows God will know to question God in faith but not in doubt.
One that relies on God is relevant to inquisitive with faith, before God.
Do you know God to live life by relying on Him when engaging in endeavors?
Do you know God, or do you know about Him? 
God brought you this far.
Challenging is troubling and should not prompt one to rely on anyone.
Proverbs 25:19 warns all, “Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.”
Have confidence in God alone.
The mercy of God shall see you through this time, living life for the glory of God.
Meditate prayerfully that this month shall be for continual rely on God in all endeavors.
Relying on God provokes victory of God.

Prayer for today: Ask that God enable you to Meditate prayerfully that this month shall be for continual rely on God in all endeavors.

FAITH CAPSULE: Direction is in the word of God not to fail.

Genesis 26:1-33

In these coming days, live by the direction in the word of God. Learn from Isaac to know that enemies shall be at peace with you in all endeavors of life. 
Genesis 26:1-3 records, “There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. Then the Lord appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.” 
God communicated with Isaac. 
In the time of famine, God commanded Isaac to stay put. 
Often time, when the word of God for direction sounds impossible to one, hearing and giving self to the command of God leads to disobedience. 
In the time of Isaac, the word of God with the direction was received obediently by Isaac. 
God directed Isaac to stay in Gerar.
In famine time, having a well for sustenance becomes unarguably necessary. 
Isaac repeatedly ran into a confrontation over the digging of wells. 
He knew well that his part of the world could not have survived without wells. 
However, every effort by Isaac and his servants to have a productive life made them dig wells. 
At Gerar, the peace of Isaac, his servants were troubled repeatedly for wells dug by the servants of Isaac. 
Isaac avoids challenges moving from the spot of challenges but obediently obeys the command of God to remain in Gerar.
Just like Isaac, are you facing a challenge wanting to offset you from obeying the direction of God?
In your challenge, allow the direction of God to provoke your victory over enemies of your life.
One with the character of giving self to the direction in the word God shall experience celebration instead of frustration, shall become elevated with favor, stagnation will be converted to motion, to excel for the glory of God.
The obedience of Isaac before God was in line with walking with God. 
Isaac focused on the direction of God, for him not to become a victim of the enemies of his life.
Isaac is a testimony of one that gives self obediently to the word of God, ignoring the challenges of his world.
Isaac pleased God in the journey of his life.
Proverbs 16:7 confirms the evidence that God expects obedience to His direction to experience His backing in endeavors stating, “When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies be at peace with him.” 
The early hostility and disagreement of the people of Gerar towards Isaac turned to peace for Isaac.  
Walking in the direction in the word of God shall experience the promises of God over your life.

Prayer for today: Ask that you shall live life in obedience to God and not become distracted by the challenges of life.