FAITH CAPSULE: Live life for God regardless of your challenge.

Genesis 6

Life is a journey.
Life is full of ups and downs.
In your journey, it is not how long, but how far God has brought you that counts.
Are you one praying to God to live a long life?
Are you living life for God that you are asking for, a long life?
Give regard to the truth that God creates all to live life for His glory. (Revelation 4:11)
Why not make it a prayer point by asking God to enable you to live life for His glory?
To live life for God means not living a life of waste.
Prayerfully, ask that you live for the glory of God, more than asking for a long life.
Where are you in the journey of life?
What is reducing you from God?
One withholding from God is not living for God.
Is there a conscious or unconscious force that is holding you from living by the word of God?
Is there a silent sin hidden from the world that is holding one down?
What is the challenge holding you back from living for God or seeking God?
God is not far from all; seeking Him diligently, you will find Him.
In your journey of life, what challenge is reducing you before God?
The challenge that persists in life is possible to reduce, delay, or deny to arrive at the calling of God.
In a world of ups and downs, experiencing challenges is inevitable.
The world is full of wickedness.
Genesis 6:5-6 records, “The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.” 
One who answers as a believer is not an excuse to experience challenges.
Psalm 34:19 states, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
Any challenge that resists or persists will succumb to God at His appointed time.
Are you complaining before God in the face of your challenge?
A complaint expresses dissatisfaction before God to prompt a negative confession. 
Are you complaining by confessing negatively before God?
Anyone who complains before God will rebel before God.
The word of God warns: “Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error…” (Ecclesiastes 5:6)
The complaint of the Israelites against God set them on a painful journey of life.
God hears all complaints, and there is no reasonable excuse for complaining. 
To avoid complaint before God is rooted in trusting and hoping in God.
There is no excuse for the consequences of the complaint. 
Pray against the spirit of complaint in your life to arrive at the promise of God.
In life, no challenge is forever; time passes, and challenges change.

Prayer for today: Pray that God remembers you with favor and delivers you from all challenges before you.

FAITH CAPSULE: Failure is impossible when obedient to God.

Numbers 32

Doing what God says is evidence of obedience to God.
With commitment to seek God as a responsibility, failure to find Him becomes impossible. Deuteronomy 4:29 encourages all that if we seek God, we will find Him, as stated: “…you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Responsibility entails being committed to the promises of God and not being discouraged by the inconveniences encountered during the journey of obtaining His promises.
The Israelites could not commit to God’s promise when they sought convenience instead.
The Children of Gad and the Children of Reuben chose to settle on the east side of the Jordan when God wanted them to cross over and establish themselves in the Promised Land. Numbers 32:1-7 documents, “Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock, the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, ‘Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon, the country which the Lord defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock. Therefore, they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.”’ And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben: ‘Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here? Now why will you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord has given them?’”
God promised a land flowing with milk and honey, but they wanted to settle for land with only milk.
Responsibility requires commitment to God’s promise and not being discouraged by inconvenience. It was not convenient for the children of Reuben and the children of Gad to move as commanded by God.
A lack of commitment is evidence of irresponsibility in God’s way of life. Without responsibility before God, one will not wholly follow Him; one might contradict their confession of faith; one may consciously or unconsciously turn away from God, leading to a spirit of lukewarmness.
Being irresponsible means discontinuing alignment with God’s word.
There are many promises in the word of God, yet people often settle for less due to inconvenience when commitment wanes.
Indeed, until one is empty of self, they can never be fully committed and responsible before God.
Elisha emptied himself when he departed from all that could have potentially denied his responsibility to fully follow Elijah to the center of his divine assignment (1 Kings 19:19-21).

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to be committed to God in all your ways.

FAITH CAPSULE: One that knows God will strive to live responsible before God.

Daniel 6

Responsibility is the key to greatness for the glory of God.
Only God can truly make a person great when there is responsibility in engaging with His word.
God is a saving master, but not a slave master; He does not force anyone to engage with His word.
Indeed, responsibility is the ability to act or decide on one’s own, without supervision.
Responsibility is rooted in being mindful of God, who is mindful of man.
David’s question to God highlights this in Psalm 8:4: “What is man that You are mindful of him?”
A person who is mindful of God is set to be full of God.
To be full of God is a responsibility necessary for achieving greatness for the glory of God.
As a believer, are you genuinely mindful of God, or is your mouth just full of God?
What does it involve to be mindful of God as documented in the Bible?
TO KNOW GOD WITHOUT KNOWING ABOUT GOD IS A RESPONSIBILITY
Daniel is an example of someone who knew God and lived a life of responsibility, which was the key to his greatness for the glory of God.
Daniel knew God, as testified in Daniel 11:32: “But the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”
Daniel’s knowledge of God provoked him to be responsible, ensuring he did not defile himself before God. He purposed in his heart not to defile himself with the delicacies of the unbelieving king. The Bible records, “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine that he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” (Daniel 1:8)
Daniel was mindful of God; he knew God, and as a result, he was responsible for his choices. Daniel’s responsibility for his greatness is also evidenced by his prayer custom before God. Although he was a captive, he became a governor. He faced plots against him that led to his being thrown into the den of lions. Daniel engaged in the responsibility of prayer, as recorded in Daniel 6:10: “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 down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since his early days.”
Daniel was sentenced to the den of lions because he prayed and made supplication before his God. As a young captive, his prayer life, established since his early days, was his responsibility for achieving greatness for the glory of God.
Daniel was diligent in knowing God and, therefore, was not a victim of evil agendas.

Prayer for Today: Ask for the grace to live a life of responsibility to God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Share and keep all about what God has done or is doing.

Psalm 119:1-64

In the biblical context, testimony is a declaration of faith that accounts for the work of God, for personal and communal in the journey of faith.
The purpose of testimony is to share for keeping, to strengthen others by reflecting the work of God.
The world is full of experiences that can encourage others on their faith journey. It is not just about sharing your story; it is about connecting with others and affirming the truth, the work of God in your life.
Sharing or keeping testimony can strengthen faith and inspire in ways of life.
The testimony of God is His doing.
The doing of God should not be quiet but be the song of provoking His blessing. 
Keeping what God has done in your life and keeping what one shared with you is keeping the testimony of God to provoke the blessing of God.
God is not a liar to fail to deliver His promise.
What God said He will do is a done deal.
Glory be to God!
The word of God does not return void to Him.
Isaiah 55:11, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
What God said He will do is a done deal.
What God cannot do, He cannot fail.
Share and keep what God has done and is doing, to provoke the blessing of God.
Psalm 119:2 states, “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies…”
Make it a way of life, keeping what the Lord God has done.
Testimony is a way of not keeping quiet but speaking out loud to the glory of God.
Testimony is also a way of celebrating God by speaking out loudly, not necessarily shouting.
Consider being loud about lifting a jealous God for what He has done or is doing.
Testifying to the goodness of God is giving Him attention.
One that testifies to the doing of God, promotes His goodness, and takes a position for promotion.
The Psalmist understands to rest in the testimony, testifying, “The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies.” (Psalm 119:95) 
To give testimony of God is provoking victory at hand.
The testimonies of God are the evidence of His work. 
Testifying about God is gaining access to the power of God that is mighty to deliver. 
Testifying to God is the evidence of counting on God.
Above all, when one reminds God of the work of His hand, He will react concerning the war that confronts one. 
Once, Goliath stood against the children of Israel with verbal insults and harassment of Israel, and none of the Israelites could consider the testimonies of God, which were powerful enough to deliver.
David drew boldness and courage from the testimonies of God to overcome Goliath. (1 Kings 17:37) 

Prayer for today: Ask that the testimonies shall continually be your portion.

FAITH CAPSULE: Come out of living in sin, live life for God.

Genesis 3

Sin keeps a distance from God.
God is caring, wanting to have a close relationship with His creation.
God sent His beloved, who will be a link for all to Him.
Jesus took all sin to Himself for the sake of all to become connected with God.
The question is, with Jesus paid for sin, why does the Bible say all have to stand before God for judgment?
Further, does this mean it is not enough to believe in Jesus and put our trust in Him as our Savior?
The answer to that question is: one of the truths in the Bible that when Jesus Christ died on the cross, all our sins were taken upon Him, for all to put faith and trust in Him as forgiven.
Colossians 2:13 states, “And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses.”
The faith to trust and hope is a blessing of being connected with God, living for the glory of God.
Live life in fear, for God takes away to be far from.
Christ took all our sins upon Himself, and He endured the judgment that we deserved. 2 Corinthians 5:21 states, “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Despite Jesus having paid for our sins, we all must stand before God to receive a reward for what we have done for Him.
Matthew 25:23 records the greatest reward is to hear God say to all, “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
Live life to serve God by staying out of sin.
Commitment to God should not take over your life.
The sin of Adam does not have a reasonable excuse before God, but calls for the pronouncement of consequences over Adam by God.
For your sin before God, are you counting on excuses before God? 
Be warned, know, and understand that sin and sinning are not excusable before God.
Disobedient to the word of God.
As a temple of God, are you taking care of your temple for God? 
The word of God records, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16) Answering as a believer does not stop the consequence of God. 1 Corinthians 3:17, documents “If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” (1 Corinthians 3:17) Are you defiling the temple of God in you? 
Keep away from sin before God, who always sees it all.
No excuse for sinning will excuse anyone from the consequences of sin.

Prayer for today: Ask that God enable you not to be a vessel of sin and sinning.