FAITH CAPSULE: Giving thanks will only flow where there is a flow of joy.

Luke 19: 1-10, Acts 16:16-40

Do not ignore the word of God to avoid a glorious destiny.
One that ignores the word of God is far and not near to God.
The word of God is His instruction.
His instruction is the direction.
Engaging the instructions of God is engaging in a glorious destiny. 
Also, ignoring or snubbing the instruction of God is taking a position to become substituted for the ordained position of God for life.
Give yourself to the word of God, His instruction.
The word of God instructed all to keep His Spirit burning and alive in life when it states, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Jesus for you Do not quench the Spirit.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-19)  
Do you know that the word of God makes all know joy is what gives access to the presence of God? 
Psalm 16:11 buttresses, “…in the presence of God is fullness of joy.”  
The apostle Paul reiterated in Philippians 4:4, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” 
God resides in a joyful environment. 
The case of Zacchaeus:
In the seeking of Jesus, Zacchaeus gained the attention of Jesus, “…When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” (Luke 19:5) 
Just like He offered Zacchaeus to stay at his house, it is the same that He will respond the same to one as Zacchaeus responded.  
The Bible records the response of Zacchaeus, “So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.” (Luke 19:6) 
Can you respond to Him joyfully when He comes to locate you at your at the representative of sycamore tree of your life? 
The Bible is not telling all for the fun of it that Zacchaeus received Him joyfully, but it is telling all to observe to do what the word says. 
The calling attention of God is to be without ceasing.
A prayerful life provokes prevailing life while prayer-less prevail-less.
Paul and Silas prayed and sang, and the Holy Ghost came down. 
Acts 16: 25-26, “But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.” 
With joy, give God thanks in all things and for all things to the glory of God.
Most importantly, thanksgiving will only flow where there is a flow of joy.
The Spirit of God will respond to one with joy by demonstrating His presence of God. 
The word of God is true to the core if you will incorporate yourself in the word.

Prayer for today: Ask to constantly engage His word as instructed in the pages of the Bible. 

FAITH CAPSULE: Let the word take its place in you.

Psalm 138

How do you give yourself to God?
Acts 6:4 informs all, “But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
All must give themselves to God continually.
To give to God continually is to seek God diligently.
Do not give to God short if you expect to gain more from God.
It is faith that quickens to give onto God.
Hebrews 11:6 encourages, “But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a Giving to God rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
Studying the word of God is not just reading the word of God to gain and retain the presence of God.
The word of God.
The word of God is His power.
Power belongs to God.
Psalm 138:2 informs all, “For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.”
The word of God has the power to heal and to deliver. 
Psalm 107:20 records, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”  
His word is here for any who will engage His word for deliverance and preservation. 
Are you still waiting for the word of God to bring forth your deliverance and preservation? 
Hebrews 4:12 states, “For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” 
The word of God, by its power, demands our time. 
Are you giving time to study the word of God or skimming through the pages of His word?
All that is needed most in this world is His word. 
The word of God is for our learning. 
Romans 15:4 admonishes, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” 
Are you spending time studying the word of God or the world? 
For those who are spending time on the word of God, the word of God will no doubt work for those in this world of wickedness. 
Anyone spending time for the world more than word needs readjustment of time. 
Are you expecting the word of God to answer on your behalf when you have not been giving yourself to the word of God? 
The word of God cannot fail and will not fail. 
The book of Isaiah 55:11 declares, “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.” 
Let the word of God grow your life.

Prayer for today: Ask that the word of God will take its place in your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: I plead, Lord God, Let your way be my way.

Genesis 17

Living by the way of God is the character of obedience.
The way of God is the word of God.
Those who walk in the way of God give themselves to the word of God,
live for His glory.
Genesis 17:1 records, “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.”
God made Abram walk (in His way) before Him and will make you walk in His way if it is your desire prayerfully to ask Him.
Genesis 5:24, “Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
Genesis 6:9, “Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.”
In your life journey, how far are you from God, who is near always?
To walk far from God is the avenue to experience failure.
If walking in the way of God is not possible, the word of God would not have asked for walking in His way.
Have the desire to walk in the way of God.
It does not matter who you are or the title you answer, but walking far from God is the avenue to fall.
The way of God is in the word of God.
Give self to the word of God, observe, and live by His word.
Proverbs 23:26 informs, “My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. 
The way of God is the way to walk and not live a life of waste.
Pray continually to walk the way of God.
What you think is what you ask.
Ephesians 3:20 buttress, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”
Continually pray that you will not be far from God but observe and live by His word, walking in His ways.
One that prays continually for the way of God demonstrates reliance on God and does not take the chances of falling off the way of God.
Is Moses half obedience the evidence of disobedience, falling out of the way of God?
God asked Moses to speak to the rock in the eyes of the Israelites to give them a drink, but Moses did not obey according to the way of God. (Numbers 20:8)
Numbers 11:20 records, “Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.”
Half obedience is disobedience.
Moses struck and spoke, an act against the word of God.
God responded to Moses, “Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” (Numbers 11:12)
Moses did not walk in the direction of God.

Prayer for today: Pray not to be disobedient in the way of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: I plead, Lord God, Let your way be my way.

John 14

God creates all to exist for His glory. (Revelation 4:11)
Pray that this season and on going the way of God shall be your way, living life to the glory of God.
Prayer before God for the way of God is a continual engagement, not a once-in-a-while engagement.
Have the desire, not just determination, and meditate prayerfully so that the way of God becomes established in your life.
It is a great privilege of God to be alive this far, not because you know how to keep to the way of God.
Make it a way of life to ask God for His way for your life.
Do not assume the way of life, not to be exposed for evil occurrence.
The way of God is the word of God, the truth, and the life.
John 14:6 records Jesus saying, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Are you in a position to assume what is not true?
The way of God is truth to engage, not live a life of waste.
Proverbs 14:12 admonishes, “There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.”
Ask God to show you His way.
Asking for the way of God is not evidence that one does not know God.
The title one answers to, as a servant of God, is not an excuse not to ask for the way of God.
This season, be asking for the way of God.
There is no reason not to ask for the way of God, but to always ask for the way of God is of the right mind.
Exodus 2:10 identifies Moses as a content man.
Exodus 4:12, God promised to be with the mouth of Moses.
Despite the character of Moses before God, Moses demonstrated the need to ask for the way of God.
Regardless of who you are or what title you answered to, it is not enough not to ask for the way of God.
Moses asked God, “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.” (Exodus 33:13)
It is not a sin to ask for the way of God.
Make it a way of life to be asking from God.
The word of God encourages asking, seeking, and knocking to receive from Him.
In response to the asking of Moses, God said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33:14)
The way of God is His way. The way is His presence.
God is not a partial God.
Romans 2:11 informs that God is not a partial God, stating, “For there is no partiality with God.”
This season, lift your eyes to God to ask for His way.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will live by the way of God.