FAITH CAPSULE: It will be the timing of God to expose the wicked one. 

Psalm 37

Are you afraid of evildoers or envious of the workers of iniquity?
The Psalmist warns, “Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.” (Psalm 37:1)  
The evidence of being fretful of the evildoers is in not resting in the promises of God, not knowing that the wickedness is not beyond God.
One that does not trust in God troubles much and no longer rests in the Lord. 
Also, those who are envious of the workers of iniquity demonstrate that they are no longer resting in the Lord but rusting away. 
Indeed, the wicked are here to stay until the time of God to take them away.
The same Psalm 37 gave the prescription of what it takes to ignore the wicked ones by stating, “Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.” (Psalm 37:3) 
Let the Lord take care of His business concerning the wicked. 
Nothing gets past the Lord that is beyond intervention from God. 
The Lord God sees and knows all things that exist. 
The book of Ecclesiastes 8:11-13 admonishes, “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.” 
Fear God for your own and not fret because of the evil doers. 
God alone knows when to execute His punishment over the wicked with the choice not to repent before God.
Jeremiah questioned, “…Why does the way of the wicked prosper? 
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth but far from their mind.” (Jeremiah 12:1-2) 
God does not sleep or slumber and the evidence is for all to concentrate on pleasing God working God’s works rather than questioning His response to the wicked. 
The honest question is, are you a wicked one? 
Is the word of God near in your mouth but far from your mind? 
No wickedness is excusable before God. 
God will judge all the wicked ones.
Psalm 37:2 states, “…They shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”  
One will experience deception, and the world can experience lies, but God cannot look over the wickedness on earth.

Prayer for today: Ask God to touch your heart and bring you out of every way of wickedness.

FAITH CAPSULE: A believer who cannot stand in prayer will fall in pain.

Luke 11:1-8, Mark 11:20-26

Are you experiencing a hindrance to prayer when you take a stand? The Word stated, “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him that your Father in heaven may also forgive your trespasses.”
Are you holding one unforgiving?
Among the roots of being unable to forgive is pride.
Pride can be described as a personal ride to self-destruction.
Pride does not have a place before God but sets one with pride away from the presence of God.
Unforgiving one another is one of the reasons for pride.
Are you giving yourself pride?
One with pride hardly realizes the spirit of repentance before God.
Pride is the character that takes a position to fail before God.
Pride will not allow prayer to pass beyond the house roof.
Disciples of Jesus approached Him, asking to be taught how to pray.
Jesus states, “And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us” (Luke 11:4). This makes it clear that before God can forgive a debt of sin, one must have been able to forgive others.
Unforgiveness is a prayer-hindering spirit.
An unforgiving Christian has taken the position of an unfulfilling mission.
Christians are on a mission of fulfillment driven by answered prayer.
How long do you think you can go without self-hindered prayer?
Believers should constantly assess themselves before God; otherwise, one on a mission journey will be prematurely terminated.
It cannot be emphasized enough when Jesus states in Mark 11:25, “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him that your Father in heaven may also forgive your trespasses.”
A believer who cannot stand in prayer will fall in pain and not gain the presence of God.
God wants all to be constant and consistent in forgiving those who are indebted.
In life, one who knows the importance of forgiving knows to stand in place for prayer breakthroughs.
Today, if you will forgive others, you have an open door to a miracle of getting an answer over a long-awaited breakthrough.
Allow God to work on your behalf by flushing out unforgiving spirits.
Allow God to work on your behalf by flushing out unforgiving spirits.
Praying with a forgiving spirit is a mountain-moving prayer.
God cannot be deceived, and He sees the heart of all.
Word buttressed, “The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the inner depths of his heart.” (Proverbs 20:27)
None can go to God with a claim of forgiveness, while the layer of unforgiving exists in the inner depth of the heart.
It is important to know, “…if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” (Mark 11:26)
One living with pride is not with God.
God is Holy. With sin, no one can see Him.

Prayer for today: Ask to be delivered from the spirit of not forgiving.

FAITH CAPSULE: Ignorance is not with excuse before God.

2 Samuel 6

Have the desire that the presence of God ride you!
What rides on one will occupy such to excel and live for the glory of God.
The donkey that the Lord Jesus rode to Jerusalem walked in honor, exposed to the glory of God because it was carrying and occupied by the presence of Jesus.
Ask God to ride and occupy you continually, the days He has given you.
Ask that you be enabled to live life to the glory of God and not live a life of waste this year in the name of Jesus.
Ignorance can be a cause living of waste.
Ignorance is not with excuse before God.
Ignorance makes a destitute of a believer.
Ignorance makes a believer do right in a wrong way and does not gain the presence of God.
UZZAH ignorantly put his hand on the ark and was struck by the anger of God. 
2 Samuel 6:6-7 records, “And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. 7 Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error, and he died there by the ark of God.” 
There is no excuse for ignorant violations of God.
Error terminates. (Numbers 4:15 says that no one shall touch holy things of God)
What one thinks is what such asks. (Ephesians 3:20)
Ask that you will not live a life of ignorance that makes destitute (lacking the understanding) of a believer.
Ask that you will not be a victim of error with no excuse that does not provoke the mercy of God.
2 Samuel 6:7 states, “The anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah…”
Ask that the error that will arouse the anger of God against you shall not have a place over your life.
Do not live a life of telling lies.
Telling lies in the place of doing right is not of God.
Ananias and Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession. 
Ananias kept back part of the proceeds.
His wife also knows about the lying.
Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?
Ananias had no excuse for doing right in the wrong way to die instantly.
Peter approached Sapphira to find out about the wrong deal.
Acts 5:10 records, “Then immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. And the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband.” 

Prayer for today: Ask that, just like Ananias and Sapphira, telling lies consciously or unconsciously shall not have a place in your life.
Also, ask that you will not live to do the right way in the wrong way.

FAITH CAPSULE: Why not give self to the word of God?

Genesis 19

The word of the Apostle Paul encourages all, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” (Acts 20:32)
Why not give self to the word of God?
One who commits to the word of God is bound to live according to the word of God.
There will always be a way out of the wicked for one who is committed to the word of God.
Know that the word of God is for deliverance and preservation for one committed to it.
Commit to the word of God but not the world. 
Like the wife of Lot, a lack of commitment to the word of God is the avenue to her self-destruction.
Genesis 19:17 states the word of deliverance for Lot and his wife, “…Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”
Lot was committed to the word of God, but his wife took to the avenue of self-destruction, evidence of non-commitment to the word of God.
Genesis 19:26 records, “But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”  
Commitment to the word of God is evidence of obedience.
The consequence of disobedience is destruction.
The word of God encourages prayer.
Ask that the spirit of commitment to the word of God become your way of life.
Ask not to become a victim of despising the word of deliverance as it sounds in your direction.
Pray that the spirit that prompts one to look away from the word of God shall not have a place in your life.
The repetition of the word of God is evidence of emphasis, giving attention to the word of God for the escape of Lot and his wife.
Genesis 19:17 records the need for escape twice for Lot and his wife, “…Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”
Ask that the direction of God, into the way of the escape, shall continually be activated in your life.
A life of commitment to the word of God demands to live according to the word of God.
Live life by the word of God, become exposed to the mercy of God, and gain and retain His presence.
Numbers 14:18 records, “The Lord is long-suffering and abundant in mercy…” 
A man runs out of the mercy of God, but God does not run out of His mercy. 
One who does not live by the word of God and expects to gain and retain the presence of God is an error.
The goodness of God is abundant and sufficient but never becomes insufficient for those who live life by His word. 

Prayer for today: Ask that you be enabled to live continually according to the word of God to gain and retain His presence.

FAITH CAPSULE: Desire to live according to the word of God.

Daniel 6

Obedience without failure is evidence to live according to the word of God.
One that lives for God does not withhold against the word of God.
Abraham demonstrated the confirmation of his faith that he did not withhold against the command of God for the burnt offering of his only son, Isaac.
Genesis 22:2 records the word of God to Abraham, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
Abraham responded to the command of God but did not withhold himself.
Without questioning God, he went further with an attempt to carry out the burnt offering.
The Angel of the Lord called out on Abraham, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now, I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” (Genesis 22:12)
Abraham had faith that was rooted in his fear of God, not to withhold against God.
Abraham lived according to the word of God.
Daniel was a young slave of Judah captured by Nebuchadnezzar.
As a young slave, his name changed to Belteshazzar, but his heart stood for God.
Daniel proposed his heart not to defile himself, the character of living for God.
Daniel 1:8 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 which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.”
God was the first for Daniel, not his life.
Daniel lived a life of prayer.
When he was to die in the den of lions, his life for God stood for him.
Daniel 6:10 records of Daniel, “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 early days.”
Daniel lived life for God as he excelled to the glory of God.
Be a believer in the word of God.
Know that the word of God is God. (John 1:1)
A choice to lie according to the word of God is the choice of living for God.
As a believer of God who does not owe no one but has given all for all, why not choose to live according to the word of God?
Pray for knowledge and the strength of God to live according to the word of God for His glory.

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