FAITH CAPSULE: Who you are counts before God. 

John 2:13-25

Who are you before God?
What the people see you will not influence what God knows about you. 
Besides, as an acclaimed believer, do you know who you are?
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.”  
You did not know that you were the temple.
It is important to answer the kind of temple.
As a temple, the kind of business that transpires in you is evidence of you, before God.
The Bible records that when the Passover of the Jews was at hand, Jesus visited Jerusalem.
He does not make a careless move just as He divinely went to Jerusalem to correct an anomaly.
John 2:14 records, “…He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.”  
Christ found businesses in the temple that were not of God. 
As a temple, what is it that Jesus will find in you when if He shows up without you expecting His visitation?
At the visitation of the temple, Jesus reacted to wrongdoing in the temple.
John 2:15-16 records, “When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”  
Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Jesus has not changed, and he will not change. 
If you are an anomaly in your temple, you should expect a whip of chords from Jesus.
Jesus reacted with a whip of cords when he visited a temple with activities, not of God.
What transpires in your temple, and what needs to be cleaned in you?
The disciples saw the reaction of Jesus in the temple as He kicked out all not of God, and they “…remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten me up.” (John 2:17).
Until the zeal of God eats up a believer, then the possibility of having a clean temple is almost impossible.
When there is zeal for God, Jesus will move into such life. 
To be zealous for God, the temple of God must not be of anomaly, and the temple shall be full of the presence of Christ.
God is watching, and all should continually watch out by keeping his temple clean to avoid whips of cords. 
Clean up your God-given temple, and avoid a whip of chords.

Payer for today: Ask for the mercy of God to keep you as His temple that is clean from an anomaly. 

FAITH CAPSULE: It is possible to become saved.

Matthew 19:13-30

How are you living before God?
Living by the word is easier said than done.
All must live to become safe!
The demands of the word for all not to miss the Kingdom of God is very challenging as disciples were stunned to question Jesus, “…Who then can be saved?” (Matthew 19:25) 
Are you a rich one in your world not living by the word of God?
Are you a rich one living life with comfort without commitment to God?
One with the richness of the world is a tendency not to take a position to enter the kingdom of God.
The disciples of Jesus asked, “…who then can be saved?”
Jesus answered the disciples by stating, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)
Through the pages of the Bible, the possibility belongs to God.
Prayer before God and thanksgiving will locate God.
God performs in prayer and perfects in thanksgiving.
All should allow themselves to pray with the expectation of the possibility before God.
In the life journey, the route that leads to the kingdom of God also demands following Jesus.
The word of Jesus records the need to follow Jesus.
Matthew 19:28-30 states, “So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.”
Regardless of the status before God, it should not be an excuse not to follow Jesus.
The word of God demands from all to make it to the Kingdom of God.
With desire and continual prayer that will make it possible not to miss the Kingdom of God, demand to follow directions of the word of God.
Are you living life not to miss the kingdom of God?
Know to follow the word of God and not miss the Kingdom of God.
Do not be a victim of life challenges not to be saved.
Regardless of the challenges of the earth, all should know to live life and not miss the Kingdom of God.
The life journey should be a route that leads to the kingdom of God.
How one walks with God will determine making it to the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of God.
What does it take not to miss the kingdom of God?
The word of God speaks to all, “…Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again, I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19:23-24)
It is possible to become safe.

Prayer for today: Ask that you follow Jesus in all the days of God over your life.  

FAITH CAPSULE: Waiting can be a delay but never a waste of time.

Isaiah 64

Focusing on God will wait on God by not wasting time focusing on man.
The word of God might sound foolish, but will never fail to deliver those who believe in the word of God.
It is the word of God to ask, seek and knock. 
Asking, Seeking, and Knocking for the answer from God is evidence of having faith and looking up to Jesus. 
Hebrews 12:2 records, “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” 
Jesus, the author of faith, has given all the way to receive by stating, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7-8)
Waiting on God demands trust and hope by asking, seeking, and knocking before the manifestation of expectation. 
When there is no waiting for God, there will be rushing away from God to experience waste. 
King Saul could not focus on God, not wait as instructed but to become wasted. 
To obey and wait is to trust and hope in God, but Saul could not gain direction from God.
Waiting for God is giving attention to a jealous God. 
Psalmist admonishes, “Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed…” (Psalm 25:3) 
A believer in God must understand to wait and endure a period. 
Waiting can be a delay but never a waste of time. 
Saul failed to wait on God. 
God spoke to the disobedience of Saul through Samuel, “But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.” (1 Samuel 13:14) 
David, know the heart of God, the evidence of waiting on God.
The prodigal son in the parable of Jesus could not wait.
The Bible records the prodigal son: “A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.” (Luke 15:11-13) 
The younger son could not wait for the appointed time of God to receive a portion of the good. 
The prodigal son moved out of the word of God because he could not wait. 
Waiting will ask, seek, and knock for the appointed time of God.

Prayer for today: Ask for His power upon you to be waiting on Him.

FAITH CAPSULE: Are you righteous, or are you wicked? 

Psalm 139 

To gain and retain the presence of God, one has to keep searching for oneself as David did.
Psalm 139:1, “O Lord, You have searched me and known me.”
Psalm 139:23, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties.”
The word of God demands all to serve, to be righteous before God, doing right at all times. 
To be doing right before God is to know the word of God and live life by His word.
Isaiah 3:10-11 records the mind of God towards how individuals serve God: “Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.”
Know to serve God right is to sow fruit to reap from God.
Living life to please God is sowing to reap good before God.
Living life to know good before God and not doing good before God is wrong, the mark of a wicked one.
Who are you before God? 
How are you serving God?
Search yourself before God to know yourself and how you are serving Him.
Are you righteous, or are you wicked? 
Interestingly, serving God by all is not hidden, but in the word of God, identified to know God.
Despise from wickedness, and live life right before God to reap the goodness of God.
The error in life is answering as a believer and living a life of wickedness.
Jeremiah must have been curious by the wicked act of acclaimed believers before he asked God: “Righteous are You, O Lord when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. 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)
One who is wicked cannot possibly be righteous before God.
The wicked ones are quick to quote the word of God, but the word of God is far from the mind with no fear of God. 
One with the mind of God will experience the hand of God that is in place for righteous ones with the fear of God.
Isaiah 3:10-11 records the judgment of God for the right ones and the wicked ones: “Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.”
Know God by His word to fear Him, and be obedient by serving God right, not as a wicked one.
The judgment of God for how all serve Him matters.

Prayer for today: Ask that you live life for God, not a life of waste.

FAITH CAPSULE: It is godly to be doing good. 

Luke 10:25-37, Revelation 4

Jesus is compassionate.
Doing good is having compassion. 
Compassion is the heart of Jesus. 
Are you a believing believer or an unbelieving believer? 
As a believing believer, live as one with a mind of doing good to the glory of God.
Be constantly concerned about doing good. 
As a believing believer, become active in caring for others and doing good to the glory of God.
All should know with understanding doing good is in the name of God and for the glory of God. 
To be concerned for others is heaven-knowledgeable that provokes the blessing of God. 
Gain the understanding that doing good glorifies God.
In Galatians 5:22, doing good is listed among the fruit of the spirit, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.” 
The number of pages of the Bible emphasizes the importance of doing good. 
Romans 12:9, “…Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.” 
1 Thessalonians 5:15, “See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.” 
2 Thessalonians 3:13, “But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good.” 
Hebrews 13:16, “But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.”
Jesus identifies an example to be a good one in the parable of the Good Samaritan. 
In the parable, a stranger from Samaritan saw another stranger from Jerusalem who fell among thieves, badly wounded, and stripped off his clothing. 
The Samaritan could not walk away like others before him but engaged the stranger from Jerusalem and spent his resources to make sure the stranger from Jerusalem received proper medical attention. 
Jesus is a compassionate savior, saying, “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.” (Luke 10:33) 
Know to live life for God, the One and only creator.
Revelation 4:11 informs all, “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will, they exist and were created.” 
The will of God is that all should exist for God.
Angel worships God non-stop. 
Man exists for God. 
Among ways to exist for God is worshiping God and giving glory and honor.
Know to do good before God.
Is it in you to exist doing good for the glory of God? 
The Bible recorded, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” (James 4:17) 
Strive to do good as a way of life.
One that does good is living for God, existing for the glory of God.
Know to live life for God, the One and only creator.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to do good for the glory of God.