FAITH CAPSULE: One with the wisdom of God is bound to have the heart to fear God.

1 Samuel 23:1-5, Proverbs 4

Engaging wisdom in every area of life brings forth good results. 
There are different kinds of wisdom, but the only wisdom that is certain to deliver good results is the wisdom of God. 
However, the wisdom of this age and the rulers of this age are the ones that will come to nothing.
Apostle Paul was speaking in 1 Corinthians 2:6-8, “…we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” 
In your world, which wisdom are you operating? 
In a world of lying, deception, and manipulation, the wisdom of God is what it takes to prevail.
Proverbs 4: 7 states, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom…” 
No one is born with wisdom.
Wisdom is a priority for all, as the Bible states, “…therefore get wisdom.” 
Give attention to the word of God, a sure and undeniable source of wisdom. 
One who gains from the wisdom of God is bound to have the heart to fear God. 
Proverbs 9:10 encourages, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” 
The understanding of God by King David must have been in his wisdom. 
God also testified of him as a man after His own heart. (1 Samuel 13:14) The Bible repeatedly mentions how David went out wherever Saul sent him and behaved wisely. 
With the wisdom of the heart, King David consistently escaped the sudden death before him.
Once, David was at war against the Philistines, and the Bible records, “Therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.” (1 Samuel 23:2) 
Right after getting a go-ahead response from God, his men reacted by saying, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more than if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?” (1 Samuel 23:3) 
Without wisdom, it would have been easier for David to listen to the shallow mind and set him against the direction of God.
However, he went back once again to the Lord, and the Lord answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.” (1 Samuel 23:4) 
Wisdom is profitable for all things and every decision-making. 
Live life for God, and have Christ as the avenue not to lack wisdom. 
1 Corinthians 1:30, buttress, “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.”
Live life for God, and engage wisdom! 

Prayer for today: Ask for the wisdom of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Knowing about the word God is not knowing God, to live life for God. 

Exodus 14

Having the peace of God comes with a condition.
The condition to have the peace of God is to seek and find Him.
To have the peace of God is to live life for God.
Knowing about the word God is not knowing God, to live life for God.
One who does not live life for His creation is as a captive. 
Many are carried away captive and are very religious but not Christ-like. 
God was speaking to the children of Israel who were carried away as captives from Jerusalem to Babylon “For thus says the Lord: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place.  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity…” (Jeremiah 29:10-14) 
A captive is a captive (captured or detained) in prison.
The message of God identifies peace as the only source of having a future and hope. 
Ones with the peace of God live life for God.
One with the peace of God knows God, not knows about God.
One with the peace of God dwells in the secret of God and shall abide under the shadow of God.
Psalm 91:1-2 states, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”
The secret of God is in the word of God and not hidden for those who study the word of God.
Isaiah 45:19 testifies, “I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain’; I, the Lord, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.” 
To do right is not to hide away from those who seek God diligently.
One with the peace of God, who lives life for God, engages in prayer as a way of life.
Embrace praying and giving yourself to the word of God.
Prayer is making a petition to God. 
Faith is belief with trust and hope in God. 
Prayer and faith compromise each other. 
Jesus demonstrated the need for prayer as the constant engagement and communication with God.
Faith is what pleases God.
Hebrews 11:6 confirms, “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 rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
How is your prayer life? 
Prayer is not a waste of time before God but to gain from God.
God answers prayer with yes, no, or wait. 

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled with constant and consistent prayer.

FAITH CAPSULE: The timing of God is in place to affect the step. 

Genesis 12

The appointed time of God is unstoppable by no one.
The timing of God is the central point where everyone should exist.
The timing of God is where to move and not be a victim of stagnation in the life journey. 
The timing of God is the reason why man should be constantly attentive to the move of God. 
God does not go by our timing, and nothing stops His move.
When it was time for God to call Abraham out into the center of his divine schedule, age was never a considerable factor before God. 
In the calling, “…Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.” (Genesis 12:4)  
Before God, there is no time or age limitation. 
Abram passed the retirement age before God called him into a divine schedule. 
Who would have thought of a journey of such magnitude for an aged man like Abraham? 
Are you considering your age as a barrier limiting you from going forward?
Moses lived in the palace that was great in his time but moved at the appointed time of God. 
God did not call him like He called Abraham, but he found himself in a situation that chased him out to where God called him to be. 
When Moses accidentally killed an Egyptian, Pharaoh heard about it and, “When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.” (Exodus 2:15) 
At forty, Moses ran unknowingly in the direction of the plan of God for his life. 
God is in everything.
Joseph had a very positive dream to come to manifestation, but the process was in place. 
The process can be unacceptably and exceedingly challenging.
At the young age of seventeen, Joseph unknowingly began his journey that led him to divine assignment.
It was not the plan for Joseph to enter the journey of his life when he went to check on his brother as directed by his father. “Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem. Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?” (Genesis 37:14-15) 
Joseph wandered into the route of the pit to the center of his divine schedule. 
The time of God is not fun to engage in. 
The time of God can be discouraging, but the timing of God is perfect to perform.

Prayer for today: Ask for His lovingkindness and truth to guide you in every step of life. 

FAITH CAPSULE: Prayer is the key to opening heaven.  

1 Kings 17:1-7, 1 Kings 18:41-46, James 5:13-18

An acclaimed believer does not have a substitute for prayer.
God is a prayer-answering God if His children will take the time to call Him in prayer, just as demonstrated by Jesus. 
How is your prayer life? 
At times, prayer demands simplicity, while at other times, persistency and intensity are what prayers demand. 
However, prayers always need to be effective and consistent. 
The book of James 5:16 encourages all to pray with the hope of getting an answer by declaring, “…the effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”
Prayer is like a battleground, a place of violent confrontation against spiritual wickedness. 
Jesus said in Matthew 11:12, “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” 
Prayer can be the violent weapon in the hand of any believer who desires to take the kingdom of heaven by force. 
Prayer is the delivery room for every believer who wants to receive undeniable proof by the hand of God. 
In these days of spiritual wickedness, as a true acclaimed believer, constant prayer, as in meditating day and night, is the sustenance not to become a victim of evil occurrence.
God has always been in the business of answering prayer just as He was in the beginning. 
He promised in Isaiah 58:9,  “Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am …’” 
God cares and will not look away from His children when they cry unto Him. 
Exodus 3:7-8 testifies, “And the LORD said: ‘I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. So I have come down to deliver them…” 
God heard their cry, and He moved for their deliverance. 
Can you think of any situation where you have been in bondage as the Israelites were under the Egyptians? 
It is time to cry unto the Lord for your deliverance. 
David said in Psalm 109:4, “…But I give myself to prayer.” 
The disciples stated in Acts 6:2, “But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” 
As a believer, how is your prayer life? 
A prayer-less believer is like a vehicle driving in the dark without the headlights turned on. 
It will only take a moment before a disaster happens.  
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours.
Elijah prayed (earnestly) that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. (James 5:17-18) 
Can you imagine that of Elijah? 
Be encouraged in prayer. 
A church that prays will prevail, while a prayerless church will remain in vain. 

Prayer for today: Ask for the strength that prayer before God becomes your portion.

FAITH CAPSULE: Prayer is the key to opening heaven. 

John 3:1-22

If there is anything that will certainly open the windows of heaven, it is prayer. 
Prayer is the key to opening heaven.
Prayer before God is the rod of believers.
Among the different ways can be described is talking and listening to God. 
Prayer is an act of petitioning God in combination with having faith. 
Prayer demands faith and being in the right relationship with God. 
Without faith or a right relationship with God, praying will be like attempting to wash a dirty cloth in dirty water. 
God will not pleased when there is no faith. 
The right relationship starts with asking for forgiveness.
Among the different ways of praying before God are interceding, thanking God, praising God, and confessing before God. 
Above all, prayer will open the windows of heaven. 
Luke 3:21 states, “When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened.”  
Prayer is a heaven-opener. 
Jesus, in His entire earthly ministry, repeatedly showed what is all about prayer.
When Jesus went for baptism, He took His time to pray, and heaven opened. 
Jesus demonstrated that prayer is the key that opens up the doors of heaven. 
Prayer opens heaven at all times, not only at the point of baptism but also at every juncture of life. 
When Jesus prayed, heaven opened, “And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, ’You are My beloved Son; in You, I am well pleased.’” (Luke 3:22) The prayer by Jesus is a testimony to the fact that when a prayer finds the door to heaven, the Holy Spirit, which represents the presence of God, will come down and descend on the one praying. 
With the Holy Spirit descending, the voice of God will then sound in the direction of the one praying. 
With the heavens opened, the voice of God will speak direction if the one praying has the ear to hear the voice of God.
The experience of Jesus at baptism is evidence of what happens to one praying before God.
God is not partial. (Romans 2:11) 
There is a need for the grace of God to hear His voice when it sounds in the direction of one praying.  
When the heavens opened, Jesus heard the voice from heaven saying to Him, “You are my beloved Son: in You I am well pleased.”  
Remember, it takes faith to please God.  
Hebrews 11:6 buttresses, “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 rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” 
The voice that sounded as a result of prayer demonstrates that prayer rooted in faith is what pleases God. 
For without faith, God is not pleased. 

Prayer for today: Ask to be receptive when God responds to your petition.