FAITH CAPSULE: Praising and thanking God shall give access to a favorable lifting.

Psalm 145 

What God says to one speaks to all. 
God spoke to the children of Israel, “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…” (Jeremiah 29:11-14) 
God wants peace for all; He wants a hopeful future for all; He wants attention by communicating with all; He wants all to seek him diligently.
Out of His goodness and mercy, He sent His son so that what He wants for all shall become established.
John 3:16-17 records, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”   
The point is that God invested so much in all, but all extend less to God.
After many years of privileged life which the Lord God bestows upon you, how much have you extended to Him?
This season, a time God has given you, how are you living for God?
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 states, “To everything, there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted.”  
All should be occupied by thinking of living life to glorify God. 
Allow your expectations to change from material gain to walking in the ways of God. 
Deuteronomy 5:33 states, “You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.” 
Walk in all the ways of the command of God, seeking God first. 
Seeking God will no doubt fulfill the desires.
Jesus buttress when He said, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.  Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:33-34) 
A better way to seek God is in praising Him to glorify Him and thanking Him to magnify Him. 
Let your moments be in constant thanksgiving. 
Give thanks to God for all things and in all things, He is doing to experience favorable uplifting.  

Prayer for today: Ask that you be enabled giving thanksgiving to have a place in your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Observing and doing the word will experience the action of God.

Joshua 1 

Observing the word of God by seeing to do according to what the word said will see God in action.
One meditating on the word of God is with the character observing with heart diligence. 
Seek God with your heart diligently!
Obey to observe, observe to see in the word. 
The word you observe and see determines what becomes of you. 
Proverbs 4:20-21 states, “My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.” 
Do not let the word depart from our eyes. 
To see in the word is to keep the word in the heart. 
Moses admonished the children of Israel, “But it shall come to pass if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.” (Deuteronomy 28:15) 
The Lord also spoke to Joshua to meditate on His word day and night when He stated, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Joshua 1:8) When meditation is carefully engaged, understanding its application in every step of life shall become established.
Why not take the time to observe the word of the living God before taking your daily steps on your life journey? 
All that is needed to make headway in the daily journey is in the Living word of God. 
Meditation is trusting God to instruct and teach us in our daily walk.
A word is not enough to describe what meditation on the word of God is about. 
Meditating the word of God is having an open line of communication with God. 
Meditation is what keeps the heart diligently seeking God.
Meditation is praying all day long. If it is not a prayer, the psalmist would not have stated, “Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.” (Psalm 64:1)
Meditating the word of God is the source of connecting with an undeniable understanding of the things of God. 
Psalm 49:3 buttresses meditation, “My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.”  
Meditation is the source of maintaining joy in the Lord. Psalm 1:2 buttresses, “But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.”
Meditate to observe and do according to the word, experiencing the action of God.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled with constant and consistent meditation of the word of God as commanded by God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Pay attention to where you need to turn aside.

Exodus 3

See the sight of God and be set up for greatness in the life journey.
The difference between living a life of fulfillment by serving God and not living fulfillment is turning aside to God. 
The Bible records about Moses stating, “And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked and behold the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.”(Exodus 3:2-3) 
Moses needed to see sight by God to become set up for greatness in his life to the glory of God.
God ordained Moses for greatness that demands manifestation when he turned aside to the calling for his divine assignment.
Remember, Moses was living in the palace that was great in his time (for forty years) when an accidental murder chased him out of the palace and out of the Land of Egypt. 
For Moses to become what God called him to be, to see the sight of God, he had to leave the palace for the desert and change from prince to shepherd. 
In the desert, Moses began to lead the flock to where there was no distraction (the back of the desert at Horeb, the mountain of God), where he saw the flame of fire from the midst of bush not consumed. 
As stated in the verse above, Moses only looked and did not turn aside to see the sight of God. 
Today, many are looking, many are beholding, but many are not turning aside to see the sight of God that will set one to fulfill his calling to greatness for the glory of God. 
There was a need for Moses to turn aside to be able to see the sight. 
Moses was on time at the ground where his training (forty years as a desert shepherd) was waiting for him but could have missed the calling by failing to turn aside. 
Moses had what was needed to move him in his divine direction, but God waited for him to turn aside.
Exodus 3:4 states, “So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, Here I am.”  
It does not matter what the achievement or experience is in life if one does not answer to divine assignment, a life of fulfillment. 
Where do you need to turn aside? 
God is not a slave master but a saving master. 
God will wait for you to turn aside to see that which will lead to the fulfillment of His calling in your life. 
Pay attention to where you need to turn aside.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will not miss taking the step to the glorious call by God for your life.    

FAITH CAPSULE: The conduct of a believer should be an evangelism to the world around such.

Psalm 50

Your conduct is your evangelism to the unbelievers.
The Psalmist states, “Whoever offers praise glorifies Me, And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God.” (Psalm 50:23) 
Conduct is a way of acting or behaving, a direct route to salvation for every acclaimed believer in the name of Jesus. 
Paul the apostle, in his sincerity, made a declaration when he stated, “For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.”(2 Corinthians 1:12) 
At all times, the conduct of a believer should be what introduces one to the unknown ground. 
The confession as one for Christ should not be limited to having a church ground or carrying the Bible. 
As a believer who claims to have accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior, how do you act when you are in the company of believers or unbelievers? 
Do you act differently among non-believers? 
Can you identify the differences in your actions? 
Have you heard being told you are the Bible that they are reading? Christianity is not a religious act; it is a way of life. 
Conduct displayed behind closed doors should not be an embarrassment when conducted in the open. 
Year after year, month after month, day after day, one whose conduct has been “playing” religion, such is deceitful. 
Your religious “play acting” will only last for a while before the truth prevails. 
Do not be overtaken by sin because God sees all and does not overlook sin. 
1 Samuel 2:3 states, “For the LORD is the God of knowledge; and by Him, actions are weighed.”  
Every believer should weigh in the hand of God by good conduct. 
The weight of good conduct will determine how much could be assigned to carry in the assignment of God for the kingdom of heaven. 
The time for self-examination and sincerity before God is now. 
Are you a believer who knows to search yourself before God?
God will always be merciful to those who call upon Him. 
Paul said in Philippians 1:27, “Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.” 
Your conduct is the testimony of your standing in the Lord. 
If your conduct is worthy of Christ, you will be steadfast in Him. 
Your conduct is your evangelism to the unbelievers around you who are yet to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. 
As the year goes by, let the word of God echo in your heart. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to work in you both to do His will and to do it for His glory.   

 FAITH CAPSULE: Do not know about God but strive to know God.

Psalm 34

Some do not know God and do not pretend that they know God.
Some know about God, while some know God.
Those who know about God are the unbelieving believers, while those who know God live life by the word of God.
Who are you before God, who sees all?
The question is to search for who you are.
For example, David, a man after the heart of God, prayed in 
Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me And lead me in the way everlasting.”
THOSE WHO KNOW ABOUT GOD:
Those who know about God are well-versed in the word of God.
They are unbelieving believers quoting the word of God but do not live by the word of God.
They are the character of wickedness as described by Jeremiah in 12:1-2, saying that the word is in the mouth but not the heart.
Those who know about God live a choice of not fearing God.
THOSE WHO KNOW GOD:
Those who know God are not just full mouth of the word but full of the heart.
One whose heart is with the word of God lives life to the glory of God.
Do you know God?
Daniel knows the Lord to live for God.
Daniel 11:32 records, “Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”
Daniel knows God.
Those who know God shall live in the fear of God.
To fear God is in the word of God that speaks to all when He sent Moses to the Israelites in Deuteronomy 4:10, “…Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth…”
Hear, to fear God.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 states, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.” 
To fear God is the key to living for God, provoking His blessing.
The Psalmist states, “The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him and delivers them.” (Psalm 34:7) 
In this world of wickedness, what could be better than having the untouchable force surrounding one who fears God?
King David states in Psalm 34:9, “Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
King David states in Psalm 34:9, “Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.”  
Above all needs and challenges is to fear God.
To gain the fear of God is not in determination but in asking from God.
In Matthew 7:7, Jesus tells all to ask and shall give.
In Jeremiah 32:39, God said, “Then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.”
Now is the time to ask for the fear of God, and God will give to us.

Prayer for today: Ask for one heart and one way, extending to your children and after them.