FAITH CAPSULE: God Hater and those who accompany shall answer to God.

John 4:1-45

Hatred is not of God.
Harboring hatred is not hidden from God, who sees the affairs of all.
One can trump hate, but God will deny trumpeted hatred at the appointed time.
Harboring hatred hinders progress.
Harboring hatred is a track that leads to failure in every area of life.
Occupying a position is not an excuse for hatred.
One who identifies a hater but supports such is a harbinger of hate.
Answering as a believer or an unbeliever does not allow harboring hatred.
Proverbs 10:18 testified about hatred as a liar, “Whoever hides hatred has lying lips…”
By the word, lying lips hide hatred.
Seek to know who you are.
Jesus, the Truth, could not hide hatred through His ministry.
As a result of His truthfulness, He decided to go through Samaria on His way from Judea to Galilee.
Going through Samaria is often forbidden by the Jews because of hatred for the Samaritans.
Jesus could have avoided Samaria because of the hatred of Jews towards Samaria, but He came in love through Samaria.
Are you a believer with hatred, directly or indirectly?
It was on the hate-polluted route that Jesus was able to plant one of the most effective testimonies of salvation.
Jesus bypassed hatred to allow the revelation of living water to come to life and become more distinct.
At the route of Samaria, the love of Jesus enabled Him to encounter a Samaritan woman to whom He asked for water.
Jesus, the living water, purposely requested water that initiated His evangelism, introducing living water to the Samaritan woman.
Going through hated Samaria, with love, Jesus made it known to the Samaria woman, “…Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:13-14)
The woman received the message of Jesus with joy as she left her water pot and went to testify to the love of Jesus.
The well of salvation is deep, and everyone has to draw for the living water.
The Samaritan woman, through her encounter with Jesus, gained salvation, strength, and a song of salvation.
By virtue of her gain, the Bible records, “The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, ‘Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” Then they went out of the city and came to Him.” (John 4:28-30)
Hatred is never going to win.
Temporarily, hatred might prevail, but it will never establish itself as the winner.
One can trump hate along with those who accompany, but God will deny trumpeted hate at His appointed time for the progress of His agenda under heaven.
Are you in a position for hatred in any ramification?

Prayer for today: Ask God for deliverance from every spirit of hatred.

FAITH CAPSULE: The Word of God is a manual; it is the presence of God.

Acts 13

Keeping to the way of God is to live by the way of God.
In the Word of God is life.
The Word of God is His direction, not to live a life of waste when living by His Word.
There is no excuse not to live by the way of God.
The Word of God is a manual; it is the presence of God.
Gain understanding and know how to keep the Word of God.
God creates all by His Word; nothing is made without the Word of God.
John 1:1-3 documents the importance of the Word of God, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”
Above all, God magnified His Word above all His name.
Psalm 138:2 states, “…For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.”
The Word of God is a proven living word.
Without doubt, what is it that the Word of God cannot do?
Hebrews 4:12 points out, “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.”
Gain understanding and know how to keep the Word of God.
In the pages of the bible, God is repeatedly called a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:29)
God also testified by sending His Word.
His Word is in place for all purposes to answer for all who believe in His Word.
God described His Word in Jeremiah 23:29, “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”
A believing believer is not an unbelieving believer, will gain understanding to know and engage the Word of God, which is a consuming fire that devours all that does not represent God in the journey of a believer.
Do not take God for granted, as a joker or talkative in His Word.
In this wicked world, not believing the Word of God leads to a position of self-destruction.
Proverbs 13:13 warns, “He who despises the word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.”
Doubt is a way of despising the Word of God.
Word of God warned against such as lying, deception, and manipulation, but the wicked despise the Word of God.
Taking to the Word of God in truth makes a believer in God.
A believer who is not an unbelieving believer will not live the life of wickedness.
Why not commit to the Word of God and build for His glory?

Prayer for today: Ask that the goodness of God enable you to live by the Word of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Strive not to live a life of telling lies.

Genesis 39

Those who lie and those who are lied to are of the same birds, with the same feathers.
Making a way of life by telling lies is bound for self-destruction.
There is no excuse for the consequences of telling lies.
Consciously or unconsciously telling lies will always have a painful consequence.
There is no place for telling lies before God.
There is no boasting or promoting the name of God by telling lies that will count before God.
Before God, there is no excuse for telling lies.
Telling lies is bona fide sinning.
There is no righteousness in sinning before God.
Romans 3:7-8 records, “For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? And why not say, “Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just.”
Strive not to live a life of telling lies.
Telling a minute lie is not different from telling big lies.
Twisting the truth of God is the same as telling lies.
Do not twist the truth of God as a way of engaging in wrongdoing.
Twisting the truth of God will lead one to become convinced that lying can make a way where there is no way. 
Twisting the truth of God will keep one far from God, to become set for evil. Psalm 56:5 testifies, “All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.” 
Are you one with no means of controlling yourself from unwarranted talking, that is a route of twisting the word of God? 
Pray not to live life as a liar.
Many are in danger of engaging in telling lies, adding to, or taking away from the word of God.
Do not dilute the word of God, reducing its power.
The word of God has been diluted in many ways, not retained in the heart.
The bible records the warning not to add to the word.
Proverb 30:6 warns, “Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.”
The book of Revelation 22:18 also warns, “For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book.”
In the journey of life, avoid telling lies before God in any possible way.
Telling lies before God terminated the lives of Ananias and Saphira.
Ananias and his wife Saphira sold a possession to keep back part of the proceeds.
The act was a lie.
Peter made it known that Satan filled the heart of Ananias. (Acts 5)
Ananias and Saphira died a sudden death as a result of their lies.

Prayer for today: Ask that you have a heart not given to lies as a way of life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Giving regard to God disregards all that is not of God.

Psalm 50

Know, to acknowledge God as a way of life.
Give regards to God always.
Glory, honor, and power belong to God always!
One who gives regard to God disregards all that is not of God.
Leviticus 19:31 records the word of God, “Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.”
Are you standing and claiming to be one with wisdom, assuming, as one who knows all, but not living for God?
Jeremiah 9:23-24 admonishes, “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” (Jeremiah 9:23-24)
One who understands and knows God is in a position to do great, to the glory of God.
Daniel 11:32 points out, “…but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”
Are you assuming boasting on your might or riches?
Under heaven, nothing one possesses is enough to surpass one who understands and knows God.
What have you possessed that gives you empty boldness, assuming you have the wisdom of the world, more than that of God?
God matters most in all areas of life.
Let all your understanding and knowledge be rooted in the wisdom of God alone.
Making the church a house is not enough to claim to know God
Do you understand and know God as your boast?
Among the ways of boasting in God is praising God at every moment.
Psalm 150:6 informs all, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!”
Psalm 50:23 notifies all, “Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; and to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God.”
Let boasting in God become your way of life by praising God in all areas, walking with or before God.
Daniel did not boast about his great exploit of spending a night in the den of lions without a scratch.
Daniel boasted in God by saying that God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions, and they could not hurt him.
Acknowledging God is boasting in God.
David boasted in his God to convince Saul for permission to go against Goliath, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you!” (1 Samuel 17:36-37)
David made his boast in the Lord and not in the might that he was able to kill a lion and bear.
Acknowledging God in your way of life, praising God.

Prayer for today: Ask that you be enabled to acknowledge God in every way of life.

FAITH CAPSULE: God does not owe anyone, but all owe God.

Psalm 100, Luke 17:11-19

Praising God and giving thanks to God is engaging God.
God does not owe anyone, but all owe God, to live life for His glory.
It is the will of God that all exists for His name.
Revelation 4:11 informs, “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.”
How are you living for God?
Living by the word of God constantly is the will of God.
The will of God is for all to seek Him as a way of life.
Live for God by giving thanks and praising God with understanding.
Are you living for God to please Him or the world?
Live to please God, not the world?
One with faith lives to please God.
Hebrews 11:5 states, “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”
The character of living for God is to engage the presence of God.
Psalm 100:4 confirms how to locate God and gain His presence.
The Psalmist states, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.”
To locate the gate of His presence is to access His courts. 
Giving thanks opens the gate while praise ushers one to His court.
Are you one who knows (not knows about) God, giving thanks and praises to God with understanding?
The Psalmist declares in Psalm 47:7, “For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.”
Understanding will give knowledge to prompt an undeniable result.
Thanking is crucial to experiencing God. 
Jesus healed ten lepers, but only one returned to thank Jesus.
Luke 17:15-16 records, “And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks…”
Luke 17:17-18 Jesus responded to one who went back to give thanks, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
Evidently, God awaits a return to thank Him at all times.
When thanks are in response to an answered prayer, perfection shall back the answered prayer.
Ten lepers cried for healing before Jesus.
Jesus prayed for their healing.
Among the ten lepers, one returned to Jesus to offer thanks.
Jesus asked for the other nine that did not return with thanks.
The one who returned to give thanks to Jesus for his healing gained perfection for the healing from Jesus.
Praising God to engage the presence of God.
Anyone who praises God with understanding, not entertainment, will gain the presence of God to engage God.

Prayer for today: Ask your soul and heart to become a habit of praising and thanking God.