FAITH CAPSULE: Fear God so that your faith will rise.

Jeremiah 32

From Genesis to Revelation, the word of God identifies what it is to fear God.
Abraham feared God and did not hold Himself against the command of God. (Genesis 22:12)
Joseph encouraged his brothers to live in the fear of God and have life. (Genesis 42:18)
With fear of God, it is possible not to sin against God. (Exodus 20:20)
Lord God fights for those who fear Him. (Deuteronomy 3:22)
The word records, “But the Lord your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.” (2 Kings 17:39)
One who understands the fear of the Lord shall find the knowledge of God. (Proverbs 2:5)
Fear none but God, and God will be with you. (Isaiah 41:10)
The word of God informs that the mercy of God is on those who fear Him from generation to generation. (Luke 1:50)
Perfecting holiness is in the fear of God. (2 Corinthians 7:1)
Submission to one another counts before God, but without the fear of God, it is not possible. (Ephesians 5:21)
Those who fear God praise God. (Revelation 19:5)
From Genesis to Revelations, having a fear of God is repeatedly emphasized.
The prayer point, to near God, needs to upgrade such a prayer point by asking for the fear of God.
Praying to be occupied by the fear of God should be a custom way of asking for His fear, not to live a life of waste.
Failure not to fear God is bound to fear the wicked of the world.
To fear the world enables fear to rise while faith will sink.
Make it a prayer point, asking for the fear of God.
God said to ask, and He promised, saying, “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.”
Fear God so that your faith will rise, to live by faith, not to be a victim of the wicked world.
The Acclaimed believer who does not fear God is bound to become locked down.
Do you fear God, or do you fear the unknown?
Regardless of whether you are in your Christian group or not, becoming a victim of fearing the unknown will not excuse you from becoming a victim of not fearing God.
Do not become a victim of fear.
Live a life to see in the word of God.
The lack of fear of God denied acclaimed believers, and they could not see the word of God that promised abundance by Jesus. (John 10:10)
Jesus came to give life to all, to die on the cross, and to rise (resurrected).
Jesus repeatedly told disciples about His resurrection, but after He died and rose, fear locked them. (John 20:19)
On the third day, those who sought Jesus at the tomb were overwhelmed with fear as a voice located them saying, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” (Luke 24:5)
The fear of the unknown is bound not to rise in faith.

Prayer for today: Ask God to give you one heart and one way that you fear Him forever.

FAITH CAPSULE: The grace and mercy of God have brought you this far.

Exodus 32

Thank God for His word that upgrades.
The word of God is in recordings to upgrade one that will give self to the word of God.
Get upgraded; be built up in the word of God. Apostle Paul encourages all in Acts 20:32, “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.” 
It is worthy to commit oneself to the word of God and be upgraded with continual prayer and to the ministry of the word of God.
As the new months come in, give yourself attention not to live a life of waste by:
KNOW TO WAITING ON GOD AND NOT TO WASTE
Your delay will not deny you!
Exodus 32:1 records, “Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us…”
The Israelites saw delay and turned to another god. 
Some delays are necessary when God is at the beginning of the journey.
Do not be discouraged.
Some delays are not failures but are to make a way.
Take note that without faith, the delay will turn quickly out of the way of the word of God that delivers. 
Allow God by taking all your delay to God in prayer. 
GIVE YOURSELF TO THE WORD OF GOD TO BUILD YOU
One full of this world cannot be hungry for the word of God. 
It is possible to fast from food, but avoid fasting from the word of God, not to become accessible to the wicked world. 
Luke 4:4 states, “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God.”
Feed on the word of God to build you, not live a life of waste.
Apostle Paul speaks to 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)
BEWARE THE CUNNING DEVICE OF THE DEVIL
The cunning device of the devil is an enticement to destroy anyone who falls in it. 
As strong as Samson was, his disobedience to the word of God made him a victim of the cunning enticement of the enemy. 
Samson fell for enticement from Delilah. Judges 16:5 records, “And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ‘Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies…”  
Disobedient will position one against the deliverance of God.
Samson disobeyed the word of God, and the power that answers for obedience to the word of God for deliverance could not answered in the life of disobedient Samson.
As the year continues, the mercy of God shall continually uphold you.

Prayer for today: Ask that you give yourself to the word of God as a way of life.

FAITH CAPSULE: The inability to see God in His word shall not turn to God.

Exodus 3

The word of God is God.
Ability to see God in His word shall observe and do according to His word.
See in the word of God by looking to God.
One who sees God shall be able to turn to God obediently.
To turn to God is to be near to God.
God is not far for anyone who seeks Him.
Looking away from God is not looking for God to find God.
The evidence to KNOW GOD is to TURN ASIDE to God.
It is an error, incomplete to look at God but not turn aside to God.
All must TURN ASIDE to God.
Turning aside to God is essential to engage the calling of God. 
For example, Moses could not live life in the calling of God until he TURNED ASIDE to God. 
Exodus 3:2-4 records, “Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 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.” 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.” (exodus 3:2-4) 
Moses looked without getting the calling of God until he turned aside to see in the word of God.
The key to arriving at the calling of God demands turning aside to see God. 
One who sees God will KNOW God to answer the calling of God by turning to God. 
The world is a distraction from inside to outside and will deny turning aside to look for God, to find God.
However, with desire and persistence, one will not fail but turn aside to God. The prayer of Jesus positioned Peter in the calling of God without failing before God. 
Many are looking outside for God wrongly by running from one church building to another building, giving themselves to empty promises by counting on man but not committed to God.
Knowing about God but not knowing God is prevalent (widespread) among many acclaimed believers.
Are you running after a man posing in the name of a great man of God but not knowing GOD to turn aside to God?
Do you KNOW GOD to turn aside to God?
With a desire, turn aside to God, come out of religion, and get into the reality of Christ.

Prayer for today: Ask God to turn your eyes from looking at worthless things and revive you in His way.

FAITH CAPSULE: Going through the wilderness journey of life comes with challenges.

Exodus 13:17-22, Matthew 4:1-17

In the journey of life, nothing works but faith to sink fear
No one can avoid the challenges experienced in the wilderness journey to arrive at the promise of God.
The time of the wilderness journey of life comes with the spiritual, emotional, or physical challenge that is never beyond the intervention of God.
The calling for Jesus, on His journey of life, answering to the calling of God came with a temptation challenge.
The Bible records, “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” (Matthew 4:1) 
Jesus passed through the wilderness before arriving at the center of His divine assignment.
If Jesus could not escape the experience of the wilderness journey of life to arrive at the center of the divine assignment, no one shall escape the challenges of the wilderness journey of life.
Are you answering to the calling of God?
Anyone answering to the calling of God will not be excused from encountering challenges.
In life, how wild a wilderness journey is will determine how challenging one will engage for the glory of God. 
The deliverance of Israelites from the bondage of over four hundred years to the Promised Land could navigate the wilderness journey. 
Exodus 13:17-18 records, “Then it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.” The wilderness journey of life comes with challenges.
Navigating the wilderness journey goes through the process and becomes positioned in the promise of God.
The wilderness journey is not a journey that one plans for but is a journey that puts one in the plan of God.
The wilderness is not a journey of the comfort of choice or interest. 
The wilderness journey is a journey for everyone in the hand of God to pass through to learn obedience. 
In the calling of God, are you seeking a back road or shortcut to avoid the wilderness journey?
The wilderness journey is a journey of trial and temptation that can be an unencouraging route with pain.
Obedience to the direction of God will lead to claiming the promises of God without failure. 
Any attempt to avoid the wilderness journey will make a believer become a wanderer without arriving at the promised plan of God.
Engage your wilderness journey by knowing that God shall see you through.
The wilderness journey is a wild journey where nothing works but faith. 

Prayer for today: Ask that you shall not become a victim of termination in the wilderness journey of life.

FAITH CAPSULE: The time of challenge is not the time to give up but to give it all to God.

Psalm 3

Challenge varies.
Experiencing challenges is not fun.
Challenges have no respect for whom they lock up.
Are you in any way experiencing a challenge?
What kind of challenge are you experiencing?
Are you on the side of God?
Are you experiencing challenges?
The word of God is a promise to hold against the challenge of the wicked world.
Psalm 34:19 states, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
Affliction is a challenge. A challenge is an affliction.
One answering as a believer is not an excuse not to experience challenges.
When trouble increases, it becomes challenging trouble. 
Challenging trouble is a growing trouble that persists but with no sign for it to cease. 
Challenging trouble often graduates to permanent when it does not cease.
Challenging trouble is intending to terminate the troubled ones. 
Are you worrying instead of worshipping God?
David had increasing trouble when he said, “Lord, how they have increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me. Many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him in God.” (Psalm 3:1-2)
David, a man after the heart of God, experienced trouble.
One of the testimonies of how David dealt with increasing trouble in his life states, “But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head.” (Psalm 3:3)  
Acknowledging the awesomeness of God in the place of troubling challenge overtakes the pain of challenge.
Be thanking God in the time of challenge, and God shall acknowledge.
Thanking God shall provoke the hand of God for His intervention.
Acknowledging God for what He can do, as David states, “One who lifts up my head…”
In the time of challenge, testify the knowledge of God. 2 Samuel 2:3 testifies, “For the Lord is the God of knowledge, and by Him, actions are weighed.” 
Give more to God in times of challenge. Let God acknowledge you with more of His attention.
Another testimony of how David dealt with his troubling challenge records, “I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill.” (Psalm 3:4) 
Crying is not a sign of weakness. 
David had challenges that demanded crying out. 
David cried out with his voice; it was not just a cry in his heart but a cry that went out loud to God at His holy hill. 
It is worthy to cry out loud to God, unlike being quiet not to become victorious. 
David was not quiet before God but testified that the Lord heard him from His holy hill. 
In your challenging trouble, cry out to God, not to any man.
Challenges exist.
The time of challenge is not the time to give up but to give it all to God.
Regardless of how long your challenge persists, resist and insist on God for His divine intervention.
Prayer for today: Ask God to lead and keep you from becoming a victim of troubling challenges.