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.