Good morning my friends I am led to talk to you today about God's favour for me. I once listened to a man of God Dr Lloyd Maxwell speaking and he said he doesn't pray for money he prays for God's favour. This is so true my friends because:
Favour causes overflow in one's life
Favour causes doors to be flung open
Favour causes destiny helpers to come our way.
If we are to pattern the ministry of Christ the word says God "increased Jesus in wisdom, knowledge and favour with God and with man"
Luke 2:52.
Lord I ask you to give myself and everyone reading increased favour with you and with man.
Favour is a necessary component to effectively influence others and speak as thus says the Lord into lives. No matter how gifted one is we need to have wisdom and favour. .
So here are a few verses on favour:
Proverbs 8:35 says, “For those who find me [wisdom] find life and receive favor from the LORD
Psalm 5:12
For You, OLord, bless the righteous man [the one who is in right standing with You];
You surround him with favor as with a shield.
Psalm 30:5
For His anger is but for a moment,
[a]His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may endure for a night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning
Psalm 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly
The keys to having God's favour is here in this adapted passage:
God shows favor to the ones who delight in, connect with, and give honor to Him. Isaiah 66:2 says, “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.” Second Chronicles 16:9 says, “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.” To be “perfect” toward Him means we seek His favor more than we seek the favor of anyone else, even ourselves
Favor is closely related to grace in the Bible. Those who have received Jesus as their Savior are saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8–9). They know the favor of God. Without faith, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6), but those who have saving faith in God’s Son are declared righteous (Romans 4:5; Philippians 3:9) and live in God’s favor. The most basic answer to “how can I get God’s favor” is “believe in the Lord Jesus.”
Amen Amen (end of adaptation)
Please note my friends favour is not about entitlement where individuals can have what they want money, cars houses, all sorts.
God is right now doing a shifting in the body of Christ as he is exposing these "money-hungry" profiteering ministers and ministries. My heart has always been on this matter God will increase us and bless us SO THAT WE CAN BE A BLESSING.
Why is it necessary to follow the patterns of this world to own 10 Bentleys and many houses. My thoughts are there are too many hungry people in this world to feed instead of giving way to hedonistic greed and self gratification.
We are a people who build stores in heaven not on this earth
Amen
Walk good in Christ
Till we meet again
Pastor J
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