Dear Family of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Thank you for coming by for a CUP For God’s Glory Alone!
Happy Birthday to my wife Sharon today her light for Jesus shines as brightly as ever Thank You Lord for bringing us together Love you Babe! Having Sharon as my wife is God’s Favor!
When you walk in gods favor there will be Restoration of everything which enemy has taken from you, you will experience Greater victories in midst of greater odds, Battles are won in which you won’t even have to fight because God will fight them for you, there will be Supernatural increase of your wealth, he will show mercy (Psalm 119:58), your petitions are more likely to be granted (Esther 7:3).
Pastor Jim Montoya is really the first Pastor in my lifetime that started Preaching to me on the Favor of God. Many do not know what it means. It is not a magical formula to obtain God’s Favor.
I am going to Post what Pastor David Reagan wrote about the Favor of God, but I want to share my thoughts.
For years now I have stressed a close personal relationship with Jesus Christ, so close you could tell me what flavor of gum he chews! LOL LOL
By getting close to Jesus you hear Him, you sense Him, you feel Him in your heart, soul and mind. You become Christ like and have God’s favor with you.
You are accepted by people that you do not even know. God is with you paving the way.
You walk into a Supermarket and your light for Jesus shines so brightly people are attracted to you.
Your light shines so brightly that people do not shy away from you when you walk up to them and ask them if you can pray for them.
This is the favor of God.
When I was struggling with to leave the radio business or not, God was showing me to leave and go out and Preach His Word..walk and drive the land for Me, says the Lord.
I left, no pay check, then the favor of God,.a very heavy burden that had been with me and Sharon for many years was shortly lifted!
My health improved also, the favor of God.
My glasses broke awhile back and in the repair the lenses were ruined. I got a little distressed but the Doctor’s office said we will get you new glasses and bring in your old pair and we will put new lenses in them also at no charge! God’s Favor! I did not have a back up pair with a current prescription It get’s even better, Gary says not only are we going to put new lenses in your glasses they will be $500.00 lenses, with all the works! God’s favor!
Walked into the grocery store on Sunday and they were out of cabbage. People were upset……..I teased the clerks that they must have ate all the cabbage! The manager said hang here I think my man went to the other store to get cabbage. He did and they would not let me pay for my cabbage. The Favor of God.
Another thing I want to stress about the glasses and cabbage, (Weird combination Huh? but same lesson!) Do not get upset……carry with you the Favor of God. I could have gotten upset, I think I did just a bit, but do not, the favor of God will see you through, A free $500.00 pair of glasses and a free head of cabbage! LOL LOL LOL!
Who says Christians cannot have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do not abuse the Favor of God…it is for His purpose not ours. It is not a magical formula!!!!.
Now please read this from Pastor Reagan and then below I posted scriptures dealing with the Favor of God.
Favor of God
Pastor David Reagan of Antioch Baptist Church and thewww.learnthebible.org web ministry recently answered this question from a web visitor on his site. I don’t know about you, but I truly desire to have the favor of God upon my life!!!
What does having God’s favor mean? or the favor of God mean?
To favor means to give special regard to; to treat with goodwill; to show exceptional kindness to someone. Sometimes, it means to show extra kindness in comparison to the treatment of others; that is, preferential treatment. Deuteronomy 28:50 warns of judgment by a “nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young.” Though it is natural for us to favor the young in times of affliction or judgment, this nation will not give such favor.Esther received royal favor above all the other virgins (Esther 2:17). It is from this use of favor that we get the word, favorite. The greatest favors are shown to the favorite.
However, favor is not always used in a comparative way toward others. It sometimes simply means that the one favored is shown kindness and treated with a generosity and goodwill far beyond what would normally be expected. This is generally the favor that we receive from the Lord. We are treated much better than we could expect. Of course, every believer is favored to some degree. Therefore, we must understand God’s favor in degrees. The more we please God, the more we will be favored by Him. Also, it is important not to think of this favor in material or worldly terms. God’s favor most likely will be given in spiritual blessings more than in material blessings. Here are some of the ways by which we obtain the favor of the Lord:
1. By praying unto the Lord (Job 33:26).
2. By keeping the commandments of the Lord (Proverbs 3:1-4).
3. By seeking and finding God’s wisdom (Proverbs 8:35).
4. By diligently seeking good (Proverbs 11:27; 12:2).
5. By living righteously (Proverbs 14:9).
There are many benefits of being in the favor of the Lord. Here are some of them:
1. Our petitions are more likely to be granted (Esther 7:3).
2. God will compass us with a shield (Psalm 5:12).
3. We will receive life (Psalm 30:5).
4. Our enemies will not triumph over us (Psalm 41:11).
5. God will show mercy (Psalm 119:58).
We can grow in favor both with God and with man- as did the child Samuel (1Samuel 2:26) and the child Jesus (Luke 2:52). The phrase, to find favor in the eyes of, or, in the sight of, came from the Old Testament. Every saint of God should desire and seek to have favor in the eyes of the Lord. We grow in that favor as we faithfully live for the Lord.
However, this should not be looked upon as some sort of secret formula for getting everything we want. For purposes of His own, God sometimes takes those He loves through special trials. Job is the primary example but similar instances happen in the lives of many. However, if we continually draw closer to the Lord, we will come to dwell in His favor and in His favor is life (Psalm 30:5).
And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. So Joseph found favor in his sight, Genesis 39:3–4
You have granted me life and favor, and Your care has preserved my spirit. Job 10:12
For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield. Psalm 5:12
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:5–6
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5
The Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. Numbers 6:25–26
What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet. Psalm 8:4–6
Who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Psalm 103:4–5
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. Jeremiah 29:11
Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3
And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.John 17:22–23
So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:46–47
… For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. Romans 5:15
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.Romans 6:14
For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. Romans 5:17
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Ephesians 1:3
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,Ephesians 1:7–8
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work. 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 1:14
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16
But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:4–7
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 2 Peter 1:2–3
May the favor of God be with you and yours this day and all days!
See new video posted by Pastor Paul Holt at www.fggam.org also David Standridge has a new posting at the web site!
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