Dear Family of our Lord Jesus Christ,

The person who fears God has nothing to hide. In fact, he or she is scared to be away from God!
AMEN to that! King David had a holy fear of God but still ran toward Him and said, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you.” Psalm 139: 23-24

I pray that scripture everyday! I pray you do to……..

As the ever famous Christian newscaster Marv Boone would say too me,” Welcome to Friday, Dewey!”

We welcome you to the CUP! PRAISE GOD!

This morning, please pray for me, I am under attack from satan as I prepare this CUP!
Anytime this happens, it is because satan does not want the CUP to go out! Extra Spiritual warfare this morning.

Got a report on Karen Rowe late last night, her husband Rob texted me that she was resting comfortably after her cancer surgery! please keep Karen and family in your prayers! We are praying for healing.

Sharon made another presentation on Compassion at the Hospital, and it was received in such a wonderful way! This is her second presentation this week! My wife has such Godly compassion!

Just as Sadducees in Jesus day said that “there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit” (Acts 23:8), so many in our day deny the reality of anything they cannot see.

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Biblical teaching on the existence of angels is a constant reminder to us that there is an unseen world that is very real. It was only when the Lord opened the eyes of Elisha's servant to the reality of this invisible world that the servant saw that "the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha" ( 2 Kings 6:17; this was a great angelic army sent to Dothan to protect Elisha from the Syrians). The psalmist too, shows an awareness of the unseen world when he encourages the angels . "praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!" (Ps. 148:2)
The author of Hebrews reminds us that when we worship we come into heavenly Jerusalem to gather with "innumerable angels in festal gathering" (Heb. 12:22), whom we do not see, but whose presence should fill us with both awe and joy!@ AMEN AMEN!

An unbelieving world may dismiss talk of angels as mere superstition, but Scripture offers it as insight into the state of affairs as they really are. AMEN! 

Scripture sees Angels as God's servants who carry out some of His plans on earth. They bring God's messages to people (Luke 1: 11-19; Acts 8:26; 10: 3-8, 22:27:23-24).

Today, Sharon and I pray for you and yours to be surrounded by hosts of Angels! 

Let;s check our mailbag..........What folks are saying about FGGAM! From South Dakota, to Malaysia, to 

New Mexico!

Many years ago when leaving high school buddies behind, I had no idea the profound impact one would have on my life. Dewey's Daily Cup gives the glory where glory is truly due. He has a huge heart for our one, true Lord. Dewey's Cup has become an important part of my daily devotions. Paul Dokken, South Dakota I read the CUP everyday, Tan Tian Malaysia 

I read the CUP everyday it is a blessing to me, Michael Holland Executive Dir, Family Life Line,

Rio Rancho, NM Dewey,
Do you have an update for us on your little Reno? How is he doing? Monika in Florida
 
 Little Reno is doing well, he is schedule for surgery Feb. 8th. Thank you for your love and concern! Your prayers are so much appreciated!

God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature

So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And yes, Earth itself,

and every animal that moves on the face of the Earth."

God created human beings;

he created them godlike,

Reflecting God's nature.

He created them male and female.

God blessed them:

"Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take Charge!"

Genesis 1: 26-28 (MSG) Sharon and I will be traveling to Magdelena, NM this Sunday to Preach at the First Baptist Church. Our Dear, Too me there is nothing like a Baby and a doggie to show the Love of our Lord Jesus Christ.  
  
 Dear, Friend Paul Holt is the Pastor there. By the way, make sure and drink this whole CUP as Pastor Paul has a commentary for us in this CUP!  
 

Focus on giants

Dear family of our Lord Jesus Christ,

God Bless you for stopping by for a CUP!

Jesus the Good Shepherd – The Origin

Jesus the good shepherd is referenced in the book of John, chapter 10. In His own words, Jesus tells us in verse 11: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” And in verses 14-15: “I am the good shepherd. I know my own sheep, and they know me just as my Father knows me and I know my Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.”

Jesus the Good Shepherd – The Meaning

Jesus is the good shepherd to His believers just as the shepherds were of their livestock. A shepherd tended his flock day and night. He would gather the sheep into a sheepfold at night for their protection. The sheepfold was a pen, a cave, or an area backed by stone walls. Since there were no doors, the shepherd would often sleep or sit in the opening, ready to guard his sheep from harm.

Being different than a hired keeper who might run away in the face of danger, the flock belonged to the shepherd who would stay and defend them. He had a genuine loving concern for what belonged to him. In chapter 10, Jesus illustrates how the shepherd cares for his flock, protecting them from weather, thieves, and predatory animals. He loved and shielded them and if necessary, he would lay down his life for them.

Jesus is that loving protector and caretaker for His flock. Ezekiel 34 foretold of the Messiah who would, like a true shepherd, come to caringly keep God’s people. It was a loving message of the coming Christ, the good shepherd.

John 10 tells us how thieves and wolves come to destroy the sheep. But the good shepherd is there to save them. These verses tell us that though Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy God’s people (verse 10). Jesus is there to protect, love, and save us from destruction giving us eternal life. Jesus came not to merely be the hired keeper but came as the one (the only one), who was and is, completely committed to us — even to His own death and resurrection. Jesus is the good shepherd who lay down His physical life for you and me.
Jesus the good shepherd – The Purpose

Jesus the good shepherd’s purpose is to give life and protect from destruction. You may be asking yourself why Jesus needed to give His life for our protection. We all have sinned! By our sin, we are lost to the eternal life God has for us. We will not enter heaven if we don’t accept Jesus the good shepherd. Jesus’ blood was shed as payment for our sins. But He was resurrected; He lives as our shepherd today!

When we accept this gift, when we believe that He did this for us, we are saved from paying the debt ourselves. Romans 6:23 says: “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” John 6 says that Jesus is the true bread from heaven. Verse 33says, “The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” Have you accepted the life He offers?

Many attended the Prayer service for the Greg Griego family last night at Calvary of Albuquerque………

Even if we had an explanation for what happened, that’s not going to heal our broken hearts,”Pastor Skip Heitzig said. “We don’t need reasons, we need resources and that’s where God comes in.”
The crowd saw some of Greg Griego’s work as a chaplain at the Metropolitan Detention Center. They also heard from a former member of Griego’s “God Pod” in the county jail.
“He reminds me of Paul the Apostle, the sent one. Every time I saw Greg he was on the move. Just sent out. Love you brother,” Ivan Newman said.
“What should our attitude be? For justice? Yes. But for mercy? Yes. And keep in mind what Greg Griego and his family’s ministry was,” Heitzig said. “He was all about going to the prison house and visiting the prisoner and assuring the prisoner that no matter what you have done there is a possibility of forgiveness and restoration.”
Godly Wise words from Pastor Heitzig.

Pictured here is myself with Sister Mabel Lopez of Transformation Ministries who is my guest this Saturday night at 6pm on KAZQ CH 32 www.kazq32.org Sister Mabel shares on Prayer and the Holy Spirit. POWERFUL MESSAGE! Pictured with me and Mable is Dwight Brown who is with us next week. Dwight shares a DYNAMITE testimony! You will not want to miss these two GOD given programs! Thanks to you all who financially support FGGAM! You help fuel this ministry to bring the LIGHT OF JESUS CHRIST to one person at a time!

From my Dear friend Ras Robinson..”The Lord can do for you more in one day, than you can do for yourself in a lifetime.” Surrender to HIM today, not your will but HIS.

PRAISE GOD after reading the CUP yesterday, we got a text message from Kathy, “I have the favor today as I go forward into an interview, thanks for the Cup.” The favor of God is like being dipped in honey so that the blessings of God stick to us!!! AMEN!

“Every step we take towards God is an offensive act against the enemy!”

“Real prayer is preceded and followed by a celebration of who God is for you.”

Those two quotes are from Graham Cooke.

I love this reply by Dear, Dear friend Tom Johnson as to me thanking him for the lessons he has taught me……..

Dewey,
Thanks for your generous statements. Credit does not belong to me – as the name of your ministry says. I love the scripture from Luke about Jesus’ youth – he began as a baby in Bethlehem and then grew mentally, physically, spiritually and socially.

God Bless you Tom! We love you and then this scripture came to me………

He who says he abides in [Jesus] ought himself also to walk just as He walked. —1 John 2:6

I am so joyful this morning noticing of late how many times I type my Dear, Dear friend!!!! That is why our TV program is titled Dewey and Friends! Thank the Lord for all the friends we have, the gathering here at the CUP for 15 years certainly has been a blessing to us, building Godly relationships!

Good Morning Dewey,
Praise God, Vickie went thru her first chemo yesterday. Very worn out last night after 5 1/2 hours hooked up but this morning is feeling quite well. Keep her in your prayers.

In Christ always,
Lou

PRAISE GOD! We continue to pray for healing over Vickie!

Here is an AWESOME letter from Dear, Dear friend Sonja who I have reconnected with after some 35 years, Sonja and I were classmates at Windom High School and graduated in 1974, she now lives in Arizona! Sonja shares today on breast cancer, and sent this as we are all praying for Karen Rowe who undergoes surgery today.

Good Morning Friend!
Thanks for the update, even though I don’t know Karen…..God has put her on my heart and I have been praying for her.

Numerous women surrounded me with love and support when I was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer….ones I had never even met. The experience changed my life and I learned so much by having breast cancer and know how important it is to always have hope! My doctor spoke life into me while going through treatment and said this will all be in your rearview mirrror soon. I would like to send her a mirror that I embellish with pink ribbons and letters to make it a rearview mirror…it is to remind her of the hope she has in Jesus. He will get her through this!

In gratitude,
Sonja

God Bless you Sonja for sharing! I am thankful when others will share about the GREATNESS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!

Yesterday on the CUP we talked about the Favor of God…..Pastor Brenton Franks a Dear, Dear friend of mine posted this yesterday on his facebook……you reap what you sow………

It came as rather a surprise. I had gone out to a brunch with my family over the Christmas/New Year’s Holidays and as we were finishing up I was waiting for the check. The waitress came by and said she didn’t have a check for me because someone had paid the check for me. I asked who, and she said they wanted to remain anonymous. Honestly, I was surprised and a little taken back. I looked around the room but didn’t know who had done this for me.
This set me to thinking about blessings. God’s blessings come in many different shapes and forms. For example, a few days earlier I had to take one of my vehicles in for repairs. Sadly, it took three trips to the dealership for them to figure out the problem, but they loaned me a car…for free… on two different occasions. I drove their vehicles for over a week at no cost…another blessing! But, it doesn’t stop there. I had another vehicle go in for several hundreds of dollars of repairs…all covered under warranty. There was no cost to me. I took one of my kids to buy shoes (nice name brand shoes) and they got them for pennies on the dollar because of coupons that we had been blessed with that expired that same day. God continues to be faithful to me over and over, but this shouldn’t come as a surprise because this is God’s promise to His people when they give to Him. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give a he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Thank you Pastor Brenton……….

The blessing and favor of God are synonymous.
The grace of God and favor of God are also synonymous.
Favor is like being dipped in honey so that the blessings of God
stick to us.
Favor is the aligning of His blessing and grace on us that
brings a supernatural influence into our lives and those
around us

Job 4:8 ESV /

As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

Luke 6:38 ESV /

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

Will you stand in the gap with us here at FGGAM? www.fggam.org It has been slim pick’ns this month for Love offerings. But our cost of maintaining the Ministry has not gone down. We pray more of you will support our full time efforts to fulfill the Great Commission., that believe in what we are doing. I get heart sick when I read things like in the newspaper yesterday the big givers in the state of New Mexico to politicians $25,000……and more by one person. All FGGAM needs is a minimum of $35,000 a year in love offerings to maintain this full-time Ministry of the CUP, Preaching the Word all over, TV, we are working on radio right now, please pray, Full-time free counseling services to those in need, podcasts, web sites, etc….Please visit our website for more information, you can give on line or mail to FGGAM PO BOX 65516 Albuquerque, NM 87193. Would you please become a Monthly partner of $10.00? $25.00?$ 100.00? $500.00? We are still $1,500 away from monthly stability. I BOLDLY in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ I ask you, Do you believe in what we are doing? Call me at 505-681-0331 if you want to talk to be about standing in the gap with us. We are a non-profit, so yes, your gift is tax deductible. I know things are tough, but when the going get’s tough, the tough get going for Jesus! Please take time to visit our web site and read the letters of testimony about FGGAM and we have a wonderful Board of Directors who keep us accountable in our Lord. You can find out who serves on the Board by going to our web site, these individuals stand in the gap with me and Sharon each day in prayer for FGGAM.

January 24, 2013. When you are ready, so am I. The truth is that I can do for you more in one day than you can do for yourself in a lifetime. Stop now and turn around. You have missed some important stops along the way, not knowing what you were doing. Nothing is lost. All I have ever intended is still on the horizon. My plan and destiny for you goes beyond your ideas and plans. My plans are to pour out My Spirit upon you in new and more powerful ways now. Earlier, you could not have survived nor endured what I intended. But now you can if you will but stop and turn around. Get your heart and notepad ready! Let’s go.

Proverbs 1:23 (MSG) “About face! I can revise your life. Look, I’m ready to pour out my spirit on you; I’m ready to tell you all I know.” Ras Robinson

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January 24, 2013. You’re feeling alone, like you are not connected. It’s causing strange emotions. Even though you feel this way… you are connected and you aren’t alone. These emotions arise from similar circumstances when you were a child. Your mind doesn’t remember everything but your heart does. Instead of keeping these feelings, go get with those you are actually close to in spirit. You don’t have to reveal all you are going through, but connecting with others keeps these emotions from being overwhelming. Nip them in the bud now and these feelings will dissipate. When you were a child there was nothing you could do, but now you can. I am with you.

1 Corinthians 13:11 (NASB) “When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.” Bev Robinson

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January 24, 2013. You’ve eagerly anticipated getting hold of something someone has and when the time came you’ve were unprepared to receive it. Rehearse in your mind what you will say and what you will do when the opportunity arises. You cannot afford or allow any time delay. In your heart of hearts you have awesome dreams and aspirations. Draw in close to individuals who have the attributes you appreciate. Pay close attention to how they move and imitate them. Your opening is usually just one footstep away. Be ready to stride into your destiny. Your goals and ambitions were put in your heart by Me. Keep focused on Me.

2 Kings 2:9-10 (NASB) “When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”
He said, “You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.” Kevin Robinson
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Dear family of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Thank you for stopping by here for a CUP with us! AMEN!

I am so FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT this day I may EXPLODE into GLORY!!!!!

Proverbs 8: 32-35

“Now therefore, listen to me, my children,
For blessed are those who keep my ways.
Hear instruction and be wise,
And do not disdain it.
Blessed is the man who listen to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.
For whoever finds me finds life,
And obtains FAVOR from the LORD;
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
All those who hate me love death.. AMEN!

We are going to share about the FAVOR of GOD today and being a servant, not expecting to be served! AMEN!

Sharon is sharing today at the Hospital on compassion, please pray for her message! AMEN!

“Most trials and tests are teaching us more than one thing. Every circumstance provides an opportunity for Christlike behavior to emerge. Those who understand and practice this become good at passing tests and are able to grow quickly and properly.” Graham Cooke

Oh my, Oh my…..Sharon and I have and are learning much in our walk! Is it not wonderful to LEARN the ways of GOD???? It takes total surrender. I want to thank two people who have played a big part in this learning experience, in this new walk at FGGAM and in our lives in general, Tom Johnson and Ben Lucero.

From those two I have learned, Patients and a wise man knows when to speak and when to shut up! I also have learned your walk is truly a Testimony to others, it is what the world see’s and it is the Bible, God’s Word in action or not. Are you who you say you are?

Pastor Ton Bazone says, “Most Christians are scared to totally rely on God.”

Yesterday I was invited by Pastor Tom Bozone to go to a conference to hear Graham Cooke! WOW! PRAISE GOD! Iv’e never met him in person, I have read some of his writings and listened to some of his videos, but to attend a conference he is heading up??? WOW Thank you Lord!

One of the HUGE things I have learned from Graham Cooke is, in my words, we are not grabbing (in a nice way) or absorbing, or not realizing the POWER of GOD! The GREATNESS of GOD! The POWER HE promises believers. It’s like GOD is a Billion and Billion and Billion Watts Power Plant and some of us are only using 1/2 a watt!

Why is that? don’t believe God’s Word? Don’t understand all of God’s promises to the fullest? You don’t think you are worthy?

Read your Bible today and look at all of God’s promises.

Pictured below here is my Dad and me from the early 80’s….

Wally Moede, my Dad spent all his life serving others, as a fireman, head usher at Church and Transportation Director for the schools, sports writer for the newspaper, our Country as Sgt in Marines WW II serving in China and Pearl Harbor Dad lived Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve . Part of my passion here at FGGAM is to serve and share what a good Father is all about and help those that do not have a Dad around. Back home they called me, “Wally’s shadow”, where Wally was, Dewey was.

‎”You don’t get to make up most of your story. You get to make peace with it.
You don’t get to demand your life, like a given. You get to accept your life, like a gift.
Beginnings and middles, they are only yours to embrace, to unwrap like a gift.
But you get the endings. You always get the endings.
You get the endings and you get to make them a gift back to the Giver.” Ann Voskamp

This morning we come to pray for Sister Karen Rowe who undergoes cancer surgery Thursday. We pray for healing! AMEN! We stand with this strong Women of God, on the Word of God! AMEN! We grab all the POWER that GOD has given us in HIS Word!

We continue to pray for Vickie and Jolene who are undergoing cancer treatment. We are standing on the Word of God against all cancer!

We pray for Reno as prepares for cancer surgery. Reno has been healed! AMEN! We are standing on God’s Word against all diseases!

We pray for Paul and Rene Dokken as they head off on a mission trip today!

Dear Ones-
We are asking for your prayers as we leave town and head off on our mission trip on Thursday. The trip involves 21 hours of flight time.

We have had a lot of spiritual warfare coming against us and we realize that and are standing strong in Him. I will not give the enemy any credit and list what has taken place- it’s gotten to be funny at this point. We can see what he is doing and we know that he is already defeated. That he who is in us is greater than he who is in the world!

This is a great opportunity to serve the Lord and for him to refine and grow us. We are excited about this and he has been speaking into us regarding this.

Please pray for;

1. protected health
2. joy in serving the Lord
3. peace
4. providence- flights that would go off with out a hitch
5. strength in the Lord
6. a sure and certain knowledge of the Lord’s sovereignty over everything
7. growth in our relationship with the Lord and each other
8. The desire of our hearts- to be a team knit together in the Lord for His service.

Blessings and joy in the Lord to all of you,
Rene’ and Paul

We are praying!!! God Bless you both for fulfilling the Great Commission! AMEN!

Let us share on the Favor of God….at the start of the CUP you read Proverbs 8: 32-35……..please read that again before going forth……

I. A Clear Definition of Divine Favor
To have the peculiar signature of God’s favor placed on you so that
when he sees you there is a special value he has for you.
Favor is the special affection of God toward you that
releases an influence on you, so that others are inclined to
like you, or to cooperate with you.
What does this mean? It means that God likes you—He loves you—
and He wants you to be successful in the plans that He has for you.
He has provided FAVOR to help you!
When He likes you, there is such an influence that comes upon you
that the charisma of God himself rubs off on you which makes other
people like you or cooperate with you whether they like you or not!
The blessing and favor of God are synonymous.
The grace of God and favor of God are also synonymous.
Favor is like being dipped in honey so that the blessings of God
stick to us.
Favor is the aligning of His blessing and grace on us that
brings a supernatural influence into our lives and those
around us

The POWER we have available to us in GOD’S FAVOR IS AMAZING!!!!! DYNAMITE!!!!!

Leaders cannot show the way until they know the ways of God!!!!!

God’s Favor

Filed under Favor | Written by Duane Vander Klok

Favor is God’s “I’m for you” attitude. It is the amazing, undeserved benefit of being His child, yet many believers never tap into its fullness. Why? One reason is that we simply misunderstand His favor.
Biblically, favor can be defined as “the friendly disposition from which kindly acts proceed to assist, to provide with special advantages, to receive preferential treatment.” That is God’s heart toward us. He wants to bless, help and promote us. He wants to treat us “special.” In Romans 8:32 (TLB), we are asked the hypothetical question, “Since He did not spare even His own Son for us but gave Him up for us all, won’t He also surely give us everything else?” God’s answer is a resounding “Yes!”
Examples of Favor

It has been said that one day of God’s favor is better than a thousand days of labor, and this has been proven throughout the Bible:
Ruth asked for and found FAVOR with Boaz (Ruth 2-4), and became the great grandmother of King David.
David found FAVOR with Saul (1 Samuel 16:22) and with God (Psalm 30:7). Despite his failings, God refers to David as “a man after My own heart” (Acts 13:22).
Esther found so much FAVOR (Esther 5:2) that the King offered her up to half his kingdom.
Mary found FAVOR with God (Luke 1:30) and became the mother of Jesus.
Jesus disciples’ had FAVOR with both God and men (Acts 2:47), and the church grew.
God never intended His favor to be found by just a handful of people. Every believer – you and me included – can find His favor and do things that could not be accomplished without it.
Jesus, Our Example

Jesus possessed many traits that should be part of every Christian’s character. From His youth, He was interested in spiritual things (Luke 2:49). He lived unselfishly, and served others (Matthew 20:28). He focused on accomplishing His Father’s will every day of His life (John 6:38). Without a doubt, He left us an example so we could follow in His steps (1 Peter 2:21).
When Luke boils down the first thirty years of Jesus’ life, he writes, “Then He [Jesus] went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them [His parents]. But His mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men” (Luke 2:51-52 NIV). The four areas that we are told Jesus grew in – wisdom, stature, favor with God, and favor with men – are all areas that we also can grow in.
This type of growth is not so different from building our muscles. While each of us already has all the muscles we need – there are over 600 of them in the human body – most of us have not exerted the effort it takes to build them to their potential. As a result, we are not nearly as strong as we could be.
In the same way, God has already provided for all of the favor we will ever need. However, just like Jesus had to grow in favor, so do we. It does not happen automatically any more than our muscles automatically become strong. As we train ourselves in the principles of favor and put them into practice, we can expect to grow in favor with both God and men just as Jesus did.
Raising Your Expectations

Our expectations have a lot to do with what happens to us in life. If we expect the worst, that is generally what we will get. There is a scriptural principle that says, “as we think in our hearts, so are we” (from Proverbs 23:7). It follows that the level of favor we experience in life will rise to our level of expectation. There is no way around it; if we are to grow in favor with God and men, we are going to have to raise our expectations and believe that God wants us to be blessed with His favor.
What should we expect this favor to look like? Psalm 103:2-6, 17-18 lists several effects of God’s favor. We should expect (or regard as likely to happen) that God will forgive our sins, heal our diseases, redeem us from destruction, crown us with loving kindness and tender mercies, provide for our health and strength, give us justice when we’re oppressed, and extend His righteousness to our children’s children as we keep covenant with Him. And, that’s just scratching the surface of what God’s children can, and should, expect!
Believe It Is For You

Even those who do not have a problem expecting that God will release His favor on His children, sometimes have a hard time believing that God’s favor is for them personally. They say, “It sounds good, but it doesn’t work that way for me. I believe in God, pray, and go to church, but I still don’t experience God’s favor.” They believe in God’s favor, but they don’t believe for it. They need to know that, not only is it acceptable to expect God’s preferential treatment, but that they should believe God for it.
Believing has two parts. Hebrews 11:6 tells us, “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.” We need to believe that God exists, and that He will reward us when we seek Him. Each Christian has a need to personally accept God’s promise of favor as being true, genuine, and real – and each has a need to believe for His favor in their life.
It is God’s will for you to experience His favor. Every promise He makes is for you, and as Jesus said,“According to your faith will it be done to you” (Matthew 9:29 NIV).
Confess Favor

Favor is not found by following a formula, and it is important to remember that we are not changed by what is in our head, but by what is in our heart. In Matthew 12:34, we are reminded that, “…out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” When we expect and believe for favor, it affects both our heart and our speech.
What we say has the power to unleash God’s favor in our lives. Jesus said, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says” (Mark 11:22-23). There is no better way to express our faith in God than to say the same thing as His Word says. These scripture-based confessions on favor are an example of how you can confess God’s favor over your life:

• God surrounds and protects me with favor like a shield (Psalm 5:12).

• The Lord is a sun and shield. He bestows favor and honor, and no good thing does He withhold from me (Psalm 84:11).

• I actively seek and live by God’s wisdom; therefore, I am highly favored and esteemed in the sight of God and men (Proverbs 3:1-4; Proverbs 8:33-35).

• God’s favor brings promotion and causes me to increase daily (Esther 2:17; Psalm 75:6-7).

• My enemies cannot triumph over me because the Lord has favored me (Psalm 41:11 AMP).
Finally…

God’s favor can make an extraordinary difference in your life, but it will not happen automatically; it has to be “turned on” in much the same way as you turn on the lights in your house. The power of electricity is always there, but the lights won’t come on until you turn on the switch. As a believer, you need to release the power of favor that God has already made available.
God wants to bless you, personally, with His favor. As you enlarge your mindset to expect and believe for His favor, and as you open your mouth to confess God’s promises, you can find favor with God and man!

(All scriptures are from the New King James Version of the Bible unless otherwise stated)
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January 23, 2013. The pre-dawn morning sky today is beautiful with randomly placed clouds like cotton balls floating around. The Lord says, “Fill the air with your words of prophecy today. All are to prophesy, night and day. Let My words through you float at will to bless all who can receive them. Some will build up, others will stir up while yet others cheer up people around the world. All media are available to you for this purpose of declaring My word and message. When My words are on your lips angels rush to your aid to carry those words to fruition. Perhaps you write, speak, create as an artist or an infinite variety of channels in broadcast. But whatever the means edify, encourage and comfort at every opportunity.”

1 Corinthians 14:3 (NASB) “But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation.” Ras Robinson

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January 23, 2013. A new realm of service is on your horizon. It will be up to you as to whether or not you enter in. You will need to examine it thoroughly, before you make up your mind. Yes there will be some problems if you do, but what else is new. Any new realm you enter has its own set of challenges. This is a good move, one I am in but I am telling you ahead of time this will be demanding in ways you have not seen before. This is one of the most important things you will ever do. I am with you. You will experience rewarding victories.

2 Samuel 8:14-15 (NLT) “He placed army garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. In fact, the Lord made David victorious wherever he went. So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.”Bev Robinson

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January 23, 2013. Dance with Me. Place your hand in Mine. Let Me guide you along the way. Feel the tenderness and warmth of My gentle touch and soft embrace. Surrender your will to Me and let Me lead you with every step. You delight My soul more than you can and will ever imagine. Listen to My affectionate whisperings within your ear. Take note of My wonderful selection of music for you. Let your cares be swept away with My song. Let Me minister to your innermost being. Relax and surrender to My movements. Gaze into My eyes and get lost in My love for you. You and I make awe-inspiring music together.

Isaiah 51:3 (NLT) “The LORD will comfort Israel againand have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.” Kevin Robinson

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