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0:00 Shall we give the Lord a clap offering church? Hallelujah. What a joy and a privilege to greet you through this video. Today, we're gonna continue in a sermon, a topical sermon0:12 on the subject of favor. What is favor? I wanna take you to Proverbs chapter 22 and look at verse 1, and this will be0:24 the text. But because this is a topical sermon, I'm gonna do a deeper study on the word favor, but I want you to capture why this is important. Look at this.0:36 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. I want you to circle that word favor.0:49 Favor is something that you and I need in life. Favor is something that you and I should value in life. And the Bible says, it is better than1:00 silver or gold. Hallelujah. And my prayer is by the end of this message that we would have an understanding of what favor is and how it flows into our lives1:12 and what we can do as a result. And my prayer is that that as a church, we'll grow in his favor. Let's look to the Lord in prayer. Heavenly father, we thank you so much for this1:24 day. Thank you for giving us grace to open the pages of scripture and to study your word. Even this morning, mighty God, open the eyes of our understanding and illuminate our hearts to1:36 understand the favor of the Lord. And, father, we acknowledge that holy spirit is our teacher. We give you all the glory, the praise, and the honor in Jesus' precious name. And the people of God1:48 said, amen and amen. So today's topic is a topical sermon, what is favor? Proverbs chapter 22 and verse 1. A good name is better2:00 a good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. As a people of God, we need to value and seek the2:11 favor of God. Hallelujah. 1 of the beautiful things about the favor is it is not something that you can you can it's not easy to2:23 define, but favor is something you can see it in action. Favor is seen in a person's life. When a person walks in favor, you will2:35 be able to see it and call it, that's favor of God upon his life. See, something that is very, not clearly seen, not clearly tangible to define, but yet it2:47 can be seen. Let me give you an illustration. You know, Mel Gibson is a great actor. Now the Lord put in his heart to do a movie on2:59 the subject of crucifixion of Christ. He called it the passion of the Christ. Now this movie, he presented to the all the studios in Hollywood, none of them wanted to produce it.3:11 In fact, many people shunned him for it and said, if you ever produce it and or direct this, we will not work with you. But, there was an incredible favor upon his life. He realized3:22 that this is something that God has called him to do in this season. So he put his own money in, invested his own money, and made a movie for about 30000000 dollars3:34 US. Now cut the long story short, a movie that really portrayed the sufferings of Christ, that really captured the essence of why Christ did3:46 what he did, and moved a lot of people to in in in internationally. It collected over 600000000 in box office. Now, that is what you call a3:58 favor. You know, I'm reminded of a story of a great communicator by the name of Paul Harvey. He in 1 of his communications, he shares this story of a little4:10 boy. This young boy was with his mom at the grocery store, and the mom knew that this boy loves chocolate chip cookies. So when she entered into the store, she4:22 already turned to the little boy and said, I want you to not ask me for chocolate chip cookies. Don't ask for it. I'm not gonna buy you this time. But the boy4:33 was quiet the whole time. And then the aisle came where there was chocolate chip cookies, and sure enough, he looked at it and then turned to mom and said, I want chocolate chip cookies. Please buy me some. And the mom4:45 said, I already told you. Be quiet. And as the mother was piling the other groceries in the cart and moving it towards the checkout counter, he knew that his4:57 opportunity to get chocolate chip cookies is getting less and less. So now he's intensified his asking. He says, I want some chocolate chip cookies, please. And the mother says, be quiet.5:10 Now when the final product was being scanned and put into the mother's bag, the boy could not take it anymore. He just screamed at the top of his lungs, in5:21 Jesus' name, please give me some choc chip cookies. There was a was a roar of laughter. People all were clapping,5:33 the people who were in the checkout lines and people who were in the shop. And as a result, that little boy walked out of that shop because of the generosity of the people in the shop,5:46 23 boxes of choc chip cookies. What do you call that? That's favor. I want you to listen to me carefully. Favor is something that is5:57 seen, and I want you to capture what this favor is all about. You know, in my personal journey with the Lord, I've journeyed with the Lord for nearly 36:08 decades in my personal life. And in that 3 decades of hearing God and obeying God and and following him faithfully, I've witnessed the faithfulness of God,6:20 and I've witnessed the favor of God. I've personally experienced the favor of the Lord. You know, the Bible says in Proverbs chapter 18 and verse 22, it says, he who6:32 finds a good wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. I love that scripture. I I really am thankful to the Lord for my6:44 dear wife, pastor Isabelle. She and I are not only good friends, but we're good partners. And I'm thankful to the Lord for all that God has blessed us in our marriage.6:56 And having a good wife is the Bible says, it's a good thing, and you obtain the favor from the Lord. And in our marriage, I've seen the faithfulness of God, the favor of7:08 God. You know, I'm thankful to the Lord for my 2 children, my 2 boys, 2 sons, and both of them, I can see they are God fearing, and there is a favor that is upon their life.7:20 So in in in my family life, I've seen the favor of God. Not only that in in our church, in our ministry life. God brought me out of India, and he brought me into this country of7:32 Australia at a very young age. I was 23 years old when I walked in here. And now over the last 22 years, I've seen God's faithfulness in our7:43 ministry. And God's faithfulness is seen in the favor, the favor that he does. And the ministry continues to grow and continues to expand. I I look at all these opportunities7:55 that he has given us, the platforms, the positions he has given us, the people that he has connected us with, godly mentors who continue to keep us in alignment with the word of God and the will of8:07 God. I look at all these things, and I can only describe it as 1 word, favor of the Lord. In Psalm 90, you know, the Bible says in Psalm 90 and verse8:18 17, let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the work of our hands upon us. I want you to think about this. It is the8:30 favor of the Lord that establishes us in the work of our hands. It is not because we are smart or we know how to be strategic or we have a8:41 great systems and structures and people and team and technology. I tell you what, more than all these things, it is the favor of the8:53 Lord that when it's present, it establishes the work of our hands, and God gives us grace. Hallelujah. So I want you to take a moment and just lift up your9:05 hands before the Lord and say, Lord, I thank you for your favor. Come on. Hallelujah. Father, we thank you for your favor in our marriage, in our family life, in our ministry, in every9:17 aspect of our lives. Thank you for your favor, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen. I want you to listen to me. The heart of God is to bless his people and9:28 to give them favor. Go with me to Psalm chapter 5 and verse 12. The Bible says in Psalm 5 and verse 12, for you bless the righteous,9:40 oh Lord. I want you to read it. For you bless the righteous, oh Lord. You cover him with favor as with a shield. Circle those 29:52 words, bless and favor. See, these 2 words always go together. When there is favor of God activated, the blessing of the Lord rests upon that person.10:04 When the blessing of the Lord comes upon a person, the favor of God is activated on that person. And here the Bible says, for you, bless. For God blesses. That's his heart. To10:16 bless the righteous. The blessing of the Lord, the Bible says, makes 1 rich, and he adds no sorrow to it. The blessing of the10:27 Lord. I love the blessing of the Lord. I I desire for everyone in our church to walk in the blessing of the Lord. I desire for my family to walk continually in the blessing of the Lord. And10:39 the Bible says, for you bless the righteous. You and I, we are righteous, not because of our own works, but because of what Jesus did on the cross. The Bible says about10:51 this double imputation. He took our sin and placed it upon Jesus, imputed it upon Jesus, and he took his righteousness and imputed to us.11:03 So we have a righteousness that we did not labor for, we did not work for, we did not earn it, we don't deserve it, but it's given to us as a gift. And because we are declared the righteousness of11:15 God, the Bible says, for you bless the righteous, oh Lord, you cover him with favor as with a shield. So when you walk in the blessing11:27 because you are righteous, the Bible says favor covers you, surrounds you. Let me give you some definitions of what a blessing is. Blessing is God's divine11:39 empowerment for you to prosper. It is God's divine enablement, empowerment for you to succeed, for you to prosper, for you to excel, for you to11:51 be lifted higher, for you to do the will of God. It is a divine empowerment, and favor is the 1 that creates the opportunities. It protects your path.12:03 It gives you guidance. That's favor of God. Favor of God is activated when the Lord wants to bless a person. Hallelujah. Someone defined favor like this,12:15 and I love this. I want you to memorize this. Favor is like being dipped in honey so that the blessings of God stick to us. I love it. When12:27 you're soaked in favor, that means when you're saturated with favor, when you're satisfied with favor, the blessing of God just sticks to you. Hallelujah. And I pray that you and12:38 I will be found in walking in the blessing of the Lord and in the favor of the Lord all the days of our lives. Now what is the some of the popular definitions of favor12:50 in the dictionary? Let me give you some. This is how dictionaries define favor. Firstly, it is an approval. It is an endorsement. Someone superior to13:02 you approves you, endorses you. They regard you with favor. That's the first thing. It's like someone superior regarding you, approving you, and endorsing13:14 you. Secondly, it is you are shown a preferential treatment. That means in some ways, there are that there's everyone is there,13:26 but you are made to stand out. You are treated differently. There is a preferential treatment that happens in your life over your life in certain situations.13:37 Thirdly, a gracious and generous act. It's an act of kindness. You don't deserve it. You don't earn it. You don't merit it, but it's bestowed upon you. It is conferred13:49 upon you. In other words, because of someone's generosity, someone's grace and goodness, it's given to you. Now this is something you and I, we14:01 need to understand. Favor. The first time the favor is mentioned in the Bible is very interesting. The reason I'm taking time to lay these foundations14:13 is because this is a foundational teaching, but I want you to capture this because our life should be filled with the characteristic of God's blessing and God's favor.14:25 The first time it is mentioned in the Bible, it's in the book of Genesis. It is in chapter 4 and verse 4 and verse 5. This is what the Bible says. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his14:36 flock and of their fat portions, and the Lord had regard for Abel and his offerings. But for Cain and his offerings, he had no14:48 regard. The first time the word favor is used in the Bible, it is in the context of Abel and Cain. And the Bible says here, in this15:00 translation, ESV, it says, had regard. The Lord had regard. The Lord had no regard. In fact, in other translations of the Bible, like NIV, in15:12 the English, it actually says, the Lord looked with favor on Abel, and he did not look with favor15:24 on Cain. In other words, God had regard. He favored 1. He did not favor the other 1. He showed favor. He approved 1. He did not approve the other 1.15:36 You know, the reason why I'm mentioning this is because we can learn a principle from here. You know, this whole incident caused mankind to experience the15:48 first murder in the world. In other words, there was a breakup of relationship. Why? Because favor was absent in 1. Favor was present in the other. Listen. I want you to listen to16:00 me. The presence or absence of God's favor makes a whole lot of difference for mankind. It makes a difference in relationships. It makes a difference in life. That's why you and I, we need16:12 to understand favor. As we are laying the foundation today, I wanna give you 3 major scriptural usage of the word favor. There are 3 Hebrew16:23 words and 3 Greek words I'm gonna mention. 1, the first Greek the first Hebrew word is the word Chen, c h e n, Chen. Now there are some16:35 Chinese surnames beginning with Chen. What Chen means favor. Favored 1. This is the definition of the word Chen. To find unexpected favor or16:47 the attention or the respect of God or someone, and as a result, receive benefits. Someone looks upon you with favor, and as a result, certain blessings are16:59 conferred upon you. Let me give you some examples. Genesis chapter 39 and verse 4 says, Joseph found favor in the sight of Potiphar, his employer. And even17:11 though Joseph was a slave, Joseph was a nobody. He owned nothing. He had no title. He had no identity except the identity as a slave. The Bible says he was made17:23 the overseer of Potiphar's house, and Potiphar put everything under his care. In other words, he was made in charge. Why? Because there was favor.17:35 Ruth chapter 2 and verse 10, the Bible says, Ruth fell on her face bowing to the ground and said to him, why have I found favor in your eyes since I am a foreigner?17:47 In other words, she doesn't deserve it. She's a Moabites. She's in Israel. Boaz is a kinsman redeemer, but yet he is from the Israeli line. He's17:58 from a Jewish tribe. She and him, why would why would she experience favor? I want you to listen to me. That's the word Chen. The18:10 second word is is to look favorably or to regard with favor, therefore, showing acceptance or rejection.18:23 To look upon somebody with the acceptance, that means you're endorsing their life. This is Genesis chapter 4 and verse 4 and 5 where we read before that God had regard. That's the word18:35 favor there. That's word. The third 1 I want you to read is the third word in Hebrew is ratson. Ratson is a word for a generous act of sovereign18:46 choice in divine timing. In other words, in God's timing, God chooses somebody and acts generously to show grace, to show favor out of his18:58 own choice, out of his own will, in his timing. He shows that, and that's the word radson. Couple of scriptures, Psalm chapter 5 and verse 12, which we read before.19:10 For you bless the righteous and you cover him with favor as as with a shield. So it is in God's choice and God's timing, God does that. In Psalm 30 and verse 5, the Bible19:22 says, for in his anger for his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Hallelujah. God can choose you to give a whole season, and that season can last for a whole lifetime.19:34 From the day he chooses to show you favor, it can last for a lifetime. And that's according to God's choice and God's timing. Hallelujah. So those are the 3 words,19:45 and Let me give you 3 Greek words. We are taking time to lay some foundational things. I know that many of you may19:57 say that this is not something that interests me, but I want you to think about it. Study the word. You will understand the rich meaning, then I'll give you the conclusion of what these things mean.20:08 To find unexpected favor. It's the same equivalent of the word, the first word that we talked about in Hebrew, Chen. It's the same20:20 word in it's the same meaning in the New Testament, charis. Luke chapter 1 and verse 30 says this, do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found20:32 favor with God. Now Mary is someone who had favor with God. Why? Did she deserve it? Did she earn it? Did she merit it? No. Because of God's sovereign choice, God's goodness upon her life,20:44 God just chose her for something and showed her grace and favor. Hallelujah. Secondly, the second word is epideon. This epideon is20:56 the word to look favorably or to regard with favor. It's the same word in the Hebrew, similar to the meaning in Hebrew of. Now this in the Luke chapter 1,21:08 you'll find this in the life of Elizabeth. Thus says the Lord, thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me to take away my reproach among21:20 people. I love how he says how she says here, he looked on me. In the NIV, it's translated, he has shown his favor21:32 in these days in my life. In other words, you have come to a place where everyone has rejected you, called you barren, a label that she has carried all her life.21:44 But God in his sovereignty at the appointed time chooses to show favor to her and turn her reproach away. Hallelujah. He looked on me with favor. Praise God.21:56 The third Greek word is the word dektos. Dektos means a generous act of sovereign choice in divine timing. It's the same as in Hebrew. Now this word, again in22:08 the New Testament, carries with it a sense of God's timing, his sovereignty. Look at this in second Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 2. For he says in a favorable22:20 time, I listened to you, and in the day of salvation, I have helped you. Behold, now is the favorable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation. I love this scripture.22:31 Twice in this scripture, Paul writes and he says, favorable time. It's the In other words, we know that there22:43 are so many words in the Greek for time. Kronos. Kronos is chronological. In other words, that's just the clock ticking away, days and months and years. But there is kairos.22:55 Kairos is strategic time, a momentous time, a divine time. Here, Kairos is what he's saying. Now is the favorable time. Now is the time. It's the strategic time.23:07 It's the appointed time to show favor. And he says, now is the day of salvation. Love this. That means it shows to me that God has a season23:19 or God has days where he wants to show you favor. That's why in Psalm 30 and verse 5, it is so beautiful. It says, weeping may23:30 endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Why? Because God has favor for me. His favor will turn things around. Weeping23:42 may endure for the night, but the joy comes in the morning. That's why in the first part of that word, it says, in an anger. His anger is for a moment, but his favor23:54 is for a lifetime. Hallelujah. So I want you to understand some of these words. Now I've just given you some of these words so that you can meditate on them during the week, process it24:06 in your own life, do a word study if you're able to access the Internet. You can search it online on bible study tools dot com or even search god's word dot org.24:18 Just search for these things. Understand the meaning. Where else is these words used? Look for for it yourself, and you can dig deep. But out of my study, I'm gonna give you 3 conclusions, the 324:30 workings of the favor of God. What are the 3 workings of the favor of God? How does favor function? How does favor operate? Number 1, God's favor24:41 flows out of his goodness and grace. 1 of the things that you and I, we need to understand is we are not people who deserve to be shown favor. We are24:53 enemies of God, and yet the Bible says God chose to show us favor. Isn't it? The Bible says while we were still sinners, Christ died for25:05 us. Hallelujah. While we were dead in our sins and trespasses, while we were under the judgment of the wrath of God, God in his mercy, in his grace, in his25:17 kindness, in his goodness, he moved on our behalf and showed us favor. Now favor and grace are connected, and they are25:29 interchangeably used in the New Testament. The word karas in the Greek can also refer to the grace of God, the favor of God. So I want you to listen to me. It25:40 flows out of his goodness and grace. God's goodness and God's grace. Hallelujah. So that's why we cannot take the blessings that we have25:52 as a medal of what we have achieved. Can I humbly say this? You and I, we deserve nothing. Nothing is achieved in the kingdom of God. Everything is received in the kingdom of26:04 God. We cannot boast in anything for we have not done anything. It is his grace. That's why first thing that you and I, we need to understand is God's favor flows out of the26:16 goodness and grace of God. Hallelujah. The second thing is God's favor follows his sovereign plan and purpose. When God has a plan26:27 for your life, that means he has chosen you. He has earmarked you for his purpose. He has a plan for your life. Then you can be certain of 1 thing, that God will move26:39 in compassion, and then God will show his favor upon your life. Hallelujah. That's why there are times when you are when you are elevated.26:51 There are times doors are opened for you that you thought is impossible, that God brings you into certain platforms that you have never even imagined. I want you to listen to27:03 me. Why? It's not because you suddenly qualify or you suddenly did all these things, or it's because you read 52 books in 52 52 books in 52 weeks.27:16 It's not because you have struck suddenly become very clever and smart and and strategic and know how to do, how to position yourself. Can I humbly say this? It's the grace27:28 of God. It's the favor of God. God's favor follows his sovereign plan and his sovereign purpose. 1 of the things my in my my humble opinion is27:39 this, favor is like a current. It's always flowing. And there's only 2 ways it can flow. It's either flowing towards you or it's flowing away from you.27:52 Always remember, it is because of his divine grace. It is because of his goodness and grace and because of his plan and purpose that he bestows upon us favor. Hallelujah.28:04 The third thing is God's favor is freely given in his appointed time. There are times you can enter in. There are seasons you can enter in28:17 where even the things that you did in the past that did not work, suddenly in that season begins to work. In the past, you may have struggled a lot doing the same thing.28:28 You were faithful, you were committed, you're doing the same thing, but you didn't see any fruit. You didn't see any result. You didn't see any breakthrough. But a day comes. It's like as though the floodgates of28:40 heaven has been opened, as though something has changed in the atmosphere. The same things you did in the past. Now when you do it, it bears hundredfold harvest. It brings you greater result. Why? Because God28:52 has just turned on his favor. It's a season. It's a kairos moment. I want you to listen to me. You and I, we need to recognize the divine29:04 seasons and what God has given us. And in that season of favor, everything you touch will turn for your own good. Everything you do,29:16 God will make it work for your good, and because he is showing his favor in those seasons. Let me bring this message to a close. In conclusion, look29:28 at this. 1 day of his favor is greater than thousand days of labor. I want you to think about this church. There are 2 ways to live life. 1 way29:40 is to strive, strive, strive with your own effort. Rely on your own strength. Rely on your own wisdom. Rely on your ability to network. Rely on everything that you29:52 do and achieve. And then stand in the podium and say, I have made it. Or the other way is to come before God and say, Lord,30:04 whatever I do, please let your favor be upon it. Establish the work of my hands. Multiply the work of my hands. Let there be fruit in what I do. Let it give you glory and let it benefit30:16 others. When you come to that place to understand favor, you will allow the favor of God to work in your life. And here he says, 1 day of his favor is greater than thousand30:28 days of my own labor. 1 day, you will understand this. My heart's desire is this, that we should be so filled with the favor of30:39 God, that we should walk in the blessing of God and the favor of God all the days of our lives, that we continually are satisfied with his favor. You know, the Bible says in Deuteronomy30:51 chapter 33 and verse 23, there is a tribe by the name of Naphtali. Now what does Naphtali means? Naphtali means struggle,31:04 wrestling. Here is a man who struggled. He wrestled in life, but he has come to a place to recognize the blessing of the Lord and the favor of God.31:15 Look at the prophetic declaration over his life. This is the blessing that a that Moses prayed for the stripe, and this is what he says. And Napthali, he said, will be satisfied with favor31:28 and full of the blessing of the Lord. Again, can you see that correlation between the word favor and blessing? He is satisfied with favor, and he is31:39 filled with the blessing of the Lord. Listen carefully. When you and I walk in the favor of God, when you and I are saturated with the favor of God, you31:51 can come to a place where you are saying, Lord, I'm not only filled with your favor. I'm satisfied in your favor. I'm thankful to the Lord for his favor and the blessing of the32:03 Lord. How many of you would say that, pastor, in my season currently, I want to experience the satisfaction that comes with favor. I wanna be32:15 satisfied in my marriage with God's favor. I wanna be satisfied in the area of my finances, in the area of my career. I wanna be satisfied with God's blessing and favor in32:27 every aspect of my life. I don't know who you are, but my prayer for you this morning is this, that you and I will be satisfied with favor, that32:38 we will be filled richly with the full blessings of the Lord in every aspect of our lives. But can I give you a secret of how to walk in the favor? It is32:50 this. You know, universally, it doesn't matter what culture you're from. Every nation, every culture will understand this phrase that is on the screen. Can you please do me33:02 a favor? Can you do me a favor, please? Every culture has that. In other words, a person might go to his friend and say, can you do me a favor? A coworker can go and ask his33:14 coworker, can you do me a favor? I need a favor from you. This is universal. People have this in every language and tongue. We ask 1 another, can you do me a33:25 favor? But I want you to understand something about this question. Imagine if a person just needs 10 dollars to33:37 buy a lunch. They forgot their wallet. They're in office. They need 10 dollars to go buy lunch. They can turn to their coworker and say, can you please do me a favor? Just pay for my lunch33:48 today. Or can I borrow 10 dollars? That'll be easier, isn't it? Why? Because that person will say, yep. Because of that relationship, you can go up to34:00 10 dollars. No problem. But imagine if that same person needs now 1000000 dollars. Turn around and ask that person, can you can you lend me 1000000 dollars? I just need34:12 to pay for this. Will that work? No. I want you to understand. Can you do me a favor, please? Has degrees in it. In other words,34:24 you can ask a co an acquaintance. You can ask a coworker. You can ask even your friend to go to a certain level and show you favor. But if those favor and the34:36 ask is big, that bigger the favor, the deeper the relationship must be. Some things you can't ask your coworker, but some things you can turn to your father and ask.34:48 You can go to your father and mother. I know of I know of people who have suffered a loss in their business, but they turned to their parents and said, can you please help35:00 me? Otherwise, I'll have to declare bankruptcy. The parents go out of the way, sell their home, do everything, and give them what they need. Why? Because of35:11 relationship. What is the key here? The key is this. You wanna walk in favor? Favor. The bigger the favor, deeper the relationship. You wanna ask God for bigger favors?35:24 Then have a greater relationship. So favor is linked with only 1 word, intimacy. The more you are intimate with the Lord, the more you walk in his approval35:36 and endorsement and favor. Hallelujah. The more he strives to show you his preferential treatment, the more he puts his hand upon your life, he35:47 would give you the gracious and generous gifts. That's why Naphtali was a man who was satisfied with favor and the full blessing of the Lord. In other35:59 words, there was no lack in his life. My prayer is that your life and my life will be characterized like that. In closing, let me say this. Intimacy36:11 is the key church. You and I, we need to come back to that place where we are intimate. The Bible says, queen Elizabeth Queen Queen Esther. I'm thinking of36:23 Elizabeth. Queen Esther. Queen Esther in Esther chapter 2, the Bible says, she went before the king. And the day she went before the king, the king showed her favor and36:35 grace. The reason why he showed her favor and grace is because of the way she carried herself. The way she carried36:46 herself. You and I, we need to have that posture. Ruth, the Bible says Boaz showed her favor. The reason36:58 why the Bible says Boaz showed her favor is because in Ruth chapter 2 it says that Ruth was a woman of good character, virtuous character. She had37:10 intimacy with her mother-in-law. She helped her mother-in-law. She was gracious. She was submissive. She was honoring. I want you to do a study. Just take your37:21 bible and read Ruth chapter 2 and read Esther chapter 2. In these 2 chapters, will find why Esther was favored, why Ruth was favored. I tell you what, it all comes down to37:33 this, that when you know how to walk with the king, when you know what is in the heart of the king, and when you know how to win the favor of the king,37:46 you'll be his favorite. You'll be favored among everybody. So let me bring this message to a conclusion. My prayer for you is that you are filled with God's favor in this37:58 season. That not only that, you are satisfied with favor and filled with the blessing of the Lord in every aspect. Hallelujah. Every head bow, every eye close all across this place. If you're able to kneel down, kneel38:09 down because every time the word of God is being preached, it always commands us to respond. The response is this, I want you to38:20 kneel down and lift up your hands and declare before God, Lord, I don't have what it takes. I'm just a foreigner. I don't have what it takes. I need your blessing.38:33 I need your favor. Lord, I don't trust in my own ability. I don't trust in my own wisdom. I don't trust in my own skills and talents and abilities. Lord, I don't38:44 trust in my own associations. I don't trust in what I do. Father, I want you to show me your favor. I want you to satisfy my life with your favor.38:56 I want to be filled with the blessing of the Lord in every aspect. Oh, I want you to cry out even this morning. You know the Bible says Nehemiah prayed for39:08 favor. The bible says Ruth asked for favor. The bible says Moses prayed for favor. In Exodus chapter 33, he cried out and said Lord if you show me favor.39:20 Psalmist David always cries out for favor and I pray that the Lord will show you favor even in this because that is his heart. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus I pray.Show more
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