FAVOR 5-28-21

2021-05-28 17:37:23

FAVOR 5-27-21  VIDEO UNDESERVED FAVOR 2

In order to grow in Gods favor, we first must have favor. Favor is defined as preferential treatment shown to somebody. It denotes acceptance approval and pleasure. Favor is a reward. Jesus restored the favor of God to all mankind through his sacrifice. Joseph, Daniel, Abraham, Mary all had favor with the Lord. In spite of the world circumstances that came against them, they all achieve their destiny and were marked by Gods favor. Also favor is grace. A gift or a blessing brought to the church the believers by the Holy Spirit.  It is not earned it is divine influence upon our hearts.

Job 22:28 You shall also decide and decree a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light [of God's favor] shall shine upon your ways.

29 When they make [you] low, you will say, [There is] a lifting up; and the humble person He lifts up and saves.

30 He will even deliver the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent; yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.  AMP

Ps 89:17 You are their strength. What glory! Our power is based on your favor! TLB

Ps 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, but His favor is for a lifetime or in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.  AMP 

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PS 30:5 Ive learned that his anger lasts for a moment, but his loving favor lasts a lifetime!  We may weep through the night, but at daybreak it will turn into shouts of ecstatic joy. TPT

HEB 11:5-6 Faith translated Enoch from this life and he was taken up into heaven! He never had to experience death; he just disappeared from this world because God promoted him. For before he was translated to the heavenly realm his life had become a pleasure to God.

And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God. For we come to God in faithknowing that he is real and that he rewards the faith of those who passionately seek him. TPT

Ps 41:11 By this I know that You favor and delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 And as for me, You have upheld me in my integrity and set me in Your presence forever.  AMP

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PS 41:11-12 Then Ill know youre pleased with me when you allow me to taste victory over all my foes.
12 Now stand up for me and dont let me fall, for Ive walked with integrity. Keep me before your face forever. TPT

Ps 80:19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; cause Your face to shine [in pleasure, approval, and favor on us], and we shall be saved!  AMP

Ps 145:16 You open Your hand and satisfy every living thing with favor.  AMP

Hos 10:12  Sow for yourselves according to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you.  AMP

Ps 84:11 For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.  AMP

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PS 84:11 For the Lord God is brighter than the brilliance of a sunrise! Wrapping himself around me like a shield, he is so generous with his gifts of grace and glory. Those who walk along his paths with integrity will never lack one thing they need, for he provides it all!  TPT

PROV 16:15 Life-giving light streams from the presence of a king,and his favor is showered upon those who please him. TPT

Isa 30:18 And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship}  AMP

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ISA 30:18 For this reason the Lord is still waiting to show his favor to you so he can show you his marvelous love. He waits to be gracious to you. He sits on his throne ready to show mercy to you. For Yahweh is the Lord of justice, faithful to keep his promises. Overwhelmed with bliss are all who will entwine their hearts in him, waiting for him to help them. TPT

Luke 1:28-30  And he came to her and said, Hail, O favored one [endued with grace]! The Lord is with you! Blessed (favored of God) are you before all other women!

29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled and disturbed and confused at what he said and kept revolving in her mind what such a greeting might mean.

30 And the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace (free, spontaneous, absolute favor and loving-kindness) with God.  AMP   ↕↕↕

LU 1:28-30 Gabriel appeared to her and said, Rejoice, beloved young woman, for the Lord is with youand you are anointed with great favor.

29 Mary was deeply troubled over the words of the angel and bewildered over what this may mean for her.

30 But the angel reassured her, saying, Do not yield to your fear, Mary, for the Lord has found delight in you and has chosen to surprise you with a wonderful gift.  TPT

LU 2:52 As Jesus grew, so did his wisdom and maturity. The favor of men increased upon his life, for he was greatly loved by God.    TPT

Luke 2:52 And Jesus kept on hewing a pioneer path ahead, making steady progress in wisdom and maturity and in favor in the presence of God and with men. WUEST

Acts 4:33 And with great strength and ability and power the apostles delivered their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace (loving-kindness and favor and goodwill) rested richly upon them all.  AMP

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ACTS 4:33 The apostles gave powerful testimonies about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great measures of gracerested upon them all.  TPT

Acts 20:32 And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God's set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul).  AMP

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ACTS 20:32 And so now, I entrust you into Gods hands and the message of his grace, which is all that you need to become strong. All of Gods blessings are imparted through the message of his grace, which he provides as the spiritual inheritance given to all of his holy ones.  TPT

Rom 4:4 If you're a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don't call your wages a gift. 

5 But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it's something only God can do, and you trust him to do it you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift. MSG

1 Cor 1:4-6 I thank my God at all times for you because of the grace (the favor and spiritual blessing) of God which was bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,

5 [So] that in Him in every respect you were enriched, in full power and readiness of speech [to speak of your faith] and complete knowledge and illumination [to give you full insight into its meaning].

6 In this way [our] witnessing concerning Christ (the Messiah) was so confirmed and established and made sure in you  AMP   ↕↕↕

1 COR 1:4-6 I am always thanking my God for you because he has given you such free and open access to his grace through your union with Jesus, the Messiah.

In him you have been made extravagantly rich in every way. You have been endowed with a wealth of inspired utteranceand the riches that come from your intimate knowledge of him.

For the reality of the truth of Christ is seen among you and strengthenedthrough your experience of him.  TPT

2 Cor 5:18 But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].

19 It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).

20 So we are Christ's ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ's personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.

2 Cor 9:8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].  AMP

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2 COR 9:8 Yes, God is more than ready to overwhelm you with every form of grace, so that you will have more than enough of everythingevery moment and in every way. He will make you overflow with abundance in every good thing you do.  TPT

1 Peter 4:10 As each of you has received a gift (a particular spiritual talent, a gracious divine endowment), employ it for one another as [befits] good trustees of God's many-sided grace [faithful stewards of the extremely diverse powers and gifts granted to Christians by unmerited favor].  AMP

Rev 22:21 The grace (blessing and favor) of the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with all the saints (God's holy people, those set apart for God, to be, as it were, exclusively His). Amen (so let it be)!  AMP

 2 COR 6:2 For he says, I listened to you at the time of my favor. And the day when you needed salvation, I came to your aid. So cant you see? Now is the time to respond to his favor! Now is the day of salvation!  TPT