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Good morning or good day everyone. Today is day 14 on our journey. It is walking in favor.

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Restful one, I say to your spirit to listen to the word of God for you. For seven days

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they celebrated with joy the Feast of Unleavened Bread because the Lord had filled them with

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joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria so that he assisted them in the work

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on the house of God, the God of Israel. Ezra 622. Restful one, I bless you with the joy

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of having favor in the eyes of others, both in the household of faith and with non-Christians.

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I bless you with people who will come alongside you eager to help you in the work of the Lord

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that he has appointed for you. I bless you with knowing people who will help make you

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successful, who will believe in you, and who will be encouraging and life-giving to you.

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People who will propel you along in your life, taking the initiative to serve you in your

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vision. I bless you, restful one, with the same kind of restorative authority that Ezra

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had. I bless you with having favor in resources because you are called to God's work in God's

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way in God's time. You will experience the favor of believers and unbelievers providing

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the resources necessary to accomplish the work that God has for you. I bless you with

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people who will make the road smooth before you and find ways to serve you and invest

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in you and bless you with time, attention, talent, practical assistance, and treasure

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of all kinds. I bless you with having favor with people who were previously enemies of

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Christ and the cross, just as the king of Persia changed his mind, releasing the captives

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of Israel to go back to their homeland. He blessed them with freedom, all the temple

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treasures, a large offering from among the Gentile nobility, tax exemption, and a tremendous

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amount of resources. A king who did not care about their God was moved by God to give them

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tremendous favor. I bless you with favor with bureaucrats and authorities, favor in the

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marketplace, favor as you come in and go out, favor in unexpected places. I bless you with

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experiencing God turn toward you, those who are indifferent to or opposed to the things

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of God. I bless you with favor and rebuilding and restoring the community around you. As

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the secular leaders, religious leaders, and civil government become aware that they do

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not have answers or wisdom to heal the brokenness of the culture. I bless you with the favor

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of God on you so that those who are wounded and hurting in business, politics, church,

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and professional or social leadership will look upon you with favor, turn to you, and

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find the wisdom of God through you. I bless you, restful one, with having favor that is

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not poisoned by jealousy, that when you receive favor, others will not covet what you have,

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but they will honor you and affirm that it is right, good, and proper, and there will

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be blessing for the favor you receive. I bless you with receiving favor from relationships

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and the culture around you to do what you were born to do. I bless you in the name of

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Jesus of Nazareth. Lord, I will confess, and this is maybe not

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something to do while I'm praying for a group of people that are going through this six

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week lifestyle course, but that favor is something that I think I have struggled to understand

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and even accept at times, have experienced, and even at times almost kind of spit in the

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face of what it was. Lord, I remember the days where if I did not kill myself to do

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something, I didn't feel like I deserved it, and it was almost like I would sabotage the

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very thing that you were doing in my life, and I had no clue that it was actually you.

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Unmerited favor. I've heard it defined as a favor that is not

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to be done. I've heard it defined as a favor that is not to be done.

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That favor is God getting people to supernaturally cooperate with the calling and the destiny of your life.

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Lord, I pray for each of us.

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Lord, I pray for each of us.

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Lord, I pray for each of us.

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Lord, I pray for each of us.

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Lord, I pray for each of us.

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