Good morning or good day everyone. Today is day 14 on our journey. It is walking in favor.
Restful one, I say to your spirit to listen to the word of God for you. For seven days
they celebrated with joy the Feast of Unleavened Bread because the Lord had filled them with
joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria so that he assisted them in the work
on the house of God, the God of Israel. Ezra 622. Restful one, I bless you with the joy
of having favor in the eyes of others, both in the household of faith and with non-Christians.
I bless you with people who will come alongside you eager to help you in the work of the Lord
that he has appointed for you. I bless you with knowing people who will help make you
successful, who will believe in you, and who will be encouraging and life-giving to you.
People who will propel you along in your life, taking the initiative to serve you in your
vision. I bless you, restful one, with the same kind of restorative authority that Ezra
had. I bless you with having favor in resources because you are called to God's work in God's
way in God's time. You will experience the favor of believers and unbelievers providing
the resources necessary to accomplish the work that God has for you. I bless you with
people who will make the road smooth before you and find ways to serve you and invest
in you and bless you with time, attention, talent, practical assistance, and treasure
of all kinds. I bless you with having favor with people who were previously enemies of
Christ and the cross, just as the king of Persia changed his mind, releasing the captives
of Israel to go back to their homeland. He blessed them with freedom, all the temple
treasures, a large offering from among the Gentile nobility, tax exemption, and a tremendous
amount of resources. A king who did not care about their God was moved by God to give them
tremendous favor. I bless you with favor with bureaucrats and authorities, favor in the
marketplace, favor as you come in and go out, favor in unexpected places. I bless you with
experiencing God turn toward you, those who are indifferent to or opposed to the things
of God. I bless you with favor and rebuilding and restoring the community around you. As
the secular leaders, religious leaders, and civil government become aware that they do
not have answers or wisdom to heal the brokenness of the culture. I bless you with the favor
of God on you so that those who are wounded and hurting in business, politics, church,
and professional or social leadership will look upon you with favor, turn to you, and
find the wisdom of God through you. I bless you, restful one, with having favor that is
not poisoned by jealousy, that when you receive favor, others will not covet what you have,
but they will honor you and affirm that it is right, good, and proper, and there will
be blessing for the favor you receive. I bless you with receiving favor from relationships
and the culture around you to do what you were born to do. I bless you in the name of
Jesus of Nazareth. Lord, I will confess, and this is maybe not
something to do while I'm praying for a group of people that are going through this six
week lifestyle course, but that favor is something that I think I have struggled to understand
and even accept at times, have experienced, and even at times almost kind of spit in the
face of what it was. Lord, I remember the days where if I did not kill myself to do
something, I didn't feel like I deserved it, and it was almost like I would sabotage the
very thing that you were doing in my life, and I had no clue that it was actually you.
Unmerited favor. I've heard it defined as a favor that is not
to be done. I've heard it defined as a favor that is not to be done.
That favor is God getting people to supernaturally cooperate with the calling and the destiny of your life.
Lord, I pray for each of us.
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