When you have someone's favor, you have their support. How do you show favor? You can't receive rejection and favor with someone at the same time.
Exodus 33:9-16--As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the LORD spoke with Moses. 10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to his tent. The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent. Moses said to the LORD , "You have been telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name and you have found favor with me.' If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people." The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?" And the LORD said to Moses, "I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name."
It's god's purpose and will to give you favor.n The Bible shows us how he operate in the lives of others. He reveals his ways in the Bible. How did God show His favor to Moses?
Saved his life. Allowed him to be raised by his own mother. Escaped Pharohs murder attempt. Gave him the 40 years of growth. Burning bush experience. Leading Israel to deliverance. Gave him strength and courage. Performed miracles through him.
Psalm 30:5--For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
God limits the time of hurt and pain in our life.
Luke 1:?--But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.
God gives us unusual experiences and opportunities in our life.
Exodus 33:9-16--As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the LORD spoke with Moses. 10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to his tent. The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent. Moses said to the LORD , "You have been telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name and you have found favor with me.' If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people." The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?" And the LORD said to Moses, "I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name."
It's god's purpose and will to give you favor.n The Bible shows us how he operate in the lives of others. He reveals his ways in the Bible. How did God show His favor to Moses?
Saved his life. Allowed him to be raised by his own mother. Escaped Pharohs murder attempt. Gave him the 40 years of growth. Burning bush experience. Leading Israel to deliverance. Gave him strength and courage. Performed miracles through him.
Psalm 30:5--For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
God limits the time of hurt and pain in our life.
Luke 1:?--But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.
God gives us unusual experiences and opportunities in our life.
He gave us Jesus Christ, forgiving our sins, giving us the Holy Spirit. He provides for us. Gives us our desires. Gives us friends. He understands us.
How do we find favor with God? Is based on His will or something that He looks for in us?
Grace=unmerited favor. "Every good thing that comes our way comes from god
Genesis 6:8-9--But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
One way we can have His favor is to walk with Him. To walk with Him means this: trust, obey, seek, love , worship, serve Him.
Proverb 3:1-4--My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
A second way we can find favor with God is to feed on the word of God; to learn how He thinks, put His principles into practice. Also we should treat others with truthfulness and kindness.
Proverbs 12:1-2--Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a crafty man.
A good man is a man who's heart is bent towards God. They desire to obey, love, serve, please God.
1 Peter 2:19--For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God. 20But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 21To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
When we go through hardship and we've done what's right, instead of complaining, we bear up under it; we endure it, trusting God to see us through it.
God favors us out of his Grace. Other times He gives us favor for the work we do.
Colossians 3:23-25--Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
God expects me to do my best, to give all that I've got, heartily, to do my labor, to work for Him. It is the Lord Christ whom I serve. Whatever I do, do it heartily as if for the Lord. God is interested in holiness: a clean heart. God is interested in timeliness, cleaniness, orderliness, etc. We are on loan from God to do our business. We are accountable to God. If I want God's favor, then I must do MY best.
God favors people who are not Christians. Evrything we have comes from God. Brilliant, unsaved people are given brilliance from God. Eventhough God has favored them, it is purposed to lead them to repentance [Romans 2]. God has the right to favor whomever He chooses to accomplish whatever goal He wills. These people, if they die without Christ, they are still lost.
We must acknowledge God's sovereignty.
There are reasons why people don't feel God's
1. Things don't go the way we expect them to.
2. He fails to answer our prayer.
3. He delays the answer to our prayer.
4. We don't understand the pain, disappointment, heartache, suffering we experience.
5. We suffer loss (death, finance, divorce, etc.)
6. We look at our life and compare ourselves to others. We often overlook how God is favoring us.
7. We fail to achieve God's goal and purposes for our life.
8. Sometimes God is not favoring us because of our sin. He withdraws His favor from us. He also doesn't favor us because of our ingratitude.
If we have these feelings, we must look at ourselves to find the problem. God favors us in many ways that we often overlook.
Sometimes people have a false sense of guilt. Sometimes God favors us but we don't feel it because of our false sense of guilt, our poor self-esteem, etc. We still feel guilty for something that God has already forgiven us.
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