Topic:   The Proof of God’s Favor

What is Favor?

-     Favor is what God gives you to show HIS compassion for you

-     Favor is what God does for you to set you free from bondage

-     Favor is what God does for you to take you to the next level or even lift you higher than others who are your mate or ahead of you

-     Favor is what God does to bring men to your aid when you do not even expect

-     Favor is what God does to break protocols on your behalf

-     Favor is what God does to you for people to listen to you, when you are not even ‘good’ enough to be listened to.

There are various Hebrew and Greek words for Favour, these are:

Greek

charitoo (khar-ee-toh'-o) v.

1. to grace, i.e. endue with special honor

KJV: make accepted, be highly favored

charis (khar'-ece) n.

1. graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act

2. the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life

3. gratitude

{abstract or concrete, literal, figurative or spiritual}

KJV: acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy)

Hebrew

chen (khane) n-m.

1. graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)

KJV: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-)-favored.

checed (kheh'-sed) n-m.

1. kindness

2. piety

3. reproof

4. beauty

KJV: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.

Facts about Favour

ü When you are favored, people will be willing to help you even without doing anything for them

ü When you are favored, God will cause your elevation

ü Favour causes a noticeable and significant change in the life of any man

ü Favour wipes off labor in your life

ü Favor turns a nonentity into a celebrity

ü Favour provokes the help of even your enemies – Exodus 12: 32 - 35

ü Favour is not in words but in action

ü Favour opens doors to great places beyond your imagination

ü Favour makes you a voice to your generation – it was favour that made Paul who he was – Acts 11: 25 – 26

ü When you are favored what people are struggling to get, you don’t struggle like them

ü Favour is the exclusive business of God, HE’s got a lot of stuffs in HIS stores and it takes HIS favour to receive them – HE gives as HE wills

How does God prove HIS favor?

The only known and existing way for God to prove HIS favour is by showing it and you encounter it real-life

How to provoke God’s favour

-     You must establish a personal relationship with the God that you expect favour from via Jesus Christ – dedicate your life to Jesus as your Lord and personal savior

-     You must invoke the favour of God via prayers:

·       Before God sent Moses to go and deliver the Israelites from Egypt, they cried to Him

·       Before Esther went to meet the king when she was not meant to and she obtained favour, she prayed and fasted for three days

-   By receiving the mark of favour

More facts about favour

-     Understand that favour is not dependent on any physical quality that you possess, it is strictly activated by God via HIS Spirit

-     Also understand that God’s favour can sometimes overlook sin, but it will lead you to salvation, God does not favour you to continue in sin. Jesus used to say “…go and sin no more…” – this statement usually comes after the miracle has been performed despite the in the life of the person – the same is coming to you today in the name of Jesus

-     You may be the ugliest person or the worst dressed person, but when the favour of God comes, it wipes off your ugliness and changes your dresses or garments – God can change your old garment to new ones for you to praise Him – Isaiah 61:3

-     It is favour that can make your business to encounter expansion – how?

By drawing men from all areas to come and patronize you, even without your advertisement

-     Understand that favour is different from the works of your hand and it is not as a result of the works of your hand that you experience favour – though favour does not mean you should not or will not work, it will only make your work to be more profitable and productive

-     It is favour that will make a Minister of God to go beyond borders – in words and in action

-     Favour will make a contractor to always get contracts even without finishing one yet

-     Favour will make a ‘nobody’ become ‘somebody’ within a short period of time

-     It is favour that will make your destiny helpers not to be tired of helping you

-     Favour is real and can work for anybody who comes in contact with it, whoever you are, whatever you do, once God shows you His favour, then you begin to break barriers and go to places

-     Finally, Favour makes you an evidence of God’s wonder working power as it will be seen in your life that God is at work

Now, you have listened to this message or read it because you are a candidate for God’s favour, I therefore declare that:

Prayers

God’s favour shall locate your life today! In the precious name of Jesus Christ

Favour shall begin to speak for you in all quarters in the name of Jesus Christ

Every favour-hindering mark upon your life are cleansed today, by the power in the blood of Jesus Christ

Alo Olatokunboh Akin (ASM)

Pastor, Life Coach, Transformational Speaker, Facilitator, Blogger and Strategist

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