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Friday, December 30, 2016

What is meant by the favor of God? How can I get the favor of God?

What is meant by the favor of God? How can I get the favor of God?: What is meant by the favor of God? How can I get the favor of God? What is God's favor? What does it mean to have the favor of God?

Compassion

Sometimes people want to do better with their lives, but they're trapped in their habits & addictions. When you see "the least of these," remember two important things: One: You're only a few bad breaks from being in the same position. And God is not finished with them yet. We are all works in progress, so show some compassion and have a heart .
As difficult as it has been, as much pain as you have endured, take heart in this: Someone is watching you. Someone is drawing on your strength and learning how to remain faithful in spite of adversity. You are someone's hero, the reason they get out of bed each morning. Imagine: Even on your worst day, God is using you to bless others.

God and you

God is EVERYWHERE, including INSIDE YOU. So try this on: If you believe in God, believe also in yourself. After all, you were created in HIS image and likeness. And if that sounds like a big pill to swallow, you'll love this: GOD BELIEVES IN YOU! God has ULTIMATE faith in your ability to be Christ-like here on Earth. If you can BELIEVE that GOD BELIEVES IN YOU, Heaven awaits . . . shout it out!

Gods promises

“For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ. And so through him the ‘Amen’ is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come” (2 Cor 1:20–22).
All of God’s promises find their “Yes” in His son. Not only are God’s past promises fulfilled in Christ, but He also claims us through Christ. Paul uses the imagery of a seal: God stamps us with ownership. Through Christ, He has made an eternal commitment to us.
The force of God’s righteousness and mercy is the foundation on which His promises are built. He does not change, and His promises are as dependable as He is.
Sometimes we have a hard time resting in God’s promises because so many earthly promises are broken. But while we disappoint others and they disappoint us, God is not like us: “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?” (Num 23:19).
We have to separate our human experience from God’s promises that will never be broken. We know that we can trust His promises because of another experience: He has “put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come” (2 Cor 1:22).