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A good name
is rather to be chosen than great riches, and
loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:1 AMP
There are some things that money cannot buy—one
of them is favor. When God’s favor is on your
life, wonderful things will happen to you and
for you. Favor will take you where nothing else
can take you. Favor can open doors and prevent
calamity. Favor can help you do more with less.
Favor can make a way where there is no way!
And the Lord appeared to him the same night and
said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear
not, for I am with you and will favor you with
blessings and multiply your descendants for the
sake of My servant Abraham. Genesis 26:24 AMP
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God promised to bless
Abraham and his descendants through Isaac. He
personally spoke to Isaac to confirm this and
promised Isaac that He would favor him with
blessings. Blessing always goes hand in hand
with favor. In order to be blessed by someone,
you must first be favored by them. You can
recognize the favor by the blessing! As a
spiritual descendant of Abraham and a child of
God, God has promised to bless you. Expect God’s
favor to be on your life because of His
promises!
My son, forget not my law or teaching, but let
your heart keep my commandments; 2 For length of
days and years of a life [worth living] and
tranquility [inward and outward and continuing
through old age till death], these shall they
add to you. 3 Let not mercy and kindness
[shutting out all hatred and selfishness] and
truth [shutting out all deliberate hypocrisy or
falsehood] forsake you; bind them about your
neck, write them upon the tablet of your heart.
4 So shall you find favor, good understanding,
and high esteem in the sight [or judgment] of
God and man. Proverbs 3:1-4 AMP
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not refuse
or neglect it. 34 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to
be envied) is the man who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts
of my doors. 35 For whoever finds me [Wisdom]
finds life and draws forth and obtains favor
from the Lord. Proverbs 8:33-35 AMP
When you embrace God’s Word—His principles and
His wisdom—you will automatically find His favor
as well. When you seek His mercy, kindness, and
truth and reject and shut out all hatred,
selfishness, deliberate hypocrisy, and
falsehood, then you will not only find favor,
but also good understanding and high esteem in
the sight of God and man as well! Proverbs 16:7
AMP says, “When a man’s ways please the Lord, He
makes even his enemies to be at peace with
him.” God’s favor on your life translates into
favor with man as well. Even sinners will say
“yes” to you when they would have said “no” to
anyone else. God will send His Spirit and His
angels to cause favor to shine on you, from
every direction and in all your ways.
When it goes well with the [uncompromisingly]
righteous, the city rejoices, but when the
wicked perish, there are shouts of joy. 11 By
the blessing of the influence of the upright and
God’s favor [because of them] the city is
exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of
the wicked. Proverbs 11:10-11 AMP
There is no favor on or for the wicked—there is
only favor on and for the just. God’s favor is
on the righteous, therefore, when the righteous
are in authority, through the blessing of their
influence, God’s favor will be on the whole
city! Just think, if you give yourself to God,
His will, and His Word, He will be able to use
you to bless entire cities!
He who diligently seeks good seeks [God’s]
favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall
come upon him. Proverbs 11:27 AMP
A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a
man of wicked devices He condemns. Proverbs
12:2 AMP
Whoever despises the word and counsel [of God]
brings destruction upon himself, but he who
[reverently] fears and respects the commandment
[of God] is rewarded. 14 The teaching of the
wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid
the snares of death. 15 Good understanding wins
favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard
[like the barren, dry soil or the impassable
swamp]. Proverbs 13:13-15 AMP
Fools make a mock of sin and sin mocks the fools
[who are its victims; a sin offering made by
them only mocks them, bringing them
disappointment and disfavor], but among the
upright there is the favor of God. Proverbs
14:9 AMP |
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