good morning my friends i'm pastor stephen brooks welcome today to our midweek bible study called morning glory i'm so happy that you're here today i want you to if you have the ability to grab your bibles follow along with me today and we're going to have a good time in the word of god today i want to talk about the subject called the reign of favor and this is god's supernatural favor that can come down just like rain and rest upon your life and cause some of the most amazing things to take place in your life and we're going to discuss it today in in context of one of the key things that will cause it to be released into your life because favor is never accidental it's never something that's just a random luck or chance it is there is something specifically that can trigger it in your life and we're going to talk about favor today in that light praise god now let's open up in prayer heavenly father as we jump into your word we ask that your holy spirit would anoint the message the scriptures that it wouldn't just be ink on paper or a history lesson or some kind of mental exercise but that this would be living bread straight from heaven your word and father we thank you we thank you for the anointing of your spirit and eyes to see and ears to hear and we give you praise in jesus name we pray and agree and say amen praise the lord now today let's go to first timothy chapter four and we're going to start in verse seven and while you're turning there let me just remind you that we have on the uh on the cooker the plans the full itinerary for the 2022 israel tour and registration is going to open in about 10 days we will have all the links we will have the downloadable brochure we can also mail you a brochure all of that will be ready in about 10 days but i want you to be ready so that you can go quickly and get registered once registration is open and the tour dates for our israel tour are may 16 through the 26th 2022 and you can register with a 300 deposit with the tour company and by the way this is the best tour company there is and this is going to be an over-the-top trip uh everything every itinerary every site has been hand-picked the hotels have been selected by my wife and i we've been in many hotels in israel and these hotels are all exceptional the meals are exceptional you're going to have the time of your life and i would like for you to prayerfully consider coming to israel on tour with us in 2022 again the dates may 16 through the 26 20 22 the cost is 46.49 per person again 46.49 per person and somebody might think well pastor stephen i've seen tours a little bit cheaper well you get what you pay for and uh i have talked to people that have been on other types of tours and they were shocked at some of the hotels they were put in that were very very substandard so when we go this is a luxury tour you're going to love where you're going where you're staying how we get about and uh the meals and so forth it's going to be tremendous i want you to prepare your heart for this tour and i just want to see you come to israel because i know there is a blessing released upon anyone that comes to israel because one of the greatest ways that you could support israel is actually literally to stand in israel when you come and you support their tourism and you support their economy you are blessing the lord's blood descendants his family members praise god now we're in the family of christ too but let's not forget that christ is jewish and all biblical authors are jewish authors and so we have a debt of love to them and we want to honor the jewish people we want to honor the lord by visiting the holy land and enjoying the beauty of the holy land so come on with me to israel it's going to be fantastic praise the lord boy i am so excited about the trip and um it's opening up registration in about 10 days we're going to fly out of new york we're going to go straight to tel aviv and then you will be picked up in tel aviv and taken to our first site and uh checked into the hotel so you can get all the rest that you need so the tour will start officially the following day we'll be on the move going to caesarea by the sea going to the cave of elijah on mount carmel going to megiddo cana we're going to go to nazareth and not just see the the town the village where christ was raised but also we will go to the mount of precipice where they tried to push him off the cliff we're also going to go to the sea of galilee we will go to capernaum the mount of beatitudes uh golan heights the jordan valley the mount of olives uh my friends everything that you've ever desired to see these beautiful sights in israel particularly in jerusalem we're going there and we're going to have a great time we're not only going to have a great time seeing the sights but i believe the beautiful presence of the lord will again meet us while we are together on tour praise god so get ready to register that registration link will open in about 10 days get ready to get signed up and so that you get on this tour and we're going to have a tremendous time glory to god amen now let's talk about the favor of the lord coming down upon your life like wet cool refreshing rain hallelujah first timothy chapter four let's go to verse 7 but reject profane and old wives fables and exercise yourself toward godliness for bodily exercise profits a little but godliness is profitable for all things having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come now we should take care of our physical temple we should take care of the house we live in i'm talking about the physical house our bodies but also understand that according to what the bible says exercise is an area of little return and i want to explain what i mean by that i've met jim fanatics and maybe when i was younger maybe i could have been classified as that and uh you know i ran track all through high school and then through college and stuff like that and uh and then you know i just love athletics and sports and things like that but today it's not uncommon to see some people get so caught up in certain forms of training that they're training literally seven days a week they're not even taking the day off the rest uh maybe they're resting a certain body part but if they're resting that part they're training another part so maybe they're resting their upper body but now they're training legs and it's just an endless cycle of on and on not only to try to develop you know certain attributes of physical strength or endurance but then once you've got it and then you've got all the work of maintaining it and you have to understand that from a eternal perspective physical exercise is an area of little return now doesn't mean there's no return in it doesn't mean you're not going to get some good out of it you can but in god's eyes it's a return of little amounts praise god so spiritual labor spiritual exercise far outweighs every other type of labor uh or work or serving in the area of getting the best return stop and think about it just for a moment if you were an investor and you had a lot of extra money to invest where would you put it at you would search for an area to invest where are you going to put it you're going to put it in the area that presents an opportunity for you to get the best return and if something over here has a very strong potential of a huge return as compared to something with a little small return you know which one you're going for you're going for the one with the big return so we need to invest in serving the lord because it releases the reign of unusual favor upon our lives praise god i want to say it again be very wise in the way that you invest your time and what you do with your life and serve the lord because there's wisdom in that because in serving the lord it attracts this unusual reign of god's favor to come down so beautifully upon your life glory to god let's go to proverbs chapter 14. proverbs chapter 14 praise the lord there we go proverbs 14 verse 23 in all labor there is prophet now that's uh verse 23 verse a so in all labor there's prophet and so while there is prophet in the many various forms of labor the highest dimension of profit is in what type of labor spiritual labor let that go into your spirit today because this is going to help some who have gotten bogged down in the things of the world why we need to be in the world we have to function that's why we have a physical body because we're supposed to live and operate in this world but oh it's what you do with uh the abilities that you have uh this this type of laboring that you engage in that sets things up for an eternal reward that you can have now and not we're not just talking about eternity we're also talking about in this life living in the highest dimension of god's blessing and favor comes through spiritual labor praise god your spiritual labor will always catch god's attention i want to say that again your spiritual labor your serving god will always catch his attention even if what you do is done in private and nobody else knows about it yet god sees in secret and he sees what you're doing in secret and he certainly knows how to reward his servants openly so the highest reward on spiritual labor the highest reward on serving is favor praise the lord psalm 102 let's go over the psalm 102 and we're going to drop down to verse 13. praise god you will arise and have mercy on zion for the time to favor her yes to set time has come oh and i'm speaking to those today your time has come for god to favor you and i'm releasing some in some information and insight of how you can tap into the fullness of this favor that god desires to bestow upon his people for the time to favor her yes the set time has come for your servants take pleasure in her stones and show favor to her dust now basically what's being described here is the the child of god who loves the lord and not only loves the lord but expresses it through serving god in an all-out sold out way and when you do that you are attracting god's favor upon you and it can come in very unusual ways when you are fully committed to using all of your resources to serve the lord verse 15. so the nations shall fear the name of the lord and all the kings of the earth your glory so there is an element of favor that can be extended to zion to the believer in christ when you're going all out for the lord your heart is for the lord where even kings over nations can bestow blessing upon you can extend favor towards you now as a church historian somebody that loves church history i would say probably one of my favorite areas of study would be the medieval ages and i like ancient history even going back 2 000 years and plus but let me say this as we move into the 5th century and 6th century and so forth when many monasteries began to be established and built and the spread of monasticism was taking place particularly throughout europe areas of what are modern day great britain etc it's fascinating because some of these monasteries and a few of them are even still in existence today as far as the structure and the building most of these monasteries of course were overseen by an abbot they were built by many of these men and some women that eventually went down in church history as being known as saints a saint being somebody that was classified or put in a context of a very holy man or woman of god who lived a very uh pure life that glorified god and often their lives or ministries were surrounded with signs wonders and miracles but so many of these monasteries were built how well yes by that man or woman of god but how did they get the land so often in the majority of the time the land was donated to them by a king who was touched by their message and was touched by their serving and by their work and sometimes these uh those now known in history as saints sometimes the saints did not even have to ask a king or somebody a royalty for land or anything like that sometimes they would just offer it a king would say hey i really like what you're doing and your message is bringing good into my dominion my domain and so uh do you need by help uh can is there anything i can do would you like some land you know i've talked before about saint columba who lived in scotland on the island of iona now columbus technically he was an irishman and he moved over to scotland and he positioned himself on the island of iona but the truth is when you dig into history a lot of people are familiar with how he got that island some people just think well i guess he got in the boat and he and his men he had 12 disciples kind of similar to christ yeah a lot of the guys did that saint francis he had 12 disciples also similar to the lord's ministry but with saint columba he he didn't just get in a boat and land on that island and say you know what let's start a monastery here let's start a work for god here no that island was given to him by a king and the king said look i know that you're a man of god and you're doing a good work uh do you need some land do you need a place to have us a base of an operation i've got an island over here not really using not not anybody out there really except some uh birds flying around so uh columbus was like yeah that would be ideal and so thus began one of the great monasteries of europe and from that hub from that operation um he would send out we would call them missionaries uh they were basically uh monks friars being sent out with apostolic anointing to establish other works in other areas but there are kings that extend their favor towards zion oh it's very very exciting when you think about all of the properties that saint francis acquired so much of that was done through kings and through royalty who were touched by his message and said you know what we're just going to release tremendous provision into the works that you are you are doing because it it resonates with us we like what you're uh you're doing and so in a sense zion was built up and that's how the lord works so often and when you have a heart to serve the lord such as saint columba such as saint francis when that's your agenda to serve the lord and be involved in any way you can in kingdom service i'm telling you it attracts the favor of god like honey all over your life and people like you now of course there will be those that not that are not too hot about the gospel you know what i'm talking about there's always that that's that's okay but even them we're going to love and we're going to respect them and endeavor to pray for them and send the gospel their way as well too but my friends there are others that just receive it and they just eat it up and they love it and they want to be a part and their their way of being a part of it is just saying hey let me invest into this work and i i really foresee that i see extraordinary resources being released to those in the body of christ who have this heart for god to be involved in any format i see the most unusual things coming into your life that are based upon god's favor touching you get ready for it get ready for it praise god now we qualify for unusual favor not just normal favor we qualify for unusual favor when we take a genuine love to further god's kingdom oh praise god and i believe you're the kind of person that has that love and i'm speaking to you today about very very unusual favor coming upon your life the fastest way to move forward in your destiny is by favor please let that get deep into your spirit um that's something that will really really help you the fastest way to move forward in your destiny is by favor oh glory to god i want to open that up a little bit further in the world even in the unsaved world there are those who have understood the importance of favor a couple of years ago i turned on the television and came across a documentary about one of the world's greatest drummers and some some say in that industry they some even said he could even be the greatest drummer we've ever we've ever had but they interviewed the drummer himself and he talked about his journey and he talked about the day he realized something that he needed and this is what he he basically said he said that he was determined to become the world's greatest drummer and no matter what that required he was willing to pay that price so he practiced literally every day of his life five hours on the drums and you know after a while he was he got on with a a pretty well-known band it wasn't like a you know like maybe like a tier a or top level you know band or something like that but he he was good and people knew that he was really good but his skill level was off the charts and he said i'm going to get so good on drums that the the greatest bands will want me and so i'll end up he said with one of the big ones and he said it didn't happen and he realized one day that it took more than just his ability to be maybe the technically the best drummer on the planet and all this practice and all of this knowledge and all of this gifting he said i realized i needed something beyond that and really what he was saying that he needed was favor because you could be the best but if they don't like you they're not going to call you even if they need a drummer they're they're not going to choose you or select you because as he said there's these other intangible qualities that have to be involved as well and one of those and one of the most important ones is favor you're going to need that and as a believer god is able to move you swiftly along the path of your destiny and help you to reach the fulfillment of that by walking in his favor praise the lord now we see of course that joseph who was a slave and he was sold in egypt as a slave the favor of god was upon his life and the next thing you know is that although he is still in a slave type position he has now been placed as a ruler over potiphar's house well things didn't go too well after a while at potterford's house and he's thrown into prison under false charges but even there that favor of god was upon his life and we see that in the book of genesis chapter 39 verse 21 but the lord was with joseph and showed him mercy and he gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison now let me be very clear in saying this god can give favor he can give it where it was not there before and the moment it comes you're like wow something has shifted in my life there is now an acceptance there is now a a love there is now a liking that was never there before and it can be supernatural it's not it's not related to how you look it's not even related to how you talk matter of fact you could talk or maybe do things in a way that's somebody would think well that's gonna hold them back but but somebody that's touched by god's favor towards you may actually like that and i had i had a very unusual door open for me one time this was maybe like 15 years ago and and um i had a lady who was married to one of the world's greatest prophets she she was you know his wife and uh she saw me one day and and she didn't know me but she knew i was a minister but she didn't know me and she said wow you remind me completely of my brother she said every time i look at you you she said all i can see is my brother she said i want you to come and spend time with me and my husband and her husband of course was this great prophet and so i'm thinking well hey i'll take that door any way it come i'll go through that door if the door is somehow you're favoring me because i look like your brother uh and i you know i probably actually don't but that's kind of what she's seeing and that's creating a favor for me that literally opened their house and their hearts to me praise god i'm telling you god could put crazy favor on you that doesn't even make any sense you can't even really explain it sometimes but it's there and you know it's working praise the lord so god can give you favor just like he did with joseph and it was that favor that lifted him up out of the prison and even into the palace we saw in verse 23 uh of genesis 39 let's just look at that one too the keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under joseph's authority because the lord was with him and whatever he did the lord made it prosper so there's that favor there's that favor to just put him in the favored position and he's leading in god's blessing what he's doing and everything is working in a very smooth and functional way praise god now let's go over the judges chapter 6 and we'll take a look just for a moment at the life of gideon and how god was working in his life to lift him up when he was the least the the littlest one within israel but yet god's favor turned things around for him judges chapter 6 verse 14 then the lord turned to him and said go in this might of yours and you shall save israel from the hand of the midianites have i not sent you so he said to him o my lord how can i save israel indeed my clan is the weakest in manasseh and i am the least in my father's house let me say this with god's touch a favor upon your life you can go from an obscure position being unknown you can go from this place of being the littlest or lightly esteemed to being promoted and catapulted into a position where you're the anchor person where you're the anchorman or the anchorwoman and suddenly you're in a position of leadership then he said to him if now i have found favor in your sight then show me a sign and god certainly gave him all the backup support that he needed at that time to uh help build his confidence up and help build his faith up praise god my friends he found favor in the sight of the lord i'm telling you that god's favor can track you down you might think well nobody knows me pastor stephen that's not necessary all that's necessary is for god to know you god can god can lift you up and i'll tell you i'll tell you if you're serving him if you're serving him you have a heart to serve him just like like gideon did then you can attract that favor right where you're at because god god trust me god knows your number god knows right where you're at and he can find you in his favor can find you as well and as long as you maintain your commitment to serve the lord god will maintain his favor upon your life let me say that again as long as you maintain your commitment to serve the lord and have a heart for god then he will maintain that favor upon your life praise the lord you have to have a passion for god for the purpose of god for god's people hallelujah you have to have a heart for the lord and the things of of his kingdom and that favor will start coming now when god releases special favor you could actually make very unusual requests that you couldn't make it any other time and they can actually when they're originated by god and that his favor is there those requests will actually be granted wow we see a great example of this in the book of exodus chapter 3. let's go over there just for a moment exodus chapter 3 verse 21 i see i see a new wave of favor for some of you it will be it will be new for others it's like the tide went out and you've been waiting for a new wave well uh your heart is re-engaging in an it because you know this is where god's at in his service and a wave of favors coming over your life and you're gonna have some very precise moments when you can ask you may even be instructed by god in particular cases to make a specific request and we see that here in verse 21 and i will give this people favor in the sight of the egyptians and it shall be when you go that you shall not go empty-handed now let me say this the favor of god will end it will just completely end any empty-handedness that you have been experiencing pastor stephen i just don't seem to have much to show for what i've done or for my my life or for my journey i just don't seem to have much in my hand to show well when god's favor touches you you will never for the rest of your life ever not a single day be empty-handed praise the lord now when you go you shall not go empty-handed why because he has given you favor praise the lord but every woman shall ask of her neighbor there are times when that favor is extended that it's just offered you don't have to ask it's even offered before you can bring it up but there's other times god extends the favor and the favor is on you and you can ask and it's going to be granted but every woman shall ask of her neighbor namely of her who dwells near her house articles of silver articles of gold and clothing and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters so you shall plunder the egyptians praise the lord this is very very interesting praise god we see here that there was a biblical wealth transfer and that transfer originates out of god's favor resting upon his people thank you lord jesus now we know there is a purpose for the wealth transfer but we're going to see that more fully in just a moment let's go to exodus chapter 12 exodus 12 and we're going to see the fulfillment of that prophecy because when that was spoken that was before the release of all of these mighty plagues that shook egypt to the core now we are in exodus chapter 12 and let's go down to verse 36 and the lord had given the people favor in the sight of the egyptians so that they granted them what they requested thus they plundered the egyptians wow praise the lord so we have here fulfillment and we have here a biblical example of a true genuine wealth transfer so i think we should step back just for a moment and ask ourselves how did the israelites reach this place of favor and obtaining this wealth so the favor was on them god's favor was on them to ask and they did and now they have all of this wealth what's what's the core purpose that is causing this favor and this wealth to flow like this well we find it in exodus chapter and there's quite a few places where it's reiterated at but here's a good one exodus chapter 7 verse let's go to verse 15. go to pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand and you shall say to him the lord god of the hebrews has sent me to you saying let my people go that they may serve me that they may serve me in the wilderness that's the whole purpose why is that favor there what's bringing that favor people that want to serve the lord and it's very difficult to serve the lord when you're in bondage and it's taking up all of your time and you're you're basically uh you know under a task master and you have no freedom and so god is delivering them god is allowing favor to come upon them why so that they can serve him this serving god is what entitles you to his favor but you have to be 100 willing and committed to serve god and when you're at that point when you're at that point this supernatural unusual favor flows so beautifully into your life now let me say this there is another and there's there's been various ones throughout biblical uh record and throughout church history but there's coming another wealth transfer and it will come as an extension of favor upon you god's favor upon you and it will be for the service of the lord praise god and i think i think in some ways it's good to have a plan it's good to have a plan of service what would you do if somebody gave you a million dollars what would you do if somebody gave you 10 million dollars and you maybe you inherited it maybe something happened you just end up with this fortune what would you do well i trust that the first thing that you would do is to tithe and give god the ten percent and then also to give a generous offering and to think and and to think about what god has blessed you with because it is for the service of the lord now when they had that wealth transfer that came from the egyptians into the children of god there is a purpose so they can serve the lord and there is a tabernacle that was going to be built and it was going to need a lot of gold and a lot of silver and a lot of precious ornaments and precious jewels and all of these things so there's always a purpose for it that purpose is serving the lord praise god and it's you're serving the lord that attracts miraculous favor even favor that causes wealth to be released into your life thank you lord jesus praise god nothing nothing is more rewarding than spiritual labor because it brings a downpour of god's reign of favor upon you so your spiritual labor your spiritual service it releases a downpour of the reign of favor upon your life get ready for it as you're serving the lord get ready for the reign of favor to come upon you now psalm 30 thank you lord jesus let's go over the psalm 30. i like this one the 30th psalm we're going to drop down to verse 4. let me get a drink here just for a moment praise the lord now verse 4 sing praise to the lord you saints of his and give thanks at the remembrance of his holy name for his angers but for a moment his favor is for life i want you to look carefully at that phrase his favor is for life now the words is and for are actually in italics and what is being literally spoken here in the hebrew is that his favor is life his favor life his favor is life so we see here that god's favor plays a big part in determining your quality of life and his favor plays a big part in determining your movement forward in life his favor is life whoa praise god and you need his favor because the more of his favor that's upon your life the further your life progresses along the path that he has planned for you and that quality of it the quality of it is just it can be so beautiful when his favor is flowing and resting upon you praise god all right now there is something very special that god's favor will also do for you as you're serving him and we actually see this in matthew chapter nine praise the lord matthew chapter 9. i really like this verse a lot also what the lord said in those days of his earthly ministry in so many ways is still true today let's take a look at it where in matthew chapter 9 let's go to verse 35. then jesus went about all the cities and villages teaching in their synagogues okay so he's teaching he's teaching in their synagogues preaching the gospel of the kingdom so he's teaching and he's preaching and healing every sickness and every disease among the people so he's teaching he's preaching and he's healing and he's going all over the place doing this notice the serving that he's doing serving god the father he's carrying out the mandate that the father has given him and when you are actively serving the lord and you're just going all out for god there there is an unusual favor that touches your life there's a picture i'm going to have put up on the screen right now and i want to give a little explanation of what you're looking at and what you're seeing well let me first read a little story and then it'll make sense what you're looking at right there a young man who was about 25 years old served on the staff at faith tabernacle now that is the church pastored by bishop david oyedepo in nigeria this young man suffered a gunshot wound that destroyed his elbow and required an elbow replacement the device that had been surgically implanted was large and caused constant pain but there was no alternative okay so that that image that you're seeing on the screen is that device that is actually what was put into his elbow now that device was made in a very high-tech laboratory in india and on that device was etched the serial number of that device it was etched by by laser engraving so it's not like you can go out and make another one or something like that this is a very high level very advanced piece of medical uh you know material here that was inserted into this young man's elbow this young man was known for working tirelessly for the lord one day he worked served and ministered all day and into the evening during a church service where 130 000 new people had come for ministry so this young man's busy serving there in the church many people of course were being saved that day at the end of the evening he heard the lord say to him you've been working hard for me now i'm going to work for you at the time he didn't know what god meant so he went home and went to bed okay get ready for this this this is the favor that can come up on your life when you serve the lord all out when he woke up the next morning he looked over and the elbow joint replacement was lying on the bed next to him he had a he had a new elbow and was completely healed so an angel came and took out that surgical device and sat it on the bed next to him and that is actually it you're looking at right there the angel came and took it out and completely healed his elbow well pastor stephen that's some pretty wild uh favor for god to send an angel and do that yes but see your service for the lord it attracts crazy favor and i want you to be aware of this favor that comes upon those who have a heart to live all out for the lord and there's another there's another very unusual blessing also and it's right here in this statement that we're looking at in uh matthew chapter 9. let's continue on verse 36 and when he saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion for them because they were weary and scattered like sheep having no shepherd then he said to his disciples now get ready for this not much has changed in 2000 years then he said to his disciples the harvest truly is plentiful i mean you stop and think about it we have over 7 billion people on the planet and that number is growing like crazy it's just it's continuing to grow so he said the harvest truly is plentiful but the laborers are few therefore pray the lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest so the laborers or the servants or the workers are actually few and you stop and think about that with any ministry or with any church or any work of god usually if you have those that are surrounding it those that are helping it and those that are being involved if you look into the gears of it really even still there's there's only like 10 or 15 percent that are just really totally into it going all out and meeting any demand that god would place upon that work if the lord says expand in this area you've got 10 percent that'll that say that will say we'll lay our lives down to do it we'll do whatever it takes uh to make that happen because we want to please the lord so uh it's those that are these harvest laborers they're always going to be those that are really all out like that they're always going to be in a minority now yes we need to pray that there's more and we actually need a harvesting of the harvesters we need more skilled laborers that are rock solid grounded and are strong in the faith and are on fire for god and the ones that are just you know all in all in but i'm telling you that if you do that god's favor will come up on you in some very very unusual ways keep in mind that there's not that many of them there's not that many of them jesus said the laborers are few so we even see in psalm 92 verse excuse me psalm 91 verse 4 uh let's see here where am i at i think i'm actually in psalm 92 yes two of the most beautiful psalms in the bible but this one is uh this verse i'm looking for is psalm 92 verse 14 they shall still bear fruit in old age they shall be fresh and flourishing now look if you will serve the lord with all of your heart god's unusual favor will be upon your life that will even quicken your mortal body and when you're all out for the lord the lord realizes hey he or she is going to be very very difficult to replace and i've invested god's saying i've invested so much in to him or her that i'm going to keep them up for the long haul and he'll keep you going until the day you leave the planet you're just active you're still working you're still serving and even if you get you know really old and you have to kind of you know slow the pace down a little bit you still find ways that you can serve the lord right where you're at you know um it was only a few days ago i i signed a contract with my book publisher and off it goes the final manuscript and you're probably you might you might be thinking well pastor stephen that's great you've done that now you can take a break you know i've already started on the next book praise the lord yes i'm very excited about this one i just finished that's going to come out some months down the road but i you know i'm not just sitting around thinking well i can go on a three-month vacation no i want to every single day of my life until i go home to be with the lord find some way to serve him and and walk with him and honestly i love doing it i'm not trying to see how little i can do and somehow you know get the job done i want to give god my best and i have learned that it attracts his favor and very unusual ways upon your life when you live for him so favor is not accidental favor is not something that just random luck or chance the favor of god especially comes to the servants of god and if you will make up your mind to serve him with all of your heart you'll have some of the best most beautiful things happen to you where people just they just like you and they do crazy things for you and and it's just and it just happens when there's no sweat there's no strain there's no struggle it's just the doors open and on you go i'm telling you it's god's favor that will fast forward your life into the fullness of what he has called you to do i it will fast forward your life remember those old cassette tapes you know you had the little thing where you could uh press stop play rewind or fast forward well god can hit the favor and when he hits the favor it's like pushing that fast forward and you're you're moving you're moving so i see things moving swiftly for you why a wave of favor coming over your life i see wealth transfer coming into your life in very very unusual dimensions prepare your heart for it hallelujah we're going to be very grounded and very stabilized in the word of god and in prayer so that we stay on course with the profuse blessings that god is releasing through this favor lift up your hands i want to pray for you heavenly father i'm mindful of isaiah chapter 1 verse 19 where we are instructed that if we have a willing and obedient heart then we eat the good of the land and and father your favor is attracted by this willingness to serve out of a pure heart with genuine motives of love for you so i pray father that grace be released upon your people that as they seek you and your kingdom first you're going to add all of these other things that the world is pulling their hair out trying to get and trying to stay up they're staying up others are staying up day and night trying to figure out how to get it and sweating and all this other stuff but lord it's just going to come right into your people through extraordinary favor i thank you father your days are a favor are here for your people i just release and speak that blessing that they go through smoothly lord because they are your laborers laboring many i see many of you you labor in ways you think nobody's noticing but it's it's making a difference you know it is but maybe nobody's written an article on you maybe nobody's taken your picture and uh has told others but see god sees that god sees that and god's going to reward you with very unique favor so father we thank you and i just hear that god's favor is going to make you smile i'm talking about a sustained smile get ready so father i release that favor upon your people and i thank you for their hearts to serve thank you thank you in jesus name amen and amen praise god i call it done i see it resting upon you glory glory to god if you're watching today's program and you want to get your life right with god his favor comes to you as you are in christ it begins with a relationship with god through his son and jesus is the only mediator between god and man he's the only one in the middle there's no other way there's no other religion there's no other person he's the only one he's it so when you put your trust in him he gives access to god the father and he is the son of god if you would like to get your life right with god pray this prayer right now say lord jesus i believe you died on the cross for my redemption and you rose on the third day and that you live at the right hand of god the father so jesus you died for me i put my trust in you save me now wash me with your blood write my name in your book of life and let your favor begin to flow towards me now thank you jesus in your name i pray thank you for saving me amen and amen welcome to the family of god the family a favor and god's favor comes in many different flavors it's just it's it's incredible what he will do i have always experienced the greatest favor upon my life when i was serving him now sometimes it's just uh come in very unusual ways but the strongest forms of god's favor have always flowed towards me while i was in service i'm not talking about just like preaching in church but while i'm on my way to serve the lord while i'm thinking about serving the lord while i'm busy about this just like jesus was preaching teaching healing going all over the place just favor all over him my friends i see it coming on you too praise god father we give you praise now let's take holy communion together we thank god that he is the giver of all good gifts he is the giver of favor he is a good god praise the lord praise the lord some of you have you have had religious tradition teach you or kind of form a mindset where you have an expectancy of something to happen that's not going to be good but as we see in god's word that god wants us to have an expectancy of good things to take place and of his favor to be upon our lives and i see you just like the psalmist said like david said that god is surrounding you as with a shield of favor and just as that shield goes around in protection god's favor all around your life that means good things happening to you extraordinary favor praise the lord because you are a favored child of god that is your status and your position in christ praise the lord now let's grab some unleavened bread and some grape juice and let's pray father we thank you for the bread and for the juice we pray over and consecrate it through this prayer we thank you father this is now the body the flesh of jesus your son and father this is his blood and we thank you father that as it says in scripture the life is in the blood and we thank you that as we prepare to receive the holy communion that we are aware of your favor and that you can give it just like you gave it to joseph and we thank you that you are giving it to your people to those in zion right now it's going to begin to come down like rain and it's going to be it's going to begin to get so thick and strong that we're going to have testimonies of the most unusual miracles thank you father thank you we give you praise father we receive the body of jesus with great thanksgiving because all of these blessings have become available to us through his death his burial and his resurrection so father we celebrate we proclaim the death of christ that through his death he has made this way possible for us to have such a rich inheritance thank you father thank you in jesus name we pray amen let's receive the body of jesus praise the lord father we thank you for the blood of jesus and as we receive it we thank you for the forgiveness and cleansing of our sins and we ask that if we have committed any sin that you would wash it all away and we turn from sin and we thank you for forgiveness and father we choose to completely forgive anybody that has sinned against us we forgive them and bless them and we go on we thank you father walking in love father we give you praise thank you thank you father for your favor and thank you father for giving us a heart to serve and live for you in jesus name amen and amen praise god let's receive the blood of christ praise the lord so often i have found myself tired even physically maybe even mentally in certain areas where i wanted to rest and like retreat but yet an opportunity came to serve i've been on airplanes before and maybe uh i'm returning from a trip and i'm tired and i'm even mentally tired and i just want to sit but somebody will sit next to me and a conversation will start and i realize that their hearts open so i can't just you know say to myself well you know i you know i i need to just go rest i'll just start talking why because if their hearts open and that flow is there of the spirit and it's just it's happening then i'll i'm just going to go for it and every time i've done that the lord has blessed me with this favor there have been times where maybe um i remember one particular time i was just wanting to rest at a coffee shop but somebody needed prayer and that they approached me for prayer and i i rose up now they couldn't tell i was tired or anything like that i wasn't grumpy or anything but i was very mentally depleted in a sense i just i needed a little break but yet people were coming and i rose up and pushed past that fatigue and i prayed and god did miracles and then then the lord blessed me through a very favorable thing but my friends as we serve him and give him our best yes he knows we need rest at certain times so he will make those times of refreshing available but let us also give god our very best in our service for him praise the lord thank you for watching today also please be mindful of our upcoming pentecost uh celebration in may the 21st through the 23rd as we will be preparing our hearts to sow a special pentecostal seed that will be used for the pure gold television program for its expansion and increase through television thank you for keeping that mindful and praying about that and preparing your giving for that special day that's coming up god bless you look forward to seeing you back next time bye bye