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Another time a gentleman took me to buy a new suit. As I was changing clothes, the Lord said, 'My favor on your life is going to produce clothes. You’ll never want for clothes again as long as you live.' There is a connection between declaring favor consistently and seeing it on a consistent basis. It doesn’t just happen automatically. The Spirit of God told me, 'Every time you see a manifestation of My favor, stop right then, no matter where it happens, no matter who is in your presence, and say, “That’s the favor of God!”' He taught me to acknowledge His favor immediately in every situation—even if I just got a better parking place than the day before or someone bought me a meal. If you will immediately acknowledge God’s favor every time you experience it, it will happen more and more frequently—God enjoys people who have an attitude of gratitude. Psalm 107 says four times, “Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness.” The favor of God is given to every person God calls His own. It is available to all, but some people see greater manifestations of it than others do because they apply their faith to receive it. You must develop your faith in the favor of God by declaring it all the time. Speaking it charges the atmosphere with His favor. One member of our family heard me preach this so often that when I asked how he was doing, he responded, “Well, it looks like the fog is rolling in.” I said, “What?” He said, “Fog—F-O-G—favor of God.” So now we give weather reports at our house. “Looks like more FOG is coming in for the Savelle household. FOG is coming in every day.” Why? Because it’s for a lifetime. What’s the forecast going to be in the morning at your house? You decide. Favor, Favor Everywhere And that’s an easy decision when you realize you are surrounded by favor. Psalm 5:12 says, “For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.” This gives new meaning to: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life…” (Psalm 23:6). You and I can expect God’s favor to manifest in our lives every day no matter where we might be. God is very generous with His favor as we see in this scripture: “In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood…in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor” (Ephesians 1:7, "AMPC"). That reminds me of a time I was praying for some partners of my ministry. They were tithers and generous, faithful people, but the enemy had leveled an attack against their business that threatened to destroy them financially. As I began to pray, I heard myself saying, “God, as a favor to me, don’t let this happen to them.” Have you ever asked God for a favor? I’d never thought of doing that before. A few days later the situation turned around, and they came out better financially than they had ever been. I learned how much God values our relationship when I said, “Lord, all I asked You for was a favor.” And He replied, 'I granted it. You have no idea how much weight you carry with Me.' * * * article continues on p. 23 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * POINTS TO GET YOU THERE: 1. The person who draws back from trusting what God says He will do, robs God of the pleasure of blessing him. Heb. 10:38 2. God’s desire is to bless you, and not to teach you a lesson. God desires for you to excel in the entire realm of human existence: spirit, soul and body. 3 John 2 3. God is not holding back anything that will set us free and assure us total, overcoming victory in life. 2 Pet. 1:3 4. God is pleased when you turn from the pressures of your circumstances to the promises of His Word by continually confessing His promises. Ps. 35:27 22 : BVOV .

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