It’s about right, the timing that is. We’re only one week into the year and already
I’m in a battle to keep believing. Are
you in the same conflict?
How long does it take for you to break one of your New
Year’s resolutions? I’ve stopped making
them; at least that’s what I tell myself each year. I say that I’m not going to put myself under
that pressure, but somehow by the end of the year that’s exactly what I’ve
done.
Sure I may have overcome a few things, but the major
changes I’ve wanted to make often leave me still wanting. Instead of being all in for change, I’ve been
all under condemnation, doubt and fear.
Does that sound like a good way to start or end a year to you?
Welcome new friends this week from:
See if your city/state/country made the list.
New on DFB – Philippines;
Malaysia; Bangladesh; Romania; Israel; Austria; Norway; Qatar; Bulgaria;
Singapore; Uganda; Spain; Saudi Arabia; Azerbaijan; Algeria; Syria; Vietnam;
Japan; Belgium; Sri Lanka; Paraguay; Nicaragua; Venezuela; Greece; United
States; Ecuador; Antigua & Barbuda; Kenya; Nigeria; Canada; United Kingdom;
India; Taiwan; Germany; Nepal; France; Ukraine; Hong Kong; United Arab Emirates; Switzerland; Latvia; Indonesia.
Thank you for your continued support and sharing
Believing Our Belief on Daily Favor.
(DFB - Daily Favor Blog)
You are welcome to leave comments or prayer requests below. All are private. I would love to hear from
you and how Daily Favor has worked in your life. Contact me by leaving a message in the box at
the bottom of this week’s post.
Don't miss
out on this week's challenge (below).
All Things New
Frankly,
I was excited about the New Year and all the things I believed God was about to
do in my life. We had a fantastic
Christmas and blessed time of fellowship during the holiday season. Then a joy
sucker crept in – sickness. Scripture says let the weak say they are strong, but circumstances wanted us to believe the opposite.
Instead
of 2015 coming in with a bang, it was fired up with a high fever and doctor’s
visits.
What a bummer too, missing out
on a midnight breakfast buffet. Who knows, that may have been an answer to
prayer after all, with some of the mystery meals we’ve eaten lately.
While
in prayer for my husband to get well, I was able to get lots of writing done
and enjoyed my study time. As a matter
of fact, I had this week’s post all written and thought that I would be able to
relax for the better part of the weekend.
Of course, you know that’s not what happened.
It’s
after 7 PM while I’m penning this, and the message is all new. What God wants us to believe is that He is giving
us “new” things in our life each day, and we need to embrace them while His
Spirit is moving.
If
we get caught up in the battle, we’ll miss the new things the Lord is showing
us, which will take us out of the battle.
As in Heaven
One
of the first passages of scripture I learned as a kid was the Disciple’s Prayer
aka The Lord’s Prayer. Perhaps it’s also
the most taught and learned lessons in the Bible. Maybe the same goes for you.
Although
the lesson isn’t actually on this, we could recite it together right now to
further my point in the real message I want to bring. Quoting from the book of
Matthew 6:9-13 (NKJV)
“In this manner, therefore, pray (said Jesus to the disciples):
Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed (Holy) be (is) Your name.
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil
one.
For Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.”
Believers
and non-believers are familiar with this prayer and tend to quote in in times
of need. Some even recite it daily along
with Psalm 23 thinking it satisfies their “spirituality” for the day and keeps
them tied to God.
I’ve
heard message upon message about what Jesus was actually teaching His
followers. What we often miss is that earth is to be a mirror reflection of
what Heaven is if God’s will were completely satisfied. We think that this “dream” of God is somehow
off in the future and only the Lord has power over it becoming a reality. In some ways that is true, but if it were
completely true, why would Jesus need to teach the disciples this principle?
What
comes to your mind when you hear this passage?
Does a warm fuzzy feeling of comfort knowing God is in control sweep
over you tossing out all doubt, fear or worry?
If
we really believed that this is a passage of hope, we would be expecting God’s
new mercies and be witness to the glory of the Lord falling on us each
day. In other words … here as in Heaven.
New Mercies Do I See?
Since
January is referred to as the beginning, where people allow themselves to be
pardoned from the past in hope of a fresh start, I’d like to propose that we do
the same with our conversations with God.
Our
new way of “Doing Something” in continuing with our Favor Walk with God, begins
with the time we spend in prayer and seeing God’s vision.
Isaiah the prophet recognized that even
though the world was experiencing devastating times, the earth itself was still
full of the glory of the LORD. What God
has put in place cannot be removed by satan, his armies or mankind.
“And one cried to another and said: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of
hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!” (Isaiah 6:3 NKJV)
God
has blessed us with a new year, which means that it is new without any
troubles, blemishes or faults. As each
new day progresses life’s curve balls come at us. We forget about the forgiving dawn that was
graced on us, and let things erase the mercy and glory that was already waiting
for us when we awoke.
“Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His
compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”
(Lamentations 3:22-23 NKJV)
Instead
of our fellowship time with God being one of thanksgiving for His new mercies,
we cry out, “Lord, mercy, mercy. Let my
will be done on earth… and Lord, have it be OK in Heaven so that it gets done
without any pain or suffering.”
The
“Our Father which art in Heaven” daily prayer becomes quite unrecognizable from
the version Jesus taught wouldn’t you say?
A New Song
Each
new day God gives us the daily bread we need through His mercies, which include
forgiveness, new ideas, new avenues to travel, new doors to open, new people in
our lives, new passions … get it … God’s into “new.”
So
if all things are new, shouldn’t we be singing a new song to match up with the
Heaven and Earth prayer we pray? It does
make sense. When we revert back to our
old tunes crying out all the miseries, woe Lord, what about me prayers, we let
unbelief, temptation, pride, fear and failure sing their song. Then we even
have the nerve to say, “In Jesus’ name I pray.”
Instead
of bringing God’s Kingdom to Earth by believing, we try to bring satan’s domain
to Heaven. That played record will never
reach the top anything list in Heaven.
The
new song that we are instructed to sing is full of possibilities, hope, joy,
and promise, because we believe God is lavishing His mercy on us.
Favor surrounds us like a shield, love is
unending and promise rainbows really do exist beyond the boundaries of Kansas.
This
isn’t a life full of fantasy where nothing bad happens, but a life where God
turns what the devil meant for harm into a wonderful new thing that keeps satan
under our feet. That’s the song we want
to sing, and one Heaven already knows.
Our
new life song that would match with the teachings of Jesus in the Disciple’s
prayer (which is for all who believe in Him) is the song of praise found in the
entire chapter of Psalm 96. Here are a
few lines from the beginning stanza.
Let
us sing because we believe as the psalmist did:
“Oh sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim the good news of His salvation from
day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.”
(Psalm 96:1-3 NKJV)
So
Heaven and earth come together when we declare God’s glory, bless the Lord and
proclaim the good news to all people.
Thy will be done is pretty well spelled out for us.
This Week’s
Challenge:
A
new song that will be on our lips this year will be one that matches Heaven's.
We’re all in Lord, all in giving You praise, glory and blessings. We’re all in believing the works that God has
done/will do for us are marvelous to behold, giving us victory in every
situation.
“Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! For He has done
marvelous things; His right hand and His Holy arm have gained Him the victory.”
(Psalm 98:1 NKJV)
We’re
all in singing this song with other believers openly and unashamed.
“Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, and His praise in the
assembly of Saints.” (Psalm 149:1 NKJV)
We’re all in for singing about the new mercies we receive
each day, wherever we go and to whomever You send us. Our “do something” is not being silent any
longer.
“Sing to the Lord a new song, and His praise from the ends of the
earth. You (and me) who go down to the
sea (all who travel), and all that is in
it (basically any believer this
applies to), you
coastlands and you inhabitants of them (people living on coastlands,
inlands and all who live on earth).” (Isaiah 42:10 NKJV) emphasis mine.
Believe Psalm 23:6. Believe your belief by declaring: “Surely goodness and
mercy will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of
the LORD forever.”
No
believer is exempt from this challenge if they are to see *new mercies, favor
and blessings follow them all the days of their lives. There is no other way to live than to be ALL
IN to believing our belief.
Until
next time, where there is belief there is favor.
“My mercy is new to you each day.”
Jesus Christ
What’s New This
Week: Click on book or link.
Maybe you don’t know the Living God that I
know, but would like to have this kind of favor in your life also. Click on the above tab “Tell Me” for more information
on becoming a child of the Savior.
Content and Image Copyright from Favored1. Do not copy.
Scripture
reference was taken from the New King James Bible Version provide by Gateway BibleImage credit: Google Images or Dreamstime Creative Common License if not specified.
Image: All in for God Breakfast and Fruit Buffet Sing A New Song Mark Batterson Quote from All In Book
Disclaimer Notes: Results may vary due to lack of belief.