In the past I've shared some of my conversations with God here on Daily Favor.
Actually, one where I talked about "Morning" was some time ago when I discussed that it's God's will for us to enjoy our day.
Being able to bless His children daily with mercy enables us to joyfully carry out the plan of God on our lives.
After I say good morning to the Lord, I often begin quoting scriptures back to Him as I open my prayers with thanksgiving. The first verse I like to say aloud reminds me of how blessed I am to be alive! It's not an exact citation, but rephrased for me so that I will take action in bringing a postitve spirit to all I will encounter that day.
"This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it." (from Psalm 118:24)
Continuing I praise the Lord saying phrases like this:
"In the morning I will direct my prayer to You for in Your favor there is life. Evening, morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud; You will hear my voice and answer before I've finished my sentence. (... and He often does.)
Great is Your faithfulness Heavenly Father. My hope is in You and for the new mercies that await me today."
One time in prayer, immediately after I said "new mercies" the Lord interrupted my praise and said, "New Favor!" New favor is available every morning.
While I was sleeping new favor was being positioned for that day. It wasn't left over favor or mercy! God was faithful to supply brand new mercy and favor for whatever I might need that day.
Even with all the mercy God bestowed on His children the previous day, months and years, it isn't used up or consumed. There is still plenty of daily mercy ... daily favor ... to go around for all God's children because His love never fails, nor does He renege on His promises.
“It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because
His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy
faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore, will I hope in
Him.” (Lamentations 3:22-24 NKJV)
While you and I are asleep, God is awake positioning the new mercies and favor in place. We can rest peacefully knowing that whether we wake here on Earth or in Heaven, God's mercy is always present.
Recognizing God as our portion (meaning He is the One in whom our soul finds refuge), our hope in Him is showered with "Checed ...chesed ... Kheh'shed" - which is kind favor!
Friend, I want you to be encourage that no matter what the past, yesterday or even today has held for you, there's a new day of favor in the making for you while you are sleeping. Take refuge (rest, comfort) in the Lord when you go to bed every night, knowing that something good from God will be waiting for you in the morning!
Until next time, Favored Blessings
(Passages are from Psalm 5:3; 40:5; 55:17; Lamenatations 3:22-24; Isaiah 65:24)
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Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to be
“everywhere” at the same time, and no matter which way you turned it just
didn’t cover the ground you needed to for that time period?
Our focus was divided with several “storms” brewing in
our lives.Storms of the century flooded
the entire city and pounded the streets for days. Several other storms were
personal and the pending surgery of my husband was on the top of the list.All needed our immediate attention, but
physically and emotionally it was weighing heavily on us.
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It had been over two months since my husband began
bleeding from kidney stones.Twice
surgery had been scheduled and canceled due to heart issues.Something had to be done and with a go flag
waved from his cardiologist, hubby was put on the docket for the operation only
this time the procedure would be done with shock waves (lithotripsy).
We arrived at the hospital at 10:30 a.m. for the
scheduled surgery of 12 p.m.After the
usual checking in routine, bloodwork and x-rays the staff escorted us to the
surgery center.
The operation was pushed
back.At 1:25 p.m. they took him into
surgery.As they were wheeling him out
the bed hit the wall in the hall.Laughing
he said to the man in the adjacent room, “You
saw that right? You're a witness. I’ll have my
lawyer give you a call.”
Looking over his right shoulder he held his hand up in
the air to me signing “I love you.”Taking him through the double doors he was on
his way.By 1:50 p.m. a nurse came to
tell me that they had just put hubby under and he was ready for the procedure.The prayers of the Saints were implemented as
the Holy Spirit led the staff in the operating room.
Behind Glass Doors
Watching the surgical nurses from behind a glass sliding
door, I paced the floor of the small room in which I impatiently waited for my
husband to return.Hoping to take my
attention off what was happening I decided to sit down and pulled out the file
of work that needed to be done.
I tried writing and thumbed through several articles that
needed editing.When that wasn’t
happening I tried working on a book review I was doing, all to no avail.Finally I walked across the room and turned
on the television set thinking there would be something on that could distract
my thoughts for the next few hours.
Before my husband left he was watching the Hallmark
Channel, but it wasn’t playing movies but western television shows.Not noticing what was on the set I went back
to my chair and once again pulled out my articles.
The Battle of Nerves
As I was editing my work, the introduction music for a western
was playing in the background, when the announcer gave the title of the program
that was next in line to air.It was
called “Death Valley Days”.
Not being familiar with it, the first thing I wanted to
do was change the channel. I’m not a big fan of westerns even though my parents
were; nor did I want to see shoot ‘em up scenes while fighting my own battle of
nerves.Besides, who wants to watch
something called “Death Valley” while waiting for someone to come through
surgery?Not me.
Preparing to turn off the television set the conversation
got my attention, especially when one of the characters started talking about
seed and creation.This surely wasn’t
something that would be in a dialog in today’s scripts, unless it happened to
be a Christian topic.
It Started with a Seed
I was intrigued and sat down to listen to where the
actors were going with this talk about “seeds” planted before man existed.
He began sharing with his riding buddy how
God had already planned for us before we were ever “seeds” for His Kingdom.
His conversation walked his friend through the Garden of
Eden as described in the book of Genesis of the Bible (chapters 1-3), and how
God had planted it long before He ever created Adam and Eve. The point he was
trying to convey to his companion was that those seeds of favor for provision
were also meant for us before we were born. (Jeremiah 1:5)
You see, every tree, plant and thing came from a seed.Even Jesus would become a seed for mankind.The plan of Jehovah-Jireh was to provide a way
for us to come back to Him through the gift of salvation.
God provides the seed, we plant (and water) it, but He
produces the harvest in due season.If
we don’t do our part, He is not obligated to do His.
Back to the story; it was about a young scientist from
England who was on a mission. For his
entire adult life the botanist was in pursuit of a tree that he never saw in
person, but had a pine cone from one through his research.
His desire was to see the tree that once was a seed which
produced pine cones like the one he held in his hand.He said that there is so much for us to learn
about where seeds come from and if God thought it was important, so did
he.It was his desire to tell the world
about what he had discovered concerning the provision God had put in motion
before the first human set foot on the earth.
America Is No Eden
As the two men gazed over the beautiful landscape they
were about to embark upon, Josh, his hiking companion asked,
“You know Davy, I was just wondering. That uh, Garden of
Eden … where do you suppose it was?”
Looking around at the wonder of great outdoors the journeyman
replied,
“It could have been right here Josh ... the Garden of
Eden could have been right here!”
Finally realizing his dream to find that certain “seed
tree”, the botanist expressed,
“I wish I had the time. I’d climb this tree and examine
every inch of it.”
In reply, his sidekick along for the journey proclaimed,
“After what you’ve been through, they aught to name it
after you.”
Flattered by his friend’s announcement, David turned and
looked at his buddy responding, “Well now,
I’d be honored.”
Of course history records that the Garden of Eden wasn’t
in America, although it’s a grand thought.However the “seed” part about God making provision long before we would
need it was correct.Here’s what I mean.
Never Comfortless
It is written in the Holy Bible that Abraham was a man
who experienced the favor of God on his life. He called on Jehovah-Jireh as the
God who would provide what he needed whatever the circumstance.As the seed of Abraham through Christ Jesus,
we can call on Jehovah to do the same for us, and that’s what I did through
prayer.The favor and blessings God
promised him are ours as well. (Romans 11:17)
Another way God meets our needs other than
materialistically is emotionally.Although
it looked like I was holding it altogether, in reality I needed emotional
support and hugs of hope wrapped around me for strength.
In prayer I had shared my feelings and “fears” with my
Savior.
“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and
not be afraid; ‘For Yah,
the Lord, is my strength
and song; He also has become my salvation.” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV)
Jehovah-Jireh promised in His Word that He would never
leave me (Hebrews 13:5) and would provide comfort in times of need. (John
14:18)
Normally I would have already been in the surgery waiting
room, but had asked if it was alright if I could remain in the prep room
because I would be waiting alone.God
caused the staff to grant me unusual favor in remaining with my husband, and
where he would return after being in the recovery room following surgery.
They were about to take my husband into surgery when I
noticed a woman wheeling a man into the out-patient surgical wing across the
hall.It was a former neighbor of ours we
met twelve years ago that volunteers two days a week at the hospital.I had hoped to see her, but she had no idea
we were there.
Calling out to Marcy she turned around and asked what I
was doing there.Pointing to the room where
my husband was lying, she walked over and said with a grin, “You again.”
She was well aware of how many times we have been in the
hospital over the past two years, and every time I needed her to boost my faith
God provided Marcy to speak words of encouragement into the situation.Without a second thought she placed her hands
on my husband’s arm (making sure not to disturb the I.V.) reminding God of His
promises in Isaiah 53:5 and 1 Peter 2: 24 by quoting “By His stripes you are healed and made whole.”
While visiting with us Marcy explained that she and her
husband had called on us at home the day before, but we didn’t hear her over
the shop-vac in the garage.God honored
her kindness for checking on us, even though she didn’t receive an answer until
the following day.
Receiving my hug she left, comforting us with words of
affirmation and agreement in prayer.Before we were ever born God knew that this time we would need
ministering to and not the other way around.He placed Marcy, my husband and I in areas that we wouldn’t have
ordinarily been in, yet we were.
Look Up
It was 3:28 p.m. when I resumed my strut around the
hospital room.Peeking out the door I
scanned the area looking to see if my husband was in the recovery area.My heart was full of joy when there he was in
a room to my left.He was still sedated
but his hands were moving up and down.Quickly two nurses curtailed his flailing arms and he became calm.
“Look to your right … look up … look up!” I quietly said hoping that he would see me standing just a few feet from
him.You see, this is an ongoing effort
on my part.
My husband has a habit of not looking up when he’s mowing
the lawn or concentrating on something.I’ll be waving and calling out to him but he doesn’t see or hear me, so
in order to get his attention I have to literally stand in front of him.
Suddenly he began to wave.“He’s
awake!Praise God, he’s awake.” I
thought as my prayers were being answered one by one.
Friends in Need
Three minutes later I was back to waiting by myself, when
to my surprise a cardio rehab buddy of my husband and his precious wife were
out in the corridor talking to the nurses.They came into the room and more hugs were received with open arms.
When Don asked me where my husband was I pointed to the
recovery room.He leaned over and made
eye contact with him.“I guess he’s okay.” Don said after
hubby stuck out his tongue at him in jest.
A minute later the post operation room doors were closed.
Apparently our little interlude was a no-no and they quickly put it to an end.It didn’t matter, because by 3:45 p.m. they
had enough of his wisecracks and with smiling faces they brought him back to
the room. No worries, they hit the wall again on his return!
Jehovah-Jireh Provided You
Throughout the past few years God has also provided for
us in another manner, and that is through you … our readers.There have been times when the words of faith
from you have encouraged us so much that our hope has been renewed.Your love and support is such a blessing.
Provision comes in many forms, but they all started from
a seed being planted along the way. Sometimes financial, healing or material
needs are provided for, and every now and then a need is met through people simply
loving people.
Need Supplies? Plant Seeds.
So what is your need today?What things are you praying for from
Jehovah-Jireh the God who provides?If
you have a need, it’s time to sow a seed.
There has never been a time that God has not shown us
favor in sending people or positioned us in the right place to receive from
Him.The Apostle Paul wanted fellow
believers to know that God would supply all our needs. He wasn’t only referring to financial needs,
but meant physical, emotional, spiritual and environmental necessities as well as
anything else you can think of for that matter. However, we have to do
something first … sow seeds for the harvest to meet the need.
“…And my God shall supply all your need
according to His
riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Philippians
4:19 NKJV)
When Paul made this statement it came as a
result of the seeds they had sown that pleased God.Most people miss that part and only want the
favor of God without sowing into His Kingdom.It doesn’t work that way.
Now read the complete statement Paul wrote in
the correct context.
“Indeed I have all and abound. I am full,
having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a
sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. And
my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ
Jesus.” (Philippians 4:18-19 NKJV)
The first seed is planted through prayer;
seeds of fellowship and friendship with the Lord.Jehovah-Jireh provides for needs when we care
about His seeds, whether it relates to the ground itself, animals or people. To
the Lord, they are all precious in His sight, but only His friends and family
are highly favored.Do you fall into that
category?
This Week’s Challenge:
Seeds of Friendship
It’s spring in the States; a time when people plant seeds
for a blessed harvest in fruits and vegetables. Maybe in your part of the world it’s fall or
winter and the regular planting season has come to an end for you this
year.That may be so, but to tell you
the truth, every season is a great time to plant seeds of friendship for the
future.
David Douglas learned the power of seeds and how
important they were in changing the world around him.Just as seeds are the key to growing plants
of any nature, seeds of friendship are vital for growing the Kingdom of God.
Our challenge this week is to look up and see where God
would have us plant new seeds of friendship in our community.
First - sow fresh seeds of friendship with the Lord
through fellowship in prayer.
Second - let God direct you through the Holy Spirit to
the person in which He would have you develop a friendship with by showing genuine
concern and kindness toward them.
Every time we have moved we made it a priority to meet
our neighbors and merchants in the area.There’s a reason for that.
By showing ourselves to be friendly in any situation, God
the Provider has brought wonderful people into our lives that will agree with
us in prayer or helped us in whatever we needed at that given time.Sowing seeds of friendship brings in a
harvest that money cannot buy, especially when you’re in the hospital all alone
waiting for a loved one to come through surgery.
If you’re in need of God’s provision, Jehovah-Jireh is
the provider of favor. He is the only One who can provide the exact thing for
the situation.He will comfort,
encourage, inspire, while bringing hope into a circumstance through His
unfailing love and grace (unmerited favor) for the journey.
FYI Tidbit
After doing some research, I learned that the program Death
Valley Days aired 452 episodes about true stories of the old American west,
particularly the Death Valley area in California and Nevada.
As his friend Josh Tavers had spoken, England named the tree
after the Scottish- American botanist David Douglas in recognition of his
contributions to the science of botany. We know it today as the Douglas Fir Tree.
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I want to apologize for not being able to make my usual
post today, but I trust you will grant me this brief delay.
As I am publishing this it has only been a few hours since
my earthly father left for Heaven and our family is in the process of working
out all the details.
I love you and am looking forward to sharing the
faithfulness of God during this time of sadness.
“Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies (unmerited favor) and
God of all comfort!
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We had just finished what I call “juicing” Jewel, one of
the rescue cats.Juicing is actually injecting
fluids under the skin using IV (much like basting a turkey or chicken) to help
hydrate a pet that is in kidney failure.
She had her first round of meds for the day when I
noticed two men walking down the alley behind our house.One was several feet ahead of the other.From the looks of it I wasn’t sure if they
were together.
About five minutes later they were walking the road in
the opposite direction, but this time they were side-by-side and carrying on a
conversation.When I saw them it
reminded me of what I’d been doing for several days.Let me take you back to last Tuesday (April 26th,
2016).
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Taking care of special needs cats is a blessing, but
sometimes it can be quite daunting.In
the past few months two have crossed over to Heaven, rehabilitating one who was
shot is a major handful (thankfully the cast is now off), and getting a report
on Jewel’s condition took a toll on our emotions.
Jewel is no stranger to the power and favor of God when
it comes to healing.She has lived with
Feline Herpes all her life, which puts her in the “unadoptable” category. At one time her leg was supposed to be
amputated.We convinced the doctor not
to operate and let God work.After six
weeks or so in the hospital and through fervent prayer, God saved her leg and
life.Six years have passed since!
Several weeks ago Jewel suddenly went totally blind from
high blood pressure and somehow scratched the cornea of her left eye.This tiny six pound wonder had been losing
weight rapidly, and when she began drinking more than usual we had an idea that
her kidneys were shutting down.
A Comforting Word
Caring for pets in need of hospice care is really hard. Just
because it’s an animal doesn’t mean it’s less painful.It takes favor, grace and mercy from God to
stand in faith as His plan unfolds.
On Tuesday a blood test verified our suspicions
concerning Jewel. Having been through
this twice before we recognized the symptoms she was displaying.
We thanked God for the ability He has given us, and by
faith planted our feet firmly on the Solid Ground of His Word.
That night I couldn’t sleep and was up checking on this little kitty.It
felt like Jesus was taking a side trip on our journey together and I was way
ahead of him trying to figure out what to do.By now it was hard to hold back tears, my pulse felt like the Indy 500, and
my stomach was haven to a kaleidoscope of butterflies.
Realizing that I was about to give fear a place I looked
up the word “comfort” in the Bible taking into consideration last week’s Daily Favor challenge about speaking life.Having
read through the Bible many times I knew passages that dealt with comfort, but
at the time they all escaped my thinking except for the Holy Spirit who is our
comforter.
I found 129 verses that dealt with comfort and wouldn’t
you know the first one was Psalm 23? When
I saw it I said out loud (so that the devil could hear me) “We don’t need that one because by faith we are speaking life for
Jewel.”
Reading down my list of comfort scriptures Psalm 119:76
gave me the message I needed to embrace from the Lord.
“Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort,
according to Your Word to Your servant.”
It was a confirmation of what I’d been studying over the
week, with the Word of God being our comfort in any situation.
He Hears Us
After checking on hubby and Jewel, I sat at the kitchen
table and opened the mail for that day.The
room was dark except for a small light over the counter.It seemed really quiet with no heaters roaring,
but I could hear hubby breathing through the BiPap machine.
Shuffling through the pieces I noticed one addressed
specifically to me.A ministry sent a
thank you note, and enclosed with their letter was a card that read Jeremiah
29:11-13.It’s one of my favorite
passages, but rarely do I continue reading past the eleventh verse unless I’m
reading through the chapter.
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward
you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future
and a hope.
12-13 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to
Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you seach for Me with all your heart. (Jeremiah
29:11-13 NKJV)
As children of God we have the blessing
of the Holy Spirit and God’s grace (favor) to see us through each situation.Walking side-by-side with Jesus we are in
continual conversation with Him, so we know He’s listening (if He wasn’t He’d
be like us).
It was if the Lord was speaking
directly to me and said, “I’ve been
listening to your prayers and know that you were expecting to get an answer. You
know what I’m thinking about you right now?My thoughts are peaceful with a future full of hope and promise for good
things.”
I read the passage several times,
turned off the light and went to sleep.
Spiritually Jesus and I were side-by-side again and I was able to receive the
promise of rest.
Tailing Tales
It’s been a few days since we got the
report on Jewel.Notice I said we “got”
the report, rather than “received” it.The reason being, we don’t receive that bad report and know that according
to the Word of God our prayers have been heard.It’s not that we are denying what the doctor said, because he is merely
reporting findings, but that we choose to believe God will answer our request.
Thursday morning my husband shared with me how he was
comforted in his spirit when Jewel decided to come lay on his chest and go to
sleep.This was a clear sign of her
feeling better.
When hubby opened his eyes he realized he hadn’t exactly been
cuddling her head. Nope, Jewel backed up to his face and settled in for a long
nap! Need I say more?I can tell you this, I laughed a lot! Since
then she has been spending more nap time in the other room.
“A righteous man
regards (values and shows compassion on) the life of his animal. But the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.” (Proverbs 12:10 NKJV)
Some may not understand why it is important for believers
to place so much importance on the life of an animal, but I believe we need to value
what God values if we are to journey with Jesus. Only when we see things
through His eyes and have the compassion of Christ will we receive the full
blessings and benefits of the Cross.
When we value and have compassion on the life of an animal,
God bestows favor on that individual and makes reference to it as an act of
righteousness.
“Animals and humans
play different roles both in the Bible
and in our world today. It is clear from the
text that our lives have been interconnected with the lives of animals from the
very start of creation, and that they can show us new ways of understanding
God.Observing the role of animals it
helps us understand the compassion of Jesus on all of His creation.” – Jenny Phillips
for the American Bible Society.
I don’t know how God is going to work things out for good
like He’s promised, but I’m glad that Jewel and all the others He brings our
way are part of the journey.
For now we’ll keep “juicing” Jewel as we watch God work
through her life, and chase after Victory (the cat who doesn’t realize he’s
been shot) while he heals.As long as we’re
walking with Jesus, His favor will surely follow.
Victory March 4th, 2016
The cast is finally off but he won't hold still for a pic!
Jewel on May 5th, 2016 eating! This is where she wants to do it, so we gladly accommodated.
Wonderful Words
When I think about how easy it is to get separated from the
Lord along our journey, it’s amazing that He ever wants to join up with us
again.I was telling a friend of mine
that I cannot imagine how anyone can live without the favor of God on their
lives through the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Watching the two men in the alley walking and talking was
a reminder of just how close a relationship with Jesus can be.No matter what we are experiencing, He is always
there with wonderful comforting words that we need for the moment.
This Week’s Challenge:
Speak Comforting Words
While scrolling down my Twitter feed I noticed a woman
who was asking for prayer for her dog who was diagnosed with tumors.I watched to see if anyone would answer her
with comforting words; no one did.It was
an opportunity missed by those who read her plea and did nothing.
Throughout the life of Jesus we know, through scriptures,
that He ministered to thousands of people from all walks of life concerning a
number of issues.Not only did the Lord
speak life into a situation, but He also spoke words of comfort to boost people
in their faith walk.As Christ’s disciples
we must do the same with those we come in contact with on our journey.
In continuing with the ”Speaking Words of Life” challenge,
this week we are going to Speak Words of Comfort.Recognizing that someone is in need of
comfort is one thing, but knowing the right words to say is entirely different.
So that we don’t say the wrong thing at the wrong time,
this week we’ll ask the Holy Spirit what He would have us say to those He puts
in our path BEFORE it happens.That means
we have to research what scripture says on the subject of comfort.Be mindful not to take passages out of
context. Comfort and edify one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians
4:18; 5:11)
To those who read that woman’s request for prayer
concerning her pet, it will be counted as sin if they knew to do “good” and
didn’t (James 4:17).Let’s not take that
kind of path, but stay close by Jesus that we may utter the right words of
comfort when the opportunity comes.
“Now may the God of
patience and comfort grant you to be like minded toward one another, according
to Christ Jesus.”
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.
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Note: from American Bible Society: Jesus & Animals
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