“And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying Oh Thou wouldest bless me indeed and enlarge my coast, and that Thine hand might be with me…” – I Chronicles 4:9 Read: Isaiah 54:2-4; I Chronicles 4:9 Even though God created us to be fruitful and greatly increase in every area of our lives (Genesis 1:26-28), Satan is determined to keep us…

“The Lord gave the Word: great was the company of those that published it.” – Psalms 68:11 Read: Malachi 1:11; Deuteronomy 10:17; Acts 19:20 Our God is a great God. Everything about Him is great, and everything He does is great! The scriptures tell us in many different places about the greatness of our God. However, God does not want to be…

“…and shalt call His Name Jesus. He shall be great…the Son of the Highest.” Luke 1: 31, 32 Read: I Kings 4:29-34; Luke 1:30-32; Psalms 115:14 King Solomon was one of the greatest kings who ruled over Israel. The Bible tells us that he was greater than his father King David, and that he was blessed with wisdom, understanding and great exceeding…

“For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.”   Psalms 5:12 (NIV) Read: Proverbs 16:15; Proverbs 19:12, Luke 2:52 Everyone speaks about favor but few people know how to incur it. The greatest tragedy however, is the Christian, who is unaware of how to incur and walk in the favor of God. Child…

“The king’s favor is like the clouds that bring rain in the springtime—life is there.” Proverbs 16:15(GNB) Read: Esther 2:1-17; Psalms 30:5; Psalms 72:6 Webster defined favor as, “unfair partiality.” “To be partial means to favor one person more than another. i.e. approving, supporting or endorsing someone.” It is that which singles you out and makes you preferred above all others. It…

“…But now the LORD declares: I promise that I will honor those who honor me, and those who despise me will be considered insignificant.”  1 Samuel 2:30(GW) Read: 1 Samuel 2:12-36; John 12:26; Acts 10:34-35; 2 Chronicles 16:9 Even though every born-again child of God has a cloak of favor, not every one experiences this favor. God has determined to honor ANYONE…

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My fear? says Jehovah of Hosts?” Malachi 1:6(MKJV) Read: Malachi 1:1-14; Mark 10:29 -30; Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor is defined as, “to respect greatly; treat with deference and courtesy.” We often take the love of God for…

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6(KJV) Read: Psalms 75:6-7; I Samuel 2:7-8; Deuteronomy 8:7-18 When people dishonor God it is evidence of a fundamental lack of understanding. We are so wrapped up in the here and now, in the things we feel and see that we forget who really makes things happen. We cannot get promoted if God…

“For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. ”  II Chronicles 16:9(BBE) Read: Esther 2:17; Ruth 2:3 God’s eyes are like ‘heat-seeking missiles.’ They zero in on you as you emit the heat of honor. Once His eyes…

“Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.” I Peter 1:23(BBE) Read: Matthew 13:31-32; Luke 8:11-18; Psalms 12:6, 7 The reason a mustard seed eventually becomes a massive tree is because that tiny seed was programmed to become a massive tree. The average person looks…