Lay It on Me

T WO K EYS B RING S EVEN B LESSINGS / 53

have been stuck there for three more days. God set us up with the right person at the right time and gave us favor. F AVOR C OMES T HROUGH P RAYER Being born again does not necessarily guarantee favor. Favor is like wisdom: you are not born with it, but it can be given to you by the Lord if you ask Him for it. Before traveling to a church, I ask God to give me favor with the people. The message I am preaching will be a blessing only if the people receive what I am saying. If they don't like me they won't hear what I am saying. Before a major decision, ask God for favor. Before speaking, ask God for favor. Before a business meeting, ask God for favor. God may move someone out of your way before the meeting and place the right person in your path, because of favor. We once had a person working with us who prayed constantly for favor. When the Post Office or the printers would mess things up, she would go directly to them and get more done in one trip than we could with five phone calls. I would ask her, "How did you get that done?" She replied, "I have the favor of God." F AVOR D OESN ' T E XEMPT Y OU FROM T ROUBLE Some people feel that if they are in God's will, they are exempt from problems. Others believe that if they have the favor of God, everything will always go right. This is not true.