Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

making a change today. We are not living in yesterday. Learn from the past, but don’t live in it! Favor does not involve your economic background. People allow the lack of finances to determine their outcome in life. With favor, you can go into a desert with one hundred dollars, pray, and work hard, and in twenty years you can have a small town and own the entire area! Think about the Jews who came out of the Holocaust. Many returned to Israel with nothing. Yet today there are Jewish Holocaust survivors who are millionaires. I am familiar with one Jewish family who are actually billionaires. If you could hear the stories of how God began to bless them after their greatest hour of suffering, you would be moved to tears. In our pursuit of the favor of God, let us remember that seeking God’s righteousness is the foundation to favor. When we are in right standing with God in our relationship, we position ourselves for an encounter with His favor! Favor doesn’t exempt you from trouble. 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. Sometimes, even with favor, we will experience troubles. The reason I know I am blessed is not because I am exempt from trouble but because I keep making it through the storms. My boat has been cracked and filled with