The Secret to Living in God’s Favor

Psalm 23 NKJ
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down
in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores
my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s
sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I
will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they
comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my
enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely
goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will
dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 23:5 NKJ
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You
anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.
FAVOR: the unmerited blessing of God; to give special regard to; to
show exceptional treatment and goodwill far beyond what would
normally be expected
Three Areas That Produce the Majority of FEAR in Our Lives:

1. Fear in our FINANCES
2. Fear in our SECURITY
3. Fear in our HEALTH
   Psalm 30:5a NIV
   For his anger lasts only a moment, but his FAVOR lasts a lifetime…

The Secret to Living in God’s Favor:

1. THE REVELATION OF GOD’S PROVISION
   Psalm 25:12-14 NLT
   Who are those who fear the LORD? He will show them the path they
   should choose. They will live in prosperity, and their children will
   inherit the land. The LORD is a friend to those who fear him. He
   teaches them his covenant.
   Psalm 37:18-19 NLT
   Day by day the Lord takes care of the innocent, and they will receive
   an inheritance that lasts forever. They will not be disgraced in hard
   times; even in famine they will have more than enough.
   Psalm 112:1-3 NKJ
   Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,
   Who delights greatly in His commandments. His descendants will be
   mighty on earth; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth
   and riches will be in his house, and his righteousness endures
   forever.
   Psalm 37:25 NKJ
   I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the
   righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.
   Deuteronomy 28:1-14 NKJ
   “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of
   the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which
   I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above
   all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you
   and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:
   Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the
   country. Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your
   ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and
   the offspring of your flocks. Blessed shall be your basket and your
   kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and
   blessed shall you be when you go out. The LORD will cause your
   enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they
   shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
   The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and
   in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land
   which the LORD your God is giving you. The LORD will establish you
   as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep
   the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
   Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the
   name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you. And the LORD will
   grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of
   your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which
   the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. The LORD will open to you
   His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its
   season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to
   many nations, but you shall not borrow. And the LORD will make you
   the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be
   beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God,
   which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. So you
   shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this
   day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
2. THE REVELATION OF GOD’S PROTECTION
   Psalm 91 NKJ
   He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under
   the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge
   and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Surely He shall deliver
   you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He
   shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take
   refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be
   afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of
   the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays
   waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten
   thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with
   your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked. Because
   you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, even the Most High,
   your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague
   come near your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over
   you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you
   up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the
   lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample
   underfoot. “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will
   deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
   He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in
   trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy
   him, and show him My salvation.”
3. THE REVELATION OF GOD’S HEALING
   Psalm 103:1-5 NKJ
   Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy
   name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
   Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who
   redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with
   lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with
   good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
   Isaiah 53:4-5 NKJ
   Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we
   esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But
   He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our
   iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His
   stripes we are healed.
   Psalm 41:1-3 NLT
   Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The LORD rescues
   them when they are in trouble. The LORD protects them and keeps
   them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them
   from their enemies. The LORD nurses them when they are sick and
   restores them to health.