Blessed and Highly Favored
Today we will read about the amazing favor that a young teenage girl, Mary found with her Lord, and how you also have the favor of God resting upon you. We read in Luke 1: 28-30, “And coming in, he said to her, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was. The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God.”
The angel Gabriel comes down to Earth, appears to a young virgin girl named Mary to deliver an astounding message from God in Heaven. The message that he has to give is so amazing, even the greeting itself is perplexing to the young girl. And it’s this greeting that we are going to look at today.
How would you react if the angel Gabriel suddenly appeared to you and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”? And while you are trying to absorb what is happening, he speaks again and say, “Do not be afraid, for you have found favor with God.” I would render to guess that most would be speechless.
Maybe you have not had Gabriel, or any other angel appear to you, but did you know that you do have the unmerited favor of God upon you? This unmerited favor is called grace. And it is a free gift given to those who will simply believe and receive.
The Greek word for grace is Charis. And the Greek word for gift is Charisma. The root meaning of the word grace is gift.
It says in Ephesians 2:8-9 in the Amplified Version of the Bible, “For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]
This unmerited favor of God upon your life is what Christmas is all about. This is why God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to earth. To gift to you His grace, that was purchased for you by the redemptive work of Jesus at Calvary.
It says in John 3:16, “For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.” AMP
You can receive this unmerited favor today. Let’s pray.
Abba Father, I believe that Your Son, Jesus came to save the Lost, like myself. Jesus, I believe You are who You say that You are. I ask You to forgive me of my sins. I thank You for forgiving me, and for loving and accepting me just as I am. I surrender to You and ask You to come into my life and be my Savior. Today, I receive your unmerited favor and grace for a fresh start with You at my side. Your saving grace towards me is truly Your favor shining upon me. Thank You.
And for others, Jesus is your Savior, but you are struggling with life. It seems like the enemy is blocking God’s blessings in your life. If this is you, let’s pray this simple prayer together.
Father God, in the precious name of Your Son, Jesus I reach out to You, and by faith I command this spiritual block to fall away. And I thank You for the manifestation of Your grace in my life. When they see me, they see You, they sense Your goodness, and I receive the job offer, the promotion, the raise in pay not because of me, but because Your favor rests upon me. And this favor calls the blessings to shower on me. I declare that I am blessed and highly favored. Amen.
Thank you!
You’re welcome!
My aunt Ethel Wilson has been in the hospital since August. She has a bleeding mass in her bladder, kidney problems and now has infection again and bad cold or pneumonia and many health things going on. Please pray for her. She has a daughter who’s mentally ill and hoards. She has a man Glen Baker who needs prayer also to quit his smoking as his lungs are in bad shape. Her daughter Bonnie has edema a cellulitis and eye problems.
My sister Carla is homeless and addicted to pot and cigarettes. She suffers from severe ptsd and other health issues. She has a cateract in one eye and needs surgery. She needs prayer and is seeking God.
I have mumps and salivary gland stones which has made my right face, neck swollen. Also get jolting pain in right foot and can’t walk when it hurts. I have things wrong with my back and other health issues. I’m in wheelchair from RSD which is called complex regional pain and other things wrong with my feet
In Jesus’s name, I renounce you, satan, and all your attacks against these people. I rebuke a spirit of infirmity, a spirit of death, a spirit of addiction, and any other hindering spirit that is controlling their lives. I release the power of the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Life. I release His healing power to flow into your bodies, minds and emotions. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. I command your bodied to line up with the Word of God that declares by His stripes you are healed. I command all physical illness to be supernaturally healed. In Jesus’ name, I release His power and the Holy Spirit over each named here and that they will believe and receive the gift of Salvation for their lives. I pray for inner healing and deliverance and that everyone is made whole, all for the glory of God, amen.
Please pray for healing of my kidneys so I can get of dialysis. Thank you.
In Jesus’ name, I renounce kidney disease and release the healing power of Jesus to flow through them, to cleanse them from all impurities, to recreate and make them whole, full of life, fully functional, and able to function without dialysis for the glory of the Lord, amen.
Thank you Becky for what you have shared. It’s amazing how this time of year gives me special reason to reach out with confidence to others with God’s love for them.
Blessings, Kerry Lee
That’s wonderful!