The family is under attack! Strong families produce strong faith. “The Spirit of Favor on our Family” gives us the definition of favor and 7 benefits favor provides for our family. God’s favor brings opportunities and divine protection. We believe, as you read these notes, God’s Word is working in and through you.

Notes

- The favor of God will bring protection over your family
- Works as a canopy, a shield
- The family is under attack because God created the family before the church
- The devil wants to weaken the church

Definition of Favor
God’s grace is: God’s kindness, safety, protection, promotion, health, prosperity, benefits given through gratitude, a special honor.

Zechariah 12:7-10 (AMP) 7 And the Lord shall save and give victory to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be magnified and exalted above Judah. 8 In that day will the Lord guard and defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he who is [spiritually] feeble and stumbles among them in that day [of persecution] shall become [strong and noble] like David; and the house of David [shall maintain its supremacy] like God, like the Angel of the Lord Who is before them. 9 And it shall be in that day that I will make it My aim to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace or unmerited favor and supplication. And they shall look [earnestly] upon Me Whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him as one who is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Psalm 5:11-12 (AMP) 11 But let all those who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice; let them ever sing and shout for joy, because You make a covering over them and defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You and be in high spirits. 12 For You, Lord, will bless the [uncompromisingly] righteous [him who is upright and in right standing with You]; as with a shield You will surround him with goodwill (pleasure and favor).

- Favor will defend, protect, and keep us from harm and lack
- Blessing and favor are connected
- Declare “I’m blessed and highly favored!”
- The blessing gives us the favor of God
- Favor provides us opportunities, open doors
- Blessing–favor–opportunities–promotion–protection

7 Benefits of Favor

1. Favor produces great victories in the midst of great impossibilities.
2. Favor produces recognition even when you see the least likely to receive it. 1 Samuel 16:22 (KJV)
3. Favor wins battles which you won’t even fight because God will fight them for you. Psalm 44:3 (KJV)
4. Favor produces restoration of everything the enemy has stolen from you. Exodus 3:21(KJV)
5. Favor produces preferential treatment. Esther 2:17 (KJV)
6. Favor changes policies, rules, regulations, and laws reversed to your advantage. Esther 8:5 (KJV)
7. Favor produces protection and promotion on your family. Genesis 39:21 (KJV)

 The blessing gives us favor; favor brings opportunities for the blessing to come.

Takeaways:

1. Be a hearer of God’s Word
2. Be a doer of God’s Word

James 1:25 (KJV) 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

PART 2

Pastor shares a different perspective on favor! Perspective is the key to change where you want your family to be. Learn 5 ways to reset our thinking and perspective. We believe, as you read these notes, God’s Word is working in and through you.

Definition of Favor:
God’s grace, kindness, safety, protection, promotion, health, prosperity, benefits given through gratitude, a special honor.

- Protects you
- Prepares us for the future
- Positions you for promotion

Psalm 5:11-12 (AMP) 11 But let all those who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice; let them ever sing and shout for joy, because You make a covering over them and defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You and be in high spirits. 12 For You, Lord, will bless the [uncompromisingly] righteous [him who is upright and in right standing with You]; as with a shield You will surround him with goodwill (pleasure and favor).

- Blessing and favor are connected
- Declare “I’m blessed and highly favored!”

Seven Benefits of Favor
1. Favor produces great victories in the midst of great impossibilities.
2. Favor produces recognition even when you see the least likely to receive it. 1 Samuel 16:22 (KJV)
3. Favor wins battles which you won’t even fight because God will fight them for you. Psalm 44:3 (KJV)
4. Favor produces restoration of everything the enemy has stolen from you. Exodus 3:21(KJV)
5. Favor produces preferential treatment. Esther 2:17 (KJV)
6. Favor changes policies, rules, regulations, and laws reversed to your advantage. Esther 8:5 (KJV)
7. Favor produces protection and promotion on your family.
Genesis 39:21 (KJV)

Genesis 12:1-3 (AMP) 1 “Now [in Haran] the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself [for your own advantage] away from your country, from your relatives and your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]. 3 And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you] and curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed [and by you they will bless themselves].”

- What the blessing did for Abraham, God can do for you.
- The spirit of favor is on our families

Deuteronomy 28:1-8 (NLT) 1 “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world. 2 You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God: 3 Your towns and your fields will be blessed. 4 Your children and your crops  will be blessed. The offspring of your herds and flocks  will be blessed. 5 Your fruit baskets and breadboards will be blessed. 6 Wherever you go and whatever you do,  you will be blessed. 7 “The Lord will conquer your enemies when they attack you. They will attack you from one direction, but they will scatter from you in seven! 8 “The Lord will guarantee a blessing on everything you do and will fill your storehouses with grain. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.”

Galatians 3:13, 14 (AMP) 13 Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified);”

Five Ways to Appropriate the Favor of God on our Family
1. The blessing / favor comes to those who are doers of God’s Word.
2. The blessing / favor comes to those who believe that it’s God’s will.
3. The blessing / favor comes to those who build their faith for it.
4. The blessing / favor comes to those who expect it (faith/expectation go together).
5. The blessing / favor comes to those who are thankful and recognize it daily.