{"id":6130,"date":"2017-01-03T00:01:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T23:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=6130"},"modified":"2017-01-01T16:20:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T15:20:38","slug":"provoking-favour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2017\/01\/03\/provoking-favour\/","title":{"rendered":"Provoking Favour"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6130-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/January_3.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/January_3.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/January_3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/rom.9.15-16\"><em>Rom.9:<sup>15-16 <\/sup><\/em><\/a>\u201c<em>For God said to Moses, \u201cI will show mercy to <strong>anyone I choose<\/strong>,\u00a0and I will show compassion to <strong>anyone I choose<\/strong>.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>So it is God who decides to show mercy. We can <strong>neither choose it nor work for it<\/strong><\/em>\u201d [emphasis added].<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Excellence glorifies God and inspires people. In your office, ensure that you are the most skillful because that is your greatest witness as a Christian. Let people say concerning you, \u201cHe or she is the most skillful person here.\u201d In business, let your customers say, that organization is the most skillful organization we have encountered. Get an education. It is reckless to think you can replace getting <!--more-->an education with being favoured. People who think that way, draw their inspiration from this statement, \u201cone day of favour is worth more than a hundred days of labor\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While that is true, do not wait for that <em>One<\/em> day until you are ninety. Meanwhile, God has shown you how you can attract favour. Get educated and stop procrastinating. If prayer were all that is needed, Nigerian Christians would be the wealthiest people on earth. They receive everything; they walk by an expensive car and receive it in Jesus Name. You are receiving it but someone else is driving it. Can\u2019t you see something is wrong with that picture? Of course I believe in the power of the supernatural to receive these things, but guess what? They are yours already, the reason you do not have it is because you are not translating it from the spiritual to the physical. How can you translate it? Speed, Strength, Wisdom, Skill, and Education!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With favour, there is a part that God has put in our control and there is a part that only God can control. The part that only God can control is the most important because: \u201c<em>The horses prepare for battle but safety is of the Lord<\/em>\u201d, \u201c<em>Except the Lord watches the city, the watch man watches in vain<\/em>\u201d. \u201c<em>\u2026I will show mercy to <strong>anyone I choose<\/strong>,\u00a0and I will show compassion to <strong>anyone I choose<\/strong>.\u201d <\/em>So it is God who decides to show mercy; we can neither choose it nor work for it. God can decide to lift you up and He will, in Jesus Name, but we cannot control it. We cannot control it, earn it, or work for it. I have learnt that God is so magnanimous; He made provision for us to <u>Provoke It<\/u>. You can provoke God\u2019s favour and make heaven decide on your behalf, by <strong>petitioning<\/strong> and <strong>pleasing God<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong>: Lord, fill me with the spirit of excellence and empower me to do the things that are fully pleasing to You, especially in the place of prayer, in Jesus Name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rom.9:15-16 \u201cFor God said to Moses, \u201cI will show mercy to anyone I choose,\u00a0and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.\u201d\u00a0So it is God who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it\u201d [emphasis added]. &nbsp; Excellence glorifies God and inspires people. In your office, ensure that you are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,65,189,188,190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excellence","category-favour","category-petition","category-provoke","category-skill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6378,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6130\/revisions\/6378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}