This proclamation should be one of recognition, not something that one would hold over the head of another. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. We are capable of blessing others, right? Because once you are strengthened on the inside, the things that happen on the outside don't bother you because your baby done leaped. 1. regarded or treated with preference or partiality 2. enjoying special advantages; privileged: to be born into the favored classes. What I like about God, God won't ask you to be resilient without giving you hope. However, man's standards have combined both "blessed" and "highly favored" into meaning essentially the same thing. God the Father purposed to adopt us into his covenant family as daughters and sons with full rights as citizens of his kingdom (Eph. No one deserves God's blessings on his or her own merit. Why didn't she go running through the streets of Nazareth declaring I am blessed and highly favored?
It means that God had given her special grace or high favor to carry out this particular assignment. The devil said, "Okay, okay, okay. Truthfully, there are many who have professed to believe in the Lord, but are unsure of whether or not they are blessed and highly favored. The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. If you are someone that doesn't attends church you probably wouldn't know the meaning behind that part. Such as the unexplainable job promotion. YOU don't call yourself that. I don't seem pregnant. God chose you when God chose to create you, and your family, and your friends, and your neighbors, and the stranger, and the people you disagree with, and all who have died, and all who are taking their first breath right now. Those are the ones God favors. We know this…or at least we should. The Beloved here refers to Jesus and the word "accepted" means "given special honor" or "highly favored". "The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! 5:17-20; Col. 1:12-14).
Ms5586: So, what does it mean? "Ahh, Joseph, we don't have much longer". And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end! " Because you are blessed, and highly favored. However, to receive this gift or promise of salvation and eternal life it requires confession, belief in your heart, and repentance from sin. If you spend enough time in Christian community, you will learn that there are common sayings that make up Christian vernacular. We can love everybody and even have a relationship with everybody yet, at the very same time, have a special sort of love and relationship with those we favor. So, this pastor got me thinking: "What does it really mean to be highly favored? Is it really any wonder why we end up in a mess? I don't know whether you're in the receiving stage, the resilience stage, the rejection stage, or the redemption stage, but if you are, if you are, you are blessed and highly favored. If you raise good children and they turned out good, don't talk about somebody else's. The angel wouldn't have told you if your circumstances would have validated it.
However, this thought runs into conflict what scripture says. The world may change, and we may change, but our covenant with a changeless God does not. Blessed and Highly Favored: Empty Slogan or Spiritual Reality? And so it goes with blessings—receive the blessing that you are blessed, and become the blessing that you receive. As a child of God, you are deeply loved. We are blessed because God says it.
Being "blessed and highly favored" has absolutely NOTHING to do with material possessions. Sounds a little mystical, doesn't it? Where Is This Concept in the Bible? "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. Esther 4:14 (NKJ): For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. A Daily Devotional with David Olatona. "That's why I came, to tell you that there won't be any signs. I would have loved to see their 6yr old faces after she said that LOL.... I came in to ask if you were planning on announcing an immaculate conception! "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. The favored ones are those God can look at and say with confidence, "I need something done and I know I can count on her. " On the day of the interview I received an amazing gift from God. Mary was highly favored because God chose her to be the one to give birth to Jesus. This is true of prosperity gospel preachers, but it's also true of a lot of American Christians who know a lot more about America than the New Testament.
Christianity is not all sunshine and rainbows. That's our biggest problem with receiving the Word of God. Where we sometimes go wrong is we too often equate the blessing of God with only the material things.
"And the angel came in unto her, and said, 'Hail, thou art highly favored. '" When we slow down and acknowledge that we are in the very presence of God—that God is moving in our lives and in our communities—that Jesus lives! 11:4-11; Acts 4:33). This is your significance.
We're out of time, we've got to stop there, but it's been a real joy sharing the Word of the Lord with you. Is that arrogant to say? Out of all the women, why did God favor her? That's how we learn His likes and dislikes. The Word comes in direct contradiction to your circumstance and how you see yourself.
I've seen it on license plates and even t-shirts. No, in all seriousness, God does indeed show favor, but that doesn't mean He has favorites in the sense He likes or loves one child more than another. The Holy Ghost imparts the Spirit of Christ in our hearts, and Christ births ministries through us so that we can be a blessing to others. He is the author of The Pursuit of Purpose which will help you understand how God leads you into his will. The angel said three things to say to Mary. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Second, that the Lord is with her. It's where we learn how much he loves us.
Blessings are not earned, attained or achieved. Her blessedness had nothing to do with her conditions, and everything to do with her trust in the unconditional love of Jesus. It was as if you had an unseen door of multiple opportunities or perhaps a financial break through occurred leaving you speechless. Having little desire to re-enter the profession, I decided to place my full trust in the Lord and agreed to go forward with the meeting. Typically, we baptize lots of babies, and maybe a few adults, on All Saints.
All this was certainly true of Mary, who has a unique privilege among any person to ever live. Not only that but Mary was obedient to the Lord's word! I think he's trying to play a Jedi mind trick on you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. God never has been nor, will he ever be indebted to humanity. All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. It is the physical evidence of God's hand at work on our behalf we get the awesome privilege to witness. Have you ever noticed that? I'll admit some collects are more notable than others. If you want to experience all of the best God has for you in this life then you have to be willing to do it his way.
She went into labor in exile, in a damn manger surrounded by animals! That whenever God calls you something that you are not, you become what he said because he said it.