05/05/2025
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Please take a moment to listen to this powerful message by Pastor Joy about the importance of love and faithfulness.
Proverbs 3:3-4 (NIV)
"Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man."
When we live with love and faithfulness, remaining loyal and kind, we attract favor from both God and people.
Here are three powerful examples from Scripture that show how love and faithfulness lead to divine and human favor:
1. Ruth – Ruth 2:10-12
Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”
Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law\... May the Lord repay you for what you have done.
Ruth's loyalty to her mother-in-law Naomi demonstrated true love and faithfulness. As a result, she received favor from Boaz and, ultimately, from God.
2. Samuel – 1 Samuel 2:25-26
The boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.
While Eli’s sons were disobedient, young Samuel lived a life of love and devotion to God. Because of his faithfulness, he received favor from both God and people.
3. Jesus – Luke 2:51-52
Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient... And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
Even as a child, Jesus honored His earthly parents. His obedience and faithfulness were recognized, and He grew in favor before both God and people.
Philippians 2:5-9 reminds us that Jesus humbled Himself and remained obedient, even unto death. Because of this, “God exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name.”
Key : If we walk in love and faithfulness, just like Ruth, Samuel, and Jesus we, too, will receive favor in the eyes of both God and people.
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Please take a moment to listen to this powerful message by Pastor Joy about the importance of love and faithfulness.Proverbs 3:3-4 (NIV)"Let love and faithfu...