Today is Monday, September 15th, 2008; Karen's Korner #1401

Today's Karen's Korner is from a daily email devotional wirtten by Joel and Victoria Osteen, who have a 40,000 membership church in Houston, Texas. I heard Joel being interviewed on the radio in the middle of last week. He was preparing his sermon for Sunday, but didn't know if they would have church or not, due to Hurricane Ike coming into their area. Don't know if Lakewood Church met or not.
 
Let's keep that area and its residents in our prayers as they untangle from the storm of the past few days.
 
This devotional talks about 'favor'; sometimes we learn the most and grow the most when 'storms' come into our lives:
 

Appointed Favor

“For we are God's handiwork, recreated in Christ Jesus, that we may do those good works which God predestined for us, taking paths which He prepared ahead of time, that we should walk in them, living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live” (Ephesians 2:10).

 

God has already prepared paths for you to take in your future! When God laid out the plan for your life, He lined up the right people, the right circumstances, and the right breaks. In your future, He’s already released favor, supernatural opportunities, and divine connections. The breaks you need in life have already been preordained to come across your path. If you will stay in faith and go out each day and be a person of excellence, you’ll walk into these appointments of favor. It will be just as if you stumbled into God’s blessings! When you really understand this principal, you’ll begin to get excited about every single day! You’ll have a spring in your step as you think about what blessing is coming next! It could be today. It could be tomorrow. It could be next week. Keep expecting. Keep believing. Stay focused on the fact that God has already released into your future everything you need to fulfill your destiny. Start declaring seasons of increase over your life. Declare that the favor is on you and opportunities are coming. As you do, you’ll move forward into the favor and blessing God has ordered for you!

 

Heavenly Father, thank You for setting up a good life for me. Thank You for ordering good things for my future. Help me to understand Your goodness more so that I can trust You and follow Your path for me all the days of my life. In Jesus Name, Amen.

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