Hey, this is Stephen Fertig. I'm the pastor of elevation church and this is our podcast.

I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your

faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God as moving in your life. Enjoy the message.

Are you ready for the word? Well, I'm going to bring it in just a moment. But first, let

me make sure everyone is aware of what we mentioned earlier that we are in a season of giving

ingenuosity and reciprocation and sewing. It's our year-end offering time. Yo, my clacks

just got lower. We love to give them. We love to give them. And y'all know every year,

I ask God to give us a word to rally around just something to believe that He's doing.

We've had so many different words through the years, but this year, the Lord told me

that we would focus on His favor. So this is going to be our favor offering for 2020.

How many know it's the year of the Lord's favor? You're like, oh, I didn't get that memo.

Well, Luke 419 said that when he unrolled the scroll, he said, the spirit of the Lord

has anointed me, even in the midst of great adversity to declare blind eyes open.

Chapter set free. Where's my three people that came to agree with the word of the Lord?

He said, it's the year of the Lord's favor.

So you've got to choose how you want to frame your life. Nobody can make that decision

for you. And if you look back over these last 24 hours, you can frame it with God's favor.

If you look back over these last seven days, you can frame it with God's favor. Conframe

it with frustration. Remember how the dishwasher broke and you called your kids over and they

wouldn't do it. So you slapped them across the room and then you felt bad about that.

Or you can remember all the things that went right this week and hold on, even when you

were wrong. But God's grace was there for you. And that's what I like to do in the year.

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