November 16, 2023 • 15 mins
Psalms 84:11 NKJV
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
2 Kings 20
Hezekiah’s Illness
20 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: 5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord. 6 I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
2 Kings 20
Hezekiah’s Illness
20 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: 5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord. 6 I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.
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(00:02):
The tongue has the power of lifeor death. God form the world with
his word. How will you useyour words? Today? Every day is
victorious because God has made it.It's time to transform your pain, your
worries and cast your cares on Him. Find what you need inside the word
(00:22):
of God and allow Him to guideyou outside of your troubles and into His
purpose, provision and power. Inthe world we live in the world lives
by fear, but we rest inGod. I want to tell you something.
Your words create your life and youwill win. So are you ready?
(00:46):
Get set? It's time to faithstrength, be affirmed and who God
has called you to be, andin your identity be strengthened. You are
more powerful than you think. Understandyour identity and walk in it. Today
this is the Affirmation Radio Station andit's time to put on your full armor.
(01:33):
Good morning, Affirmation family. Welcometo your new day. Welcome to
your Thursday. It is November sixteenth. I had to check and God has
been merciful to us. On thisbrand new day. We thank the Lord.
(01:57):
Begin to just say thank you God. Begin to say thank you Lord
for this new day, for thisnew opportunity to praise the Lord, Thank
God on behalf of your family.Thank God on behalf of any situation that
wants to speak otherwise. No,in this house we thank the Lord,
and this house we praise the Lord. Come on and be a priest,
(02:22):
be a priest over your home.Shout Hallelujah in whatever way you can,
and we declare that this is theday the Lord has made. Let's get
into today's episode. It's your season, It's the lifetime of favor. You
(03:15):
know, sometimes we look for handsof favor in our lives, not realizing
that God is actually waiting to pourout his favor upon you and me.
I don't know about you, butsometimes I'm like, is there a secret
(03:36):
magic formula to be favored by God? On this episode today, the Lord
specifically said that he wants his peopleto know that he wants us, you
and me listening right now, tobegin to walk in a way that begins
(03:58):
to open up the realm of havinga favor, you know, family.
Right before this call, I actuallymade a very different phone call, difficult
phone call. I was led bythe Holy Spirit to call and have a
(04:23):
very difficult conversation with someone that Iactually was putting off for weeks. But
as that conversation ended, I don'teven think I realized the burden that I
was holding from what I was carrying. You see, the reality is I
(04:47):
wasn't just carrying the burden from thatconversation. I was also carrying the burden
from disobedience. Have to remind myselfthat the walk of God, it's not
wide at all, despite what theworld wants us to think. It's actually
(05:11):
a very blameless way. Do youremember two people in the Bible who were
very blessed, Noah and Abraham.They both were described as blameless, not
(05:36):
perfect, but blameless, And inour scripture for today it talks about just
that. Let's get into today's affirmationPsalm eighty four, verse eleven. For
(06:30):
the Lord is a sun and shield. The Lord gives grace, favor,
glory. He withholds no good thingfrom those who walk with integrity. Other
versions says, who walk blameless,who walk uprightly. There is a way
(06:55):
that the Lord is beckoning you towalk. It doesn't mean that it's gonna
be comfortable, and doesn't mean thatit's gonna be easy, because let me
tell you something. The walk thatNoah had to make was regarding the walk
that saved not only his family's life, but that was built upon the word
(07:15):
of the Lord and saved creation.The way that God is wanting you to
walk may not be easy, butGod is wanting us to realize that it
is the favor that is unlocked,sometimes the favor that can save the world.
Sometimes the favor that can literally unlockgenerations unto you, like Abraham who
(07:36):
was abram at the moment, Butguess what his walk bestowed unto him a
new name. Somebody say God,I want a new name. I want
you to begin to open up yourunderstanding that God is not looking for us
to be perfect. He's not lookingfor us to walk and away. That
(08:00):
is saying that I don't know whichway to God to be confused, And
he's saying, I want you toobey me. Walk this thing out with
me, don't. I don't wantyou to stay staging it. I don't
want you to be in a placewhere you know what I'm speaking for you
(08:20):
to do, yet you never doit. Will you open up your understanding
and know that if God is callingyou, because there's no coincidence. Right
after I hung up that phone,he said, the topic for today is
(08:41):
favor. I didn't know, butI believe that that blameless step of obedience
that God is calling for us towalk in those daily moments. He's saying,
this is how my people will beginto open up and walk in favor.
This is how. And I'm remindedeven now of Hezekiah. Ah,
(09:09):
hallelujah. The Lord just kept sayingHezekiah to me as we're recording in the
Scripture and second Kings hear this chapternineteen. Hezekiah was about to die,
but he said something so specific.He said, Oh, Lord, please
remember how I have walked before youand faithfulness and with a whole heart.
(09:35):
Hallelujah, with a whole heart.There was a way of favor that God
wants to bless us with, butit will require a whole walk of faithfulness.
(09:56):
It's you saying to your I knowwhat God spoke to me, and
I'm not gonna be disobedient. I'mnot gonna hold it and keep it or
I'm not gonna say, oh,there's time, Oh I can do that
later. Do you think that's howNoah was able to be preserved? Do
(10:24):
you even believe that that was true? Do you believe that Abraham truly walked
blameless, and that's how Abram,That's how Abram was able to receive the
inheritance of many skies. What doyou believe? I want you to begin
to declare, I will walk inthe the understanding of where God is leading
(10:50):
me. Hallelujah. I want youto begin to say, my walk would
be blameless. Let me see,we had to make a declaration to this.
I want you to begin to say, my walk will be blameless.
(11:16):
So many of us are trying toreceive the favor from God without even walking
in the obedience and the faithfulness ofGod. And that is not what our
Bible says. Because the Bible saysthat Hezekiah was rewarded life years. I
think it was fifteen years. Andthere's somebody even close to me. The
(11:37):
Lord began to speak that this person'slife and I've been praying, but this
person's life is not gonna It's evenhard for me to say it. Guys,
I'm sorry, but our lives,the length of our lives, are
dependent on our obedience and our willingness. Because why would God keep pus on
(12:00):
this earth and bestow his favor?Because life is favor. Life is favor
the scripture actually says. The scripturetells us that his favor is for a
lifetime, and Psalm thirty, versefive, his anger is but for a
(12:20):
moment, but his favor is fora lifetime. I want you to begin
to declare, Lord, I willwalk in a blameless walk before you,
even if you don't know how,even if you're afraid to say it.
I need you to begin to agree. If you desire the favor of a
lifetime, if you desire to receivethe inheritance and the favor that God has
(12:43):
promised you, just like Abraham,just like Noah, just as Hezekiah,
you must come in agreement that Godempower me to walk in favor. Just
begin to declare that God empower me, bestow your favor upon me. Oh
God, I will walk in favorbecause I walk in faithfulness. Say that
(13:16):
I will walk in favor because Iwalk and faithfulness. I will walk and
receive His favor because I walk inand through the Lord's faithfulness. I am
not out of the will of God, but I in. I am in
(13:43):
His perfect will. Ahlujah. Ipraise God for what he is doing is
(14:15):
the journey that He is bringing uson is beautiful. If you miss the
last few days, go back andlisten this episode. Family is the episode
you want to share with somebody.Go ahead and send this link to someone
I would love to hear from you. You can reach me at all social
(14:39):
media platforms at faithstrut that's faith strut, or you can email hey faithstrutsat gmail
dot com. I want you tohave a life of favor. As I
saw right before this, our obedienceis the way I love you. M
The tongue has the power of lifeor death. God form the world with
his word. How will you useyour words? Today? Every day is
victorious because God has made it.It's time to transform your pain, your
worries and cast your cares on Him. Find what you need inside the word
(00:22):
of God and allow Him to guideyou outside of your troubles and into His
purpose, provision and power. Inthe world we live in the world lives
by fear, but we rest inGod. I want to tell you something.
Your words create your life and youwill win. So are you ready?
(00:46):
Get set? It's time to faithstrength, be affirmed and who God
has called you to be, andin your identity be strengthened. You are
more powerful than you think. Understandyour identity and walk in it. Today
this is the Affirmation Radio Station andit's time to put on your full armor.
(01:33):
Good morning, Affirmation family. Welcometo your new day. Welcome to
your Thursday. It is November sixteenth. I had to check and God has
been merciful to us. On thisbrand new day. We thank the Lord.
(01:57):
Begin to just say thank you God. Begin to say thank you Lord
for this new day, for thisnew opportunity to praise the Lord, Thank
God on behalf of your family.Thank God on behalf of any situation that
wants to speak otherwise. No,in this house we thank the Lord,
and this house we praise the Lord. Come on and be a priest,
(02:22):
be a priest over your home.Shout Hallelujah in whatever way you can,
and we declare that this is theday the Lord has made. Let's get
into today's episode. It's your season, It's the lifetime of favor. You
(03:15):
know, sometimes we look for handsof favor in our lives, not realizing
that God is actually waiting to pourout his favor upon you and me.
I don't know about you, butsometimes I'm like, is there a secret
(03:36):
magic formula to be favored by God? On this episode today, the Lord
specifically said that he wants his peopleto know that he wants us, you
and me listening right now, tobegin to walk in a way that begins
(03:58):
to open up the realm of havinga favor, you know, family.
Right before this call, I actuallymade a very different phone call, difficult
phone call. I was led bythe Holy Spirit to call and have a
(04:23):
very difficult conversation with someone that Iactually was putting off for weeks. But
as that conversation ended, I don'teven think I realized the burden that I
was holding from what I was carrying. You see, the reality is I
(04:47):
wasn't just carrying the burden from thatconversation. I was also carrying the burden
from disobedience. Have to remind myselfthat the walk of God, it's not
wide at all, despite what theworld wants us to think. It's actually
(05:11):
a very blameless way. Do youremember two people in the Bible who were
very blessed, Noah and Abraham.They both were described as blameless, not
(05:36):
perfect, but blameless, And inour scripture for today it talks about just
that. Let's get into today's affirmationPsalm eighty four, verse eleven. For
(06:30):
the Lord is a sun and shield. The Lord gives grace, favor,
glory. He withholds no good thingfrom those who walk with integrity. Other
versions says, who walk blameless,who walk uprightly. There is a way
(06:55):
that the Lord is beckoning you towalk. It doesn't mean that it's gonna
be comfortable, and doesn't mean thatit's gonna be easy, because let me
tell you something. The walk thatNoah had to make was regarding the walk
that saved not only his family's life, but that was built upon the word
(07:15):
of the Lord and saved creation.The way that God is wanting you to
walk may not be easy, butGod is wanting us to realize that it
is the favor that is unlocked,sometimes the favor that can save the world.
Sometimes the favor that can literally unlockgenerations unto you, like Abraham who
(07:36):
was abram at the moment, Butguess what his walk bestowed unto him a
new name. Somebody say God,I want a new name. I want
you to begin to open up yourunderstanding that God is not looking for us
to be perfect. He's not lookingfor us to walk and away. That
(08:00):
is saying that I don't know whichway to God to be confused, And
he's saying, I want you toobey me. Walk this thing out with
me, don't. I don't wantyou to stay staging it. I don't
want you to be in a placewhere you know what I'm speaking for you
(08:20):
to do, yet you never doit. Will you open up your understanding
and know that if God is callingyou, because there's no coincidence. Right
after I hung up that phone,he said, the topic for today is
(08:41):
favor. I didn't know, butI believe that that blameless step of obedience
that God is calling for us towalk in those daily moments. He's saying,
this is how my people will beginto open up and walk in favor.
This is how. And I'm remindedeven now of Hezekiah. Ah,
(09:09):
hallelujah. The Lord just kept sayingHezekiah to me as we're recording in the
Scripture and second Kings hear this chapternineteen. Hezekiah was about to die,
but he said something so specific.He said, Oh, Lord, please
remember how I have walked before youand faithfulness and with a whole heart.
(09:35):
Hallelujah, with a whole heart.There was a way of favor that God
wants to bless us with, butit will require a whole walk of faithfulness.
(09:56):
It's you saying to your I knowwhat God spoke to me, and
I'm not gonna be disobedient. I'mnot gonna hold it and keep it or
I'm not gonna say, oh,there's time, Oh I can do that
later. Do you think that's howNoah was able to be preserved? Do
(10:24):
you even believe that that was true? Do you believe that Abraham truly walked
blameless, and that's how Abram,That's how Abram was able to receive the
inheritance of many skies. What doyou believe? I want you to begin
to declare, I will walk inthe the understanding of where God is leading
(10:50):
me. Hallelujah. I want youto begin to say, my walk would
be blameless. Let me see,we had to make a declaration to this.
I want you to begin to say, my walk will be blameless.
(11:16):
So many of us are trying toreceive the favor from God without even walking
in the obedience and the faithfulness ofGod. And that is not what our
Bible says. Because the Bible saysthat Hezekiah was rewarded life years. I
think it was fifteen years. Andthere's somebody even close to me. The
(11:37):
Lord began to speak that this person'slife and I've been praying, but this
person's life is not gonna It's evenhard for me to say it. Guys,
I'm sorry, but our lives,the length of our lives, are
dependent on our obedience and our willingness. Because why would God keep pus on
(12:00):
this earth and bestow his favor?Because life is favor. Life is favor
the scripture actually says. The scripturetells us that his favor is for a
lifetime, and Psalm thirty, versefive, his anger is but for a
(12:20):
moment, but his favor is fora lifetime. I want you to begin
to declare, Lord, I willwalk in a blameless walk before you,
even if you don't know how,even if you're afraid to say it.
I need you to begin to agree. If you desire the favor of a
lifetime, if you desire to receivethe inheritance and the favor that God has
(12:43):
promised you, just like Abraham,just like Noah, just as Hezekiah,
you must come in agreement that Godempower me to walk in favor. Just
begin to declare that God empower me, bestow your favor upon me. Oh
God, I will walk in favorbecause I walk in faithfulness. Say that
(13:16):
I will walk in favor because Iwalk and faithfulness. I will walk and
receive His favor because I walk inand through the Lord's faithfulness. I am
not out of the will of God, but I in. I am in
(13:43):
His perfect will. Ahlujah. Ipraise God for what he is doing is
(14:15):
the journey that He is bringing uson is beautiful. If you miss the
last few days, go back andlisten this episode. Family is the episode
you want to share with somebody.Go ahead and send this link to someone
I would love to hear from you. You can reach me at all social
(14:39):
media platforms at faithstrut that's faith strut, or you can email hey faithstrutsat gmail
dot com. I want you tohave a life of favor. As I
saw right before this, our obedienceis the way I love you. M
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