(August 30, 2009)

There are truths in God's word that will cause us to triumph in life. We are the head and not the tail. When you understand God's truth, it'll always lead you to transformation. You have to download the spirit into your soul. Know it in your head AND in your heart.

Many times we live like we're cursed. We think the worst. The Bible says that this is the wrong way of thinking. Expecting the worst and thinking that God is against you is flat wrong. Download this truth into your life: God is conspiring to help you. He is working behind the scenes to have things work out in your favor. Poverty, sickness and spiritual death are redeemed from us by God! Yet, so many of us continue to walk under the curses that we've been redeemed from!

Some people have been beat down so much in our lives that we don't know how to escape the thoughts that keep us in bondage. God says that we are the righteous and we need to live as such!

What is favor? Unfair partiality, endorsing, doing a kindness for are all explanations from the dictionary. Favor also includes being provided advantages and privileges. People are to go out of their way to bless us. We aren't brats, but we need to understand that God promised to us that we have favor. The toughest thing is that every child of God can receive this, but so few have!

As we confess, we act differently. If we confess bad things, we act as though we have experienced bad things. But, if we confess good things, we should act as though we have experienced good things. God's desire is to promote you. As long as our desires match our needs, we should expect them to happen.

What would our communities, our churches and our schools look like if everyone expected God's great desires for us? Imagine the awesome growth that you would witness!

Wayne Gretzky, the Hall of Fame hockey player, was asked during the career why he was running circles around even his nearest rivals. He simply said that they play the puck where it's at, while I play the puck to where it's going to be (paraphrase). He expected favor and his career reflected that he received it. What about you?

- Jon Bruney