1 Peter 1:2-25 (KJV)

²  Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
³  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
⁴  To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
⁵  Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
⁶  Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
⁷  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
⁸  Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
⁹  Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
¹⁰  Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
¹¹  Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
¹²  Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
¹³  Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
¹⁴  As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
¹⁵  But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
¹⁶  Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
¹⁷  And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
¹⁸  Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
¹⁹  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
²⁰  Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
²¹  Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
²²  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
²³  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
²⁴  For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
²⁵  But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.  

 #noflavornofavor Matthew 5:13 (KJV)

¹³  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

The quote "blessed and highly favored" is often used as cliché to self pronounce God's favor however it's original usage was not self pronounced but was pronounced by the Angel Gabriel to Mary  (Luke 1:28 (KJV) 

28  And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.) who certainly would be among the salt of the earth in my view,  so #noflavornofavor is a rebuttal to self proclaimers who don't don't display the flavor of Godly virtues in their lives so they would be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

additional ref. for prayful consideration Psalm 5:12 (KJV) 

12  For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.    Proverbs 12:2 (KJV) 

2  A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.    Jeremiah 16:13 (KJV) 

13  Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.

Fear no evil..

2Ti 4:17 — 2Ti 4:18
17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Shameful

Judges 9:54
54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

Some people would even spin their death..

Last Post of 2018

God Has Brought us to the eve of 2019, may His love and mercies take us through it. IJN

Lamentations 3:21-26 (KJV)
²¹  This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
²²  It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
²³  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
²⁴  The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
²⁵  The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
²⁶  It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Pray from the heart

Today's Meditation

1 Kings 8:28 (KJV)
²⁸  Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

Psalm 35:13 (KJV)
¹³  But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Today's meditation
Luke 11:3 (KJV)
³  Give us day by day our daily bread.