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b'Give gifts and offerings \\n\\nAbel\\u2019s offering found favor with God but Cain\\u2019s did not. Make sure your offering finds favor with God. Giving gifts leads us to find favor with both God and man as we see from the example of Jacob who found favor with Esau following his substantial gift. \\n\\n\\u201cAnd Abel also brought an offering\\u2014fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.\\u201d\\xa0(Genesis 4:4) \\n\\n\\u201cI have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favor in your eyes.\\u201d\\xa0(Genesis 32:5) \\n\\nKing Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. And so the king and all the people dedicated the Temple of God. The priests took their assigned positions, and so did the Levites who were singing, \\u201cHis faithful love endures forever!\\u201d They accompanied the singing with music from the instruments King David had made for praising the Lord . Across from the Levites, the priests blew the trumpets, while all Israel stood. Then at the end of the celebration, Solomon sent the people home. They were all joyful and glad because the Lord had been so good to David and to Solomon and to his people Israel. Then one night the Lord appeared to Solomon and said, \\u201cI have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as the place for making sacrifices.\\n2 Chronicles 7:5\\u202d-\\u202c6\\u202d, \\u202c10\\u202d, \\u202c12 NLT\\n\\n\\nNow at Caesarea [Maritima] there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Regiment, a devout man and one who, along with all his household, feared God. He made many charitable donations to the Jewish people, and prayed to God always. About the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.) of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had come to him and said, \\u201cCornelius!\\u201d Cornelius was frightened and stared intently at him and said, \\u201cWhat is it, Lord (sir)?\\u201d And the angel said to him, \\u201cYour prayers and gifts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God [an offering made in remembrance of His past blessings].\\nActs 10:1\\u202d-\\u202c4 AMP\\n\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSend in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pastor-lucy-paynter/message\\nSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pastor-lucy-paynter/support'