• Offerings are a way of maintaining the existence of the altar while sacrifices are a way of powering the altar.
2 Sam 24:20-25, Gen 22:2
• Sacrifice is surrendering or giving up something valuable in order to gain or honour something even greater.
• There is always an end goal to sacrifice.
• Don’t confuse needs for sacrifices.
• Sacrifice doesn’t benefit God but the one sacrificing.
• Sacrifice demonstrates your faith, honour and devotion to God.
• In sacrifice, you aim to gain the honour or acceptance of the one you are sacrificing to.
• It is possible for a sacrifice to be rejected.
• If your sacrifice doesn’t move you, how do you expect it to move God?
• Sacrifice is the central theme in all scripture that reveals a person’s faith, devotion and honour to God.

Things to know about sacrifice

1. Sacrifice establishes a covenant with God.
a. It connects to divine blessings (Ps 50:5)
b. God honours those who sacrifice to Him (Gen 4:4, Mal 3:10)
c. Sacrifices demonstrates our faith and trust in God’s ability to reward us (Heb 11:6)
d. True sacrifice costs us something (Gen 22, Numbers 25:8, 10-13)

2.Sacrifice opens doors to divine encounters
a. Sacrifice attracts divine attention (1 Kings
3:3-5)
b. God speaks and gives direction after sacrifice (Gen 22:15-18)
c. True worship involves sacrifice (Rom 12:1)
d)brings supernatural interventions (2 Sam 6:20-32, 2 Sam 24:24-25)

d) Sacrifice breaks strongholds, breaks limitations and opens new levels (1 Sam 7:10-12)
e) Promotion
f) Divine provision (Phili 4:15-19)

WHEN SHOULD I SACRIFICE?
1. When God instructs you to do so
2. Whenever things look tight for you (2 Kings 3:26-27)

TYPES OF SACRIFICES GOD ASKED US TO GIVE
1. Sacrifice of worship
2. Obedience
3. Giving
4. Death to self (1 Cor 9:27)