“And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:” [Genesis 18:3]

“And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.” [Genesis 4:3-5]

“And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.” [Luke 1:30-31]

“Abraham was changed. And look, when a man meets God... God called Abraham, and He told him He wanted him to separate himself from all of his unbelieving kindred. And when God calls a man to work for Him, He calls you from total annihilation from all the things of the world, and the sins of the earth: separation. God never did bless Abraham till he fully obeyed Him. He took his father. The old man was always a--a hair in the soup or... excuse that expression. But he was always wrong, and Abraham... And then he got Lot. And then he finally went down there. And after Lot separated himself, then God said to Abraham, "Rise and walk through the land. I've give it all to you. It's all yours." See? He never fully blessed him till Abraham fully obeyed. And you'll never be able to get anything from God, and have favor with God, my brothers and sisters, wherever you are, until we fully obey the Word of God. You make yourself miserable by just halfheartedly approaching it.” [62-0713 From That Time, Spokane WA]

“Judas only played church. He wasn't really sincere. He didn't actually have faith; he'd have never betrayed Jesus. But, see, he sowed that seed of discrepancy. He thought that he could make friends with the world, mammon, and also have friendship with Jesus, but it was too late for him to do anything about it. When the dead hour came, when he did this evil thing, he crossed the separating line between going forward and returning back. He had to go on in the way that he went, as a deceiver. He sowed the seed of discrepancy, he tried to find favor with those great organizations of that day, with the Pharisees and Sadducees. And thought he'd make hisself a piece of money, and would be popular among the people. If that doesn't cause so many people to get in that discrepancy, trying to find favor with man! Let's find favor with God, not with man. But that's what Judas done when this discrepancies headed up in him.” [65-0118 The Seed Of Discrepancy, Phoenix AZ]

“Therefore, when the first person come to Him, with the trouble that you have tonight, if it's for salvation, the plan that God laid down, to save that man by, is the same plan He saves you by. And He had one plan, and that was through the shed blood. And a man come to Him for sickness, upon the basis He healed that man on, He forever has to keep that same thing. If he acted upon a subject, one way one time, and another way another time, then you wouldn't know how to approach Him. But, you see, He must act exactly the same each time, therefore we have confidence in Him. See? And if anything doesn't happen, that we've asked for, we must check back and see where the line is grounded at. See? There is something wrong, somewhere. Maybe too much pressure has blowed a fuse, you see. But we--we got to get the thing right. And then if every... if our... if we... If our spirits condemn us not. See? If we're not condemned, then we have favor with God, we know we're going to get what we ask for. We have our petition because we're not condemned. But when we're condemned with unbelief, sin of any type... And sin is unbelief. There's only two types, two things that every person in the world is living by, that is, either faith or unbelief. There is no halfway between. There is no drunk sober man tonight. There is no black white birds tonight. And there is no sinner saints. It's either born again or not born again. We either believe or we don't believe.” [63-1103 Go Wake Jesus, Tucson AZ]

“Now, let's look back in the very beginning, in the garden of Eden, after they were taken out of the garden of Eden and the children was born. Cain and Abel, both of those boys, realized that they were mortal, they were dying, and burning down like a candle, and someday must return back to the dust and to the Maker that brought them forth. And they wanted to find favor with God. So they both come to worship. Here's a little point we might drop in right now, so that you'll truly understand... Now, I think that every person ought to belong to church somewhere. That's a duty for you; you should belong to church. But just belonging to church won't do the job. See? I think everybody ought to worship, ought to worship the Lord Jesus Christ in the singleness of heart, purity of heart, but that just isn't enough. I believe every man ought to have faith in God, predominating faith in God. But yet, that isn't it yet. See? If going to church, belonging to church, paying tithes, worshipping God, and all these things that we do today called religion, God would be unjust to condemn Cain, 'cause he done every bit of it.” [55-0225 Glorified Jesus, Phoenix AZ]

“This we have of God, if our hearts condemn us not, then we have favor with God. We know we get our requests and our petition, is because that our hearts condemn us not. Now, if God tells us we must be born again, and we have not received the new birth, then we'll feel a little funny about going, asking Him anything, see, because we know we haven't met His requirements. Only thing then is a sinner's prayer. But we talk with Him when we are in fellowship with Him, that brings communion.” [62-0204  Communion, Jeffersonville IN]

“ "Hail, Mary, blessed art thou amongst women. Thou hast found favor with God." Oh, church, hail. Blessed are you among the people, for you've found favor with God. You've believed for eternal life, and God's give you the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Right. This Messenger will be a true Messenger of God, the Holy Spirit, which is God's message. Notice, Mary, as soon as she seen it was Scriptural, she didn't say, "I'll go over and see whether Dr. Jones says it's right or not." She didn't go by to see if Rabbi Kabinski thought it was right or not. She never had nothing to do with it. You know what she said? She said, "Behold the handsmaid of the Lord; Be it unto me according to Your word." For she knowed that Word was God's Word, that Messenger was God's Messenger, that Angel was God's Angel, because it stayed with God's Word. Amen. "Behold the handsmaid of the Lord"; said, "How will it be?" Said, "The Holy Ghost shall overshadow you, and this Holy thing that'll be born to you shall be called the Son of God." She said, "Here I am. I don't know how it's going to happen. It don't make any difference. You said so, it's Scriptural, I believe it, I accept it." She started right out praising God, before she felt life, before she felt any sign of anything. She didn't want no more signs. She had His Word and that was all was necessary. Amen. I like that.” [61-0121 Mary's Belief, Beaumont TX]

“God has counted you worthy when you have a test. Now, don't fail this, to get this. When you have a trial or a test, it shows the grace of God has found, you found favor with God, and God believes that you'll stand the test. You remember, He did the same thing by Job. Satan said, "Oh, yes, I seen Job down there." Said, "He's not..." God said, "He's a perfect servant. There's none in earth like him. There's nobody like Job. He's a perfect man. Now, he, he's My--he's My pride and joy." Satan said, "Oh, sure. He gets everything he asks for." Said, "Let me have him once." And said, "I, I'll make him curse You to Your very face." Said, "I'll just make him curse You." God said, "He's in your hands, but don't you take his life." See? God had confidence in Job. Amen.” [63-0421 Victory Day, Sierra Vista AZ]

“And today, friend, the only way that we can ever have favor with God; God is rich in mercy, today, but we've got to respect what He said about it. You just can't take what somebody else said. You've got to take what God said. He said, "Let every man's word be a lie, and Mine true." Today we are told that, "All you have to do," in many places, "is join church, have a creed, or something like that; or say a prayer, or put your name on a book, or be sprinkled or baptized a certain way, or something like that. That's all you have to do." But that's wrong.  To be an eagle of God, you've got to follow the Word, day by day. You've got to continue, feed upon the Word.” [65-0119 The God who Is Rich In Mercy, Phoenix AZ]