Sermon Illustrations

PERSISTENT, TENACIOUS PRAYER

Our praying should be like the story of Jacob wrestling the angel in Genesis 32. They wrestled all night and toward morning, Jacob had the angel in a full Nelson grip. The angel said, “Jacob, let me go.” Now, I think it was like WWF, it was a fixed fight. The mighty angel could have tossed Jacob off in a heartbeat, but God was teaching Jacob (and us) a valuable lesson about the power of persistent, tenacious praying.

Imagine Jacob hanging onto that angel. He said, “I won’t let you go until you bless me.” So the angel said, “Okay, your name has been Jacob (which means “grabber”). From now on you will be named Israel (which means prince of God). What a great...

Continue reading this sermon illustration (Free with PRO)

Related Sermon Illustrations

Related Sermons

Your Viewing History

Browse All
next
View Sermon Illustration Patriotism Is In Political Life What Faith Is In ...
Patriotism Is In Political Life What Faith Is In ...

Sermon Illustration

By: Sermon Central

You viewed this on Monday, March 31