Sermons on Bereshis 32:23:

God Plus Sense Equals Blessing Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 2, 2009

Sense is a virtue, but God plus sense is out of this world!

God Plus Sense Equals Blessing (Genesis 32:1-32) 1. It takes all kinds of people to make a world. 2. Some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:1-32

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Travailing To Prevail

Contributed by Babatunde Olugboji on Jul 12, 2008

Travailing in prayers will ensure that you prevail over situations that are oppressing you

Let me start by assuring you today that if there is a situation in your life that you are not happy with it, you’ve got the power to change that situation. Maybe you are struggling to meet your commitments, maybe your finances requires a touch, maybe your health is failing, maybe things are ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-28

Denomination: Pentecostal

Wrestling With God

Contributed by Chris Surber on Aug 1, 2008

As a Christian, it is a good thing to question, to seek; the key is to ask good questions and seek out good sources for your answers; most notably, the Bible.

Wrestling with God, Genesis 32:22-31 Introduction Once a Hasidic teacher told this parable; a man had been wandering about in a forest for several days, unable to find the way out. Finally he saw a man approaching him in the distance. His heart was filled with joy. Now I shall surely find out ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31

Denomination: Christian Church

The Power Of A Praying Dad

Contributed by Sam Tollison on Aug 11, 2008

There is power in a praying dad.

The Power of a Praying Dad Dad Quotes: • Mark Twain said - When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. • Bill Cosby said - Fatherhood is ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-28

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Walk With A Limp, Hands Up Who's Perfect?

Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2009

When you encounter God do not expect to walk away the same, pray to walk with a limp as Jacob did and live in the promise and purpose God has for your life

What is it with God? It never ceases to amaze me the type of people God uses for great purpose I would have expected the most gifted, handsome, athletic, warrior, intellectual and generally those that reflected his perfection to project that “Look at me I’m right with God” persona to make us all ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Wrestling With God

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jul 1, 2009

Consider what it means and what it accomplishes when we wrestle with God.

Have you wrestled with God lately? What do I mean by wrestling with God? There are times in our lives when we will wrestle with issues concerning our behavior or God’s will for our lives. We will wrestle with God when we are considering His will. We will wrestle with God when we are struggling with ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32, Genesis 32:22-28

Denomination: Baptist

Radical Prayer Series

Contributed by Paul Green on Jul 13, 2009

Many prayers of God’s people are weak, empty, passion-less, and vision-less. If we are going to see God move, if we are going to see God at work, if we are going to see situations turned around and lives dramatically changed by the mighty hand of God the

Walnut Prayers There was once a man who was very faithful in his prayer life. Every morning when he got up he would kneel by his bed and he would pray, ‘God bless me, God bless my family, God bless this day’. And before every meal he would say a prayer ‘God bless this food’. And every night ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:21-32

Denomination: Baptist

Wrestling With God

Contributed by Carl Greene on Jul 18, 2009

Jacob wrestles with God and names the place "Peniel," meaning "face of God". Each of us needs our own "Peniel," a place to meet God. God gives us such a place, the Holy Bible.

OPENING Talk about the courage to suffer: A first-grade teacher seated her students in a circle. She asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up. One by one, each child got up and announced, "I’d like to be a nurse like my mother," or "I want to be a banker like my father," or "I want to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31

Denomination: Methodist

En La Lucha Libre Series

Contributed by Justin Colon on May 29, 2008

To become a blessing we need to stop wrestling with God and surrender to his will. Para ser una bendicion necesitamos dejar de luchar contra Dios y rendirnos ante su voluntad.

Propósito: Que la congregación se rinda y se someta ante la voluntad de Dios para sus vidas. Tema: Nosotros luchamos con Dios cuando no nos sometemos a su voluntad. Introducción En la Lucha Libre… Carlitos Colón, El Invader, Chicky Star, Savio Vega…Stone Cold Steve Austin…¿Qué tienen en común ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Jacob To Israel: Wrestling Bout Of Destiny

Contributed by David King on Apr 17, 2008

Believers are in a process of "evolution"- what I call the process of transformation from glory to glory. The Lord designs and expects that the Church be dynamic in experience and operations. Abram to Abraham, Jacob to Israel. One of the ways of practica

JACOB TO ISRAEL: WRESTLING BOUT OF DESTINY PROFILES OF STRIKING BIBLE PRAYERS 1. JABEZ. The Prayer of Jabez seems to have worked at "the snap of the fingers". There is no record of the time and place where this prayer took place. “And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:23-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Except Thou Bless Me 1 Of 3! Series

Contributed by Raphiel Manenge on Sep 21, 2006

God deals with serious people in life. Faith is serious business. Except thou bless me is a statement of seriousness in God’s blessings and Change in life. Jacob had enough of joking and cheating, He now need to be serious.....

God blesses a crowd free person! God wants to bless you even right now. There are things still attached to your life that needs to be removed. From January and now its December the Lord has been wondering how he should touch you. You need to send away the crowd and cross into the New Year ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-24

Denomination: Pentecostal

From Heel Grabber To Israel Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 22, 2006

Wrestling with God brings victory!

From Heel Grabber to Israel Text : Gen. 32:22-32 Introduction 1. Read Gen. 32:22-32 2. Illustration: "You must pray with all your might. That does not mean saying your prayers, or sitting gazing about in church or chapel with eyes wide open while someone else says them for you. It means ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Methodist

Jabbok A Place Of Total Surrender

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Feb 10, 2010

There is a great spiritual lesson in this because God wants us to seek our safety in complete surrender to His power and love. It is when we reach one hand to Him, while we keep holding on to the things of the world with the other, that we are in danger.

JABBOK A PLACE OF TOTAL SURRENDER GENESIS 32:22 30 Last night I was sitting on my porch, on my new porch swing, and I was watching several birds sitting on the wire that carries the electrical power to my house. They were perched there without a care in the world. But I knew that if I would ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-30

Something's Gotta Give!

Contributed by Christine Forehand on Nov 3, 2009

Something’s gotta give in three areas of the church: in our circumstances, in our worship, and in our outreach.

Genesis 32:28 (AMP) 28And He said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob [supplanter], but Israel [contender with God]; for you have contended and have power with God and with men and have prevailed. The phrase, “something’s gotta give” has its basis in an older phrase ’give and take’ which is ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

Believers Wrestle With God

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Nov 19, 2009

Pentecost 21(C) - Believers wrestle with God both in troubles and also for blessings.

BELIEVERS WRESTLE WITH GOD (Outline) October 25, 2009 -- PENTECOST 21 -- Genesis 32:22-30 INTRO: Today’s text teaches about Jacob struggling. Our earthly lives are filled with various struggles that everyone wrestles with from time to time. At times people wrestle with problems, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-30

Denomination: Lutheran